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Uninformed Attorneys Are Not in Kansas Anymore – eDiscovery Trends
 Uninformed Attorneys Are Not in Kansas Anymore – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

“Since March 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas has been involved in an intense effort to find ways to ensure that civil litigation actually is handled in the “just, speedy, and inexpensive” manner contemplated by Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.” That quote is from a Rule 1 Task Force Update, issued by the U.S. District Court in Kansas regarding efforts to create newly released guidelines for electronic data discovery.

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Can You Figure Out How I Wrote this Blog Post? – eDiscovery Trends
 Can You Figure Out How I Wrote this Blog Post? – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

I have to be honest, this blog post contains quite a bit of content from one of the early posts from this blog. However, there is something different about this version of the content – it looks a bit unusual. Can you figure out how I wrote it? See if you can figure it out before you get to the bottom. I promise I haven’t lost my mind.

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A Technical Explanation of Near-Dupes – eDiscovery Tutorial
 A Technical Explanation of Near-Dupes – eDiscovery Tutorial 150 150 CloudNine

Bill Dimm provides a comprehensive and interesting description of near-dupes and the algorithms used to identify them in his Clustify blog (What is a near-dupe, really?). If you want to understand the “three reasonable, but different, ways of defining the near-dupe similarity between two documents”, bring your brain and check it out.

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I Removed a Virus, Did I Just Violate My Discovery Agreement? – eDiscovery Best Practices
 I Removed a Virus, Did I Just Violate My Discovery Agreement? – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

As we discussed last month, working with electronic files in a review tool is NOT just simply a matter of loading the files and getting started. Electronic files are diverse, they can represent a whole collection of issues to address in order to process them for loading, and processing them effectively requires a sound process. But, what if the evidentiary files you collect from your custodians contain viruses or other malware?

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Plaintiff Needs More Than “Mere Hope” to Discover Defendant’s Personal Info – eDiscovery Case Law
 Plaintiff Needs More Than “Mere Hope” to Discover Defendant’s Personal Info – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Salvato v. Miley, a wrongful death action, Florida Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens denied the plaintiff’s motion to compel the defendant’s responses to discovery requests “based on Plaintiff’s very limited showing as to the relevance of the requested discovery and the broadly drafted discovery requests”.

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July Pop Quiz Answers! – eDiscovery Trends
 July Pop Quiz Answers! – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

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

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July Pop Quiz! – eDiscovery Trends
 July Pop Quiz! – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

The pop quizzes on the Litigation 101 for eDiscovery Tech Professionals series were so well received, we thought we would try a pop quiz for the topics we’ve covered in the past month. 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.

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Five eDiscovery Trailblazing Judges – eDiscovery Trends
 Five eDiscovery Trailblazing Judges – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Yesterday, we discussed an article in The American Lawyer by Alan Cohen about six people who deserve special consideration as true trailblazers in eDiscovery. Today, let’s take a look at five trailblazing judges in eDiscovery.

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Six eDiscovery Trailblazers – eDiscovery Trends
 Six eDiscovery Trailblazers – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

As we discussed on Monday, the electronic discovery industry is now a multi-billion dollar industry and experiencing double-digit growth year after year. It’s hard to believe that a couple of decades ago, this industry – for all intents and purposes – didn’t even exist. Now it’s huge, and – as noted in Alan Cohen’s article in The American Lawyer – there are six people who deserve special consideration as true trailblazers in the industry.

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Data May Be Doubling Every Couple of Years, But How Much of it is Original? – eDiscovery Best Practices
 Data May Be Doubling Every Couple of Years, But How Much of it is Original? – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

According to the Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council (CGOC), information volume in most organizations doubles every 18-24 months. However, just because it doubles doesn’t mean that it’s all original. Like a bad cover band singing Free Bird, the rendition may be unique, but the content is the same. The key is limiting review to unique content.

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