In Shotwell, et al. v. Zillow Group Inc., et al., Washington District Judge John C. Coughenour entered an order regarding the discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”), pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and proposed order.
read moreIn Friday’s post about Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2019 Litigation Trends Annual Survey, one of the most notable trends was that 44 percent of corporate respondents identified Cybersecurity/data privacy as the most likely new source of dispute for their business on the horizon, which was more than four times the next likely sources. Cybersecurity is also a big challenge for municipalities as we saw on Friday.
read moreHard to believe it’s the fifteenth edition, but here it is: Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2019 Litigation Trends Annual Survey. We’ve covered it a few times over the years, but I don’t remember it ever being released this close to the holidays. Nonetheless, the survey, as always, had some interesting findings. Let’s take a look.
read more“Yes”, you say, “this is an interesting story, but what does it have to do with eDiscovery?” And, why is there a picture of Yogi Berra on this story? Read on and you’ll find out.
read more2019 was another busy year from an eDiscovery, cybersecurity and data privacy standpoint. So, what do you need to know about those important 2019 events? Today’s webcast will discuss what you need to know about important 2019 events and how they impact your eDiscovery, data privacy and cybersecurity efforts.
read moreTomorrow, CloudNine will conduct the webcast 2019 eDiscovery Year in Review. As 2019 has been a busy year, we have a lot of topics planned for tomorrow – everything from key case law decisions to important data privacy trends to whether lawyers are “failing” at cybersecurity and it will be a challenge to get through them all. But, we still couldn’t cover everything – there was simply too much that happened this year to cover it all. So, here are some notable events and trends that happened this year that we won’t have time to discuss tomorrow. Enjoy!
read moreIn Herzig v. Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc., Arkansas District Judge P.K. Holmes, III indicated his belief that the use and “necessity of manually configuring [the messaging app] Signal to delete text communications” on the part of the plaintiffs was “intentional and done in bad faith”. However, Judge Holmes declined to consider appropriate sanctions, ruling that “in light of the [defendant’s] motion for summary judgment, Herzig and Martin’s case can and will be dismissed on the merits.”
read moreNo, I don’t mean who’s buying the drinks. Though the growth of the markets and the growth in legal tech investment is certainly worth celebrating (especially for those who’ve seen their investments pay off). ;o) But what I’m asking is: who’s buying the technology?
read moreIn United States et al. v. Supervalu, Inc. et al., Illinois District Judge Richard H. Mills, despite an email produced by the defendants with instructions to their pharmacies to destroy evidence, denied the relators’ motion for sanctions, stating: “Upon reviewing the record, the Court is unable to conclude that Defendants acted in bad faith. If the evidence at trial shows otherwise and bad faith on the part of the Defendants is established, the Court can revisit the issue and consider one or both of the sanctions requested by the Relators or another appropriate sanction.”
read moreIt’s time for another E-Discovery Day! By my count, this is the fifth annual event that includes a combination of webcasts and in-person events to promote discussion and education of eDiscovery (we won’t hold it against them that they want to spell it with that pesky dash). Here are links to some of the webcasts and in-person events happening today!
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