In Knickerbocker v Corinthian Colleges, Washington District Judge James L. Robart imposed sanctions against the defendants and the defendants’ counsel for their delays in producing Electronically Stored Information (ESI) during discovery, despite the fact that spoliation of evidence was ultimately avoided.
read moreThe Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) web site has a great resource for those who want more information regarding the ethics for lawyers in using and storing client data in the cloud. Though, surprisingly few states have published ethics opinions on the topic.
read moreProbably the most recognized standard in a very unstandardized industry is the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) diagram. For only the second time since it was originally published in 2006, the diagram has been updated.
read moreOne of our favorite blogs is the Ball in Your Court blog, by Craig Ball, a perennial thought leader interviewee on this blog. While catching up on his latest couple of posts, I realized that it’s almost time for the Georgetown E-Discovery Training Academy. If you’re looking for an in-depth program that not only gives you a “total immersion in the subject of eDiscovery”, but also satisfies much of your CLE requirements for the year, this program may be for you!
read moreIn Procaps S.A. v. Patheon Inc., the defendants filed a Motion to Compel over search terms for Electronically Stored Information (ESI), after the lead counsel for the plaintiffs repeatedly demonstrated uncooperative behavior by not responding to emails sent by defendants’ counsel, or responding with brief and unclear messages.
read moreAs the saying goes, “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard!” It has been close to two years since we looked at the mergers, acquisitions and investments in the eDiscovery industry, so it seems like a good time for an update. Here are a couple of resources for keeping up with eDiscovery industry changes in the provider community.
read moreWay back within the first couple of months after this blog was launched, we discussed those stupid “smart quotes” in Microsoft® Word where Word, by default, automatically changes straight quotation marks ( ‘ or ” ) to curly quotes as you type. There’s another way where Word isn’t so smart, unless you know the workaround, which I just learned this week.
read moreScanning may no longer be cool, but it’s still necessary. Electronic discovery still typically includes a paper component. When it comes to paper, how documents are identified is critical to how useful they will be. Here’s an example.
read moreIn EEOC v. SVT, LLC, discovery disputes arose when the plaintiffs and defendants agreed upon the file format the requested Electronically Stored Information (ESI) for discovery was to be produced in, but the defendants’ production was not in the file formats specified.
read moreIn Forman v. Henkin, a Motion to Compel was granted in part for a defendant who requested authorization to obtain records of the plaintiff’s private postings to Facebook.
read moreOn-premise processing and review continue to offer unique advantages that the cloud alone can’t replicate. Before racing toward “cloud-only” strategies, it’s worth recognizing the critical needs driving organizations to maintain robust on-prem infrastructure.
