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”.
read moreYesterday, 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.
read moreThe 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.
read moreYesterday, 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.
read moreAs 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.
read moreAccording 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.
read moreIn Moore v. Miller, Colorado Senior District Judge John L. Kane ruled (over the plaintiff’s privacy objections) that the plaintiff’s Facebook posts and activity log must be produced because they related to his claims of physical injury and emotional distress and because the plaintiff put his posts directly at issue by discussing the incident giving rise to the lawsuit online.
read moreRob Robinson’s Complex Discovery site is an excellent resource for discovery and general legal technology articles – his weekly top story digest is a terrific source for keeping tabs on the industry. Now, Rob has created a compilation of various eDiscovery market estimates for the next several years to provide An eDiscovery Market Size Mashup for 2012 to 2017.
read moreAs we discussed yesterday, 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 and can represent a whole collection of issues to address in order to process them for loading. To address those issues effectively, processing requires a sound process.
read moreSince hard copy discovery became electronic discovery, I’ve worked with a number of clients who expect that working with electronic files in a review tool is simply a matter of loading the files and getting started. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple!
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