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LinkedIn Has Privacy and Law Enforcement Data Request Guidelines Too – Social Tech eDiscovery
LinkedIn Has Privacy and Law Enforcement Data Request Guidelines Too – Social Tech eDiscovery 150 150 CloudNine

Last week, we discussed recent updates to Twitter’s Law Enforcement policies as well as Twitter’s latest Transparency Report to show government requests for data. Today, let’s take a look at the Privacy Policy and Law Enforcement Guidelines for LinkedIn.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Request to Image Plaintiff’s PCs Three Years after Termination – eDiscovery Case Law
Court Denies Defendant’s Request to Image Plaintiff’s PCs Three Years after Termination – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Downs v. Virginia Health Systems, Virginia Magistrate Judge James G. Welsh, citing proportionality and privacy concerns, denied the defendant’s motion to compel the mirror imaging of the Plaintiff’s personal computers nearly three years after she had been terminated.

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Once Again, It’s Time to Nominate Your Favorite Law Blog – eDiscovery Trends
Once Again, It’s Time to Nominate Your Favorite Law Blog – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

It’s that time of year! If you have a favorite law blog (or “blawg”, get it?), now is the time to nominate it for recognition in the ABA Journal 8th Annual Blawg 100.

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Twitter Remains Transparent Regarding Government Requests – Social Tech eDiscovery
Twitter Remains Transparent Regarding Government Requests – Social Tech eDiscovery 150 150 CloudNine

Yesterday, we took an updated look at Twitter to see how it handles private information and law enforcement requests (such as subpoenas) and what has changed since our last look about two years ago. Today, we will take a look at Twitter’s latest Transparency Report to show government requests for data over the last six months of 2013.

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Twitter’s Law Enforcement Policies Revisited Again – Social Tech eDiscovery
Twitter’s Law Enforcement Policies Revisited Again – Social Tech eDiscovery 150 150 CloudNine

It’s time to take another look at the social media platforms to see how they handle private information and law enforcement requests (such as subpoenas). Let’s start with Twitter.

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Samsung and Quinn Emanuel Ordered to Pay Over $2 Million for “Patentgate” Disclosure – eDiscovery Case Law
Samsung and Quinn Emanuel Ordered to Pay Over $2 Million for “Patentgate” Disclosure – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

Remember the “patentgate” disclosure last year (by Samsung and their outside counsel firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP) of confidential agreements that Apple had with Nokia? Did you think they were going to avoid having to pay for that disclosure? The answer is no.

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Court Rules in Dispute Between Parties Regarding ESI Protocol, Suggests Predictive Coding – eDiscovery Case Law
Court Rules in Dispute Between Parties Regarding ESI Protocol, Suggests Predictive Coding – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In a dispute over ESI protocols in FDIC v. Bowden, Georgia Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith approved the ESI protocol from the FDIC and suggested the parties consider the use of predictive coding.

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EDRM Introduces Search Intent Framework – eDiscovery Trends
EDRM Introduces Search Intent Framework – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

It seems that just about every month EDRM publishes a new standard or guideline for eDiscovery best practices. On Monday, they announced the release of a new Search Intent Framework.

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Farewell to IT-Lex – eDiscovery Trends
Farewell to IT-Lex – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

We enjoy the opportunity to be a daily resource for eDiscovery news and analysis. There are several good resources for information about eDiscovery and legal technology, though very few of them provide new content daily. One that has been essentially doing so for the past two years is IT-Lex. Unfortunately, as of today IT-Lex has announced that they have discontinued operations.

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Plaintiff Ordered to Re-Open Social Media Account for Discovery – eDiscovery Case Law
Plaintiff Ordered to Re-Open Social Media Account for Discovery – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Chapman v. Hiland Operating, LLC, while noting that he was “skeptical” that reactivating the plaintiff’s Facebook account would produce any relevant, noncumulative information, North Dakota Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller ordered the plaintiff to “make a reasonable, good faith attempt” to reactivate her Facebook account.

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