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Effective Information Governance Takes Initiative – eDiscovery Best Practices
 Effective Information Governance Takes Initiative – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

One of the best side-benefits I get from conducting thought leader interviews for the blog is that I get to learn about new programs in the industry that promote best practices. I learned about one such new program in my thought leader interview with Jason R. Baron, Of Counsel with Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and former long-time Director of Litigation for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Through my interview with Jason, I learned that the Information Governance Initiative (IGI), a cross-disciplinary consortium and think tank focused on advancing information governance, launched last week.

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Search Process for ESI Called into Question, but Court Denies Sanctions for Plaintiff – eDiscovery Case Law
 Search Process for ESI Called into Question, but Court Denies Sanctions for Plaintiff – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Brown v. West Corp., the plaintiff filed a motion to compel, claiming the defendant had been insufficient in its handling of searching for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) relevant to discovery. The plaintiff additionally contested a prior order from a magistrate judge, requiring the defendant to explain its search processes to the defendant. Ultimately, Nebraska Senior District Judge Lyle E. Strom denied the requested sanctions and rejected the challenge to the prior order.

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Useful eDiscovery Information Resources: Evaluating Products and Services
 Useful eDiscovery Information Resources: Evaluating Products and Services 150 150 CloudNine

This blog series – Useful eDiscovery Information Resources – is aimed at giving you information on resources available to eDiscovery professionals. Today, we will discuss resources for evaluating products and services.

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What to Do BEFORE Your Laptop is Stolen – eDiscovery Best Practices
 What to Do BEFORE Your Laptop is Stolen – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

One of the earliest blog posts I ever wrote for this blog was regarding the myth of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) security finally being busted and that SaaS data is much more difficult to steal than desktop application data, which “could be one stolen laptop away from being compromised”. A little over three years later, I got to experience that scenario first-hand.

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Sanctions Awarded when Defendant Failed to Preserve Relevant Evidence – eDiscovery Case Law
 Sanctions Awarded when Defendant Failed to Preserve Relevant Evidence – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Zest IP Holdings, LLC v. Implant Direct Manufacturing, LLC., California Magistrate Judge William V. Gallo granted the Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions because parties are “required to preserve evidence relevant to litigation and to prevent spoliation.” Judge Gallo found that the Defendant “failed to preserve multiple documents that are relevant to Plaintiff’s claims with the requisite culpable state of mind to support a finding of spoliation of evidence”.

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‘Discovery About Discovery’ Motions Lead to Unusual Court Decision – eDiscovery Case Law
 ‘Discovery About Discovery’ Motions Lead to Unusual Court Decision – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Ruiz-Bueno v. Scott, a discovery dispute in this wrongful death case arose, leading Ohio Magistrate Judge Terence P. Kemp to arrive at the unusual decision to direct a party to provide ‘discovery about discovery.’

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Thursday LTNY 2014 Sessions – eDiscovery Trends
 Thursday LTNY 2014 Sessions – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Hopefully you made it to LegalTech® New York 2014 (LTNY), despite the weather. It’s happening this week and this is the last day to check out the show if you’re in the New York area with a number of sessions (both paid and free) available and over 218 exhibitors providing information on their products and services. Here are some of the sessions in the main conference tracks today.

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A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to LegalTech – eDiscovery Trends
 A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to LegalTech – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Hopefully you made it to LegalTech® New York 2014 (LTNY), despite the weather. It’s happening this week and there’s still two more days to check out the show if you’re in the New York area with a number of sessions (both paid and free) available and over 218 exhibitors providing information on their products and services. Here are some of the sessions in the main conference tracks.

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Welcome to LegalTech New York 2014! – eDiscovery Trends
 Welcome to LegalTech New York 2014! – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today is the start of LegalTech® New York 2014 (LTNY) and, for the fourth year in a row, eDiscoveryDaily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. Over the next three 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. Here are some highlights for today!

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Discovery of Privileged Documents and Form of Production Addressed in Ruling on Second Motion to Compel – eDiscovery Case Law
 Discovery of Privileged Documents and Form of Production Addressed in Ruling on Second Motion to Compel – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In RPM Pizza LLC v. Argonaut Great Central Insurance Co., Louisiana Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Riedlinger delivered a partial ruling on a Second Motion to Compel the Production of Documents and Interrogatory Responses filed by the plaintiffs, who filed the motion in effect to renew their previous motion to compel, to which the defendant did not respond in a timely manner. Largely due to the delayed response, Judge Reidlinger ruled in favor of the plaintiff on several aspects of the motion.

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