Whee! Here’s the First Salary Survey from Women in eDiscovery!: eDiscovery Trends
Earlier this week, Women in eDiscovery (WiE) announced the results of its first ever salary survey! Let’s take a look.
read morePlaintiff Tells Defendant “File Motion to Compel”, Defendant Does and Wins: eDiscovery Case Law
In White v. Relay Res. & Gen. Servs. Admin., Washington District Judge John C. Coughenour granted the defendant’s motion to compel, requiring the plaintiff to provide documents responsive to the defendant’s requests for production, provide the information requested in each interrogatory and provide initial disclosures and that “[f]ailing to provide this information may result in sanctions under Rule 37, including dismissal of the matter.”
read moreHere’s a Terrific Listing of eDiscovery Workstream Processes and Tasks: eDiscovery Best Practices
Let’s face it – workflows and workstreams in eDiscovery are as varied as organizations that conduct eDiscovery itself. Every organization seems to do it a little bit differently, with a different combination of tasks, methodologies and software solutions than anyone else. But, could a lot of organizations improve their eDiscovery workstreams? Sure. Here’s a resource (that you probably already know well) which could help them do just that.
read moreFBI Says Half of $3.5 Billion Cyber Losses in 2019 Were Due to Business Email Scams: Cybersecurity Trends
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that it received over 460,000 internet and cyber-crime complaints in 2019, which the agency estimates caused losses of more than $3.5 billion, the bureau wrote in its yearly internet crime report released earlier this month. And, about half of that is due to BEC (Business Email Compromise), aka EAC (Email Account Compromise) crimes, which are sophisticated scams targeting businesses and individuals performing wire transfer payments.
read moreIs Your Ability to Stay Current with eDiscovery in “Jeopardy”? Check Out This Conference: eDiscovery Best Practices
I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but (believe it or not) we’re now only about 3 1/2 weeks away from the eighth year for the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference. And, as usual, the panel of speakers is an absolute who’s who in eDiscovery.
read moreMobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore, Part Four
Android phones are market leaders both here in the US and worldwide and offer corporate archiving solutions that are second to none. So, why is that important? Let’s take a look.
read moreCourt Rules on Status of “Functional Employee, Declines Sanctions as Premature: eDiscovery Case Law
In Digital Mentor, Inc. v. Ovivo USA, LLC, Washington District Judge Richard A. Jones granted in part and denied in part the defendant’s motion to compel, ruling that the plaintiff had not shown that a consultant to the plaintiff met the criterion of being considered a “functional employee” for which all communications with the plaintiff could be considered privileged, but denying the defendant’s request for preclusion sanctions, determining those to be “premature”.
read moreMobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore, Part Three
How important are Android devices in the world today? And, what can you do to preserve them? Let’s take a look.
read moreSpecial Master Declines to Order Defendant to Use TAR, Rules on Other Search Protocol Disputes: eDiscovery Case Law
In the case In re Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litig., Special Master Dennis Cavanaugh (U.S.D.J., Ret.) issued an order and opinion stating that he would not compel defendants to use technology assisted review (TAR), and instead adopted the search term protocol negotiated by the parties, with three areas of dispute resolved by his ruling.
read moreMobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore, Part Two
As I mentioned in the Introduction, Craig Ball has provided a lot of terrific information regarding preservation and collection of data from mobile devices. These are terrific resources that everyone who deals with discovery of mobile devices should be aware of. Let’s take a look.
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