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Court Sides with Defendant in Dispute over Predictive Coding that Plaintiff Requested – eDiscovery Case Law

August 29, 2014

In the case In re Bridgepoint Educ., Inc., Securities Litigation, California Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt ruled that expanding the scope of discovery by nine months was unduly burdensome, despite the plaintiff’s request for the defendant to use predictive coding to fulfill its discovery obligation and also approved the defendants’ method of using search terms to identify responsive documents for the already reviewed three individual defendants, directing the parties to meet and confer regarding the additional search terms the plaintiffs requested.

eDiscovery Blog Throwback Thursdays – How Databases Were Built, Circa Early 1980s, Part 2

August 28, 2014

The Throwback Thursday blog two weeks ago included discussion of the first stages in a database-building project (circa 1980), including designing and planning a database, and preparing for a project. The next steps are described here.

When Reviewing and Producing Documents, Don’t Forget the “Mother and Child Reunion” – eDiscovery Best Practices

August 27, 2014

I love Paul Simon’s music. One of my favorite songs of his is Mother and Child Reunion. Of course, I’m such an eDiscovery nerd that every time I think of that song, I think of keeping email and attachment families together. If you don’t remember the Mother and Child Reunion, you might provide an incomplete production to opposing counsel.

Browning Marean: 1942 – 2014

August 26, 2014

Browning Marean passed away this past Friday (August 22) at the age of 71 from complications after a several months battle with esophageal cancer. As described in several wonderful tributes that I read today, his death was not only a huge loss to the eDiscovery and legal technology community, but to any individuals that had the opportunity to know him and work with him. Here are links to those tributes, I encourage you to take some time out today and get to know him through the eyes of others like I did today.

Circuit Court Affirms Denial of Sanctions Over Spoliation by Defendant – eDiscovery Case Law

August 25, 2014

In Automated Solutions Corp. v. Paragon Data Sys., Inc., the Sixth Circuit court affirmed the holdings of the district court, rejecting the plaintiff’s arguments that the district court abused its discretion by denying plaintiff’s motion for spoliation sanctions due to defendant’s failure to preserve information on a hard drive and server. The circuit court also affirmed the ruling by both the magistrate and district judge that the defendant’s back-up tapes were not subject to the duty to preserve.

It’s Friday at 5 and I Need Data Processed to Review this Weekend – eDiscovery Humor

August 22, 2014

We’ve referenced Ralph Losey’s excellent e-Discovery Team® blog several times before on this blog – it’s a great read and you won’t find a blog that gets more in depth than his does (he has also been gracious enough to participate in our thought leader interview series for the last three years). And, as Ralph has demonstrated before, he has a sense of humor when it comes to electronic discovery.

Thursday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends

August 21, 2014

As noted Monday, Tuesday and yesterday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. This is the last day to check out the show if you’re in the Nashville area with a number of sessions still available and over 190(!) exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

Wednesday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends

August 20, 2014

As noted Monday and yesterday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the Nashville area with a number of sessions available and over 190(!) exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

Tuesday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends

August 19, 2014

As noted yesterday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the Nashville area with a number of sessions available and over 190(!) exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

eDiscovery Trends: Welcome to ILTA 2014!

August 18, 2014

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 kicked off yesterday with several networking events, and begins in earnest today with the first day of sessions. eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. Over the next four days, we will provide a description each day of some of the sessions related to eDiscovery to give you a sense of the topics being covered.