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eDiscovery Blog Throwback Thursdays – How Databases Were Built, Circa Early 1980s, Part 1

August 14, 2014

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, very few law firms had internal litigation support resources: firms did not have litigation support staff or technology. Up until 1985, most litigation teams relied on vendor services and tools, and more often than not litigation team attorneys were directly involved in working with vendors to design and build databases. In the next few blog posts, I’m going to describe a typical project and how things worked back in the early 1980s.

Other Production Parameters from a Provider’s Point of View – eDiscovery Best Practices

August 13, 2014

Yesterday, we began to discuss some of the production parameters that CloudNine Discovery collects from our clients in order to ensure that the production includes the correct documents in the required format. But, wait – there’s more! Let’s take a look at some other examples of information we collect from our clients.

Production from a Provider’s Point of View – eDiscovery Best Practices

August 12, 2014

We sometimes forget that the end goal of the discovery process is production: to produce responsive electronically stored information (ESI) to opposing counsel. But, do you realize how many parameters and potential permutations there can be to the production process? Let’s take a look.

Privilege Not Waived on Defendant’s Seized Computer that was Purchased by Plaintiff at Auction – eDiscovery Case Law

August 11, 2014

In Kyko Global Inc. v. Prithvi Info. Solutions Ltd., Washington Chief District Judge Marsha J. Pechman ruled that the defendants’ did not waive their attorney-client privilege on the computer of one of the defendants purchased by plaintiffs at public auction, denied the defendants’ motion to disqualify the plaintiff’s counsel for purchasing the computer and ordered the plaintiffs to provide defendants with a copy of the hard drive within three days for the defendants to review it for privilege and provide defendants with a privilege log within seven days of the transfer.

Improving your eDiscovery Vocabulary is as Easy as 123 – eDiscovery Best Practices

August 8, 2014

Want to be better equipped to speak the “lingo” of eDiscovery and understand what you’re saying? Here’s a glossary that can help.

eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays – The Way We Worked, circa 1980

August 7, 2014

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the business world looked very different than it does today, and the field of litigation support looked very different than it does today. Let me paint a picture for you…

eDiscovery Professional Profile: Do you know Cheryl Garner?

August 6, 2014

Cheryl Garner is the Practice Support Manager at Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP – a 150 attorney law firm with six offices in the U.S. Cheryl is located in the firm’s main office in Los Angeles, but has firm-wide responsibility. She joined the firm in December 2012, after a long and diverse career in the legal field.

August Case Law Pop Quiz Answers! – eDiscovery Case Law

August 5, 2014

Yesterday, we gave you a pop quiz for the eDiscovery case law that we’ve covered in the past three months. If you’re reading the blog each day, these questions should be easy! Let’s see how you did. Here are the answers.

August Case Law Pop Quiz! – eDiscovery Case Law

August 4, 2014

We haven’t conducted a pop quiz in a while, so the “dog days” of summer seems like a good time for it. This one is customized to the eDiscovery case law that we’ve covered the past three months. If you’re reading the blog each day, these questions should be easy! If not, we’ve provided a link to the post with the answer. We’re that nice. Test your knowledge! Tomorrow, we’ll post the answers for those who don’t know and didn’t look them up.

Are Law Firms at an eDiscovery “Watershed”? – eDiscovery Trends

August 1, 2014

As reported by Sean Doherty of Law Technology News (Survey: Law Firms Are at E-Discovery ‘Watershed’), according to a survey released on July 22, sponsored by RVM Enterprises Inc. and conducted by Ari Kaplan Advisors, law firms are at a “watershed” moment when it comes to creating efficient eDiscovery models for supporting their corporate clients.