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eDiscovery Trends: It’s 10 PM, Does Apple Know Where You Are?
 eDiscovery Trends: It’s 10 PM, Does Apple Know Where You Are? 150 150 CloudNine

Over 30 years ago, local TV stations across the country ran this ad, asking the question “It’s 10 PM, do you know where you children are?” Today, they could ask the question of many iPhone and iPad users, “It’s 10 PM, does Apple know where you are?” According to Bloomberg on Monday, “Apple Inc. (AAPL) was sued for alleged privacy invasion and computer fraud by two customers who claim the company is secretly recording and storing the location and movement of iPhone and iPad users.”

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Working Successfully with eDiscovery and Litigation Support Service Providers: Questions to Ask when Checking References, Part 3
 Working Successfully with eDiscovery and Litigation Support Service Providers: Questions to Ask when Checking References, Part 3 150 150 CloudNine

Last week, we started and continued a list of questions to ask when you are doing a reference check. So far, the list includes general project questions, questions about communicating with the vendor, questions about costs, and questions aimed at evaluating the quality of a vendor’s work. Today we’ll complete the list with questions about the vendor’s ability to meet schedule requirements, and questions aimed at assessing the vendor’s overall performance.

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eDiscovery Trends: Thought Leader Interview with Jeffrey Brandt, Editor of Pinhawk Law Technology Daily Digest
 eDiscovery Trends: Thought Leader Interview with Jeffrey Brandt, Editor of Pinhawk Law Technology Daily Digest 150 150 CloudNine

As eDiscovery Daily has done in the past, we have periodically interviewed various thought leaders in eDiscovery and legal technology to provide insight as to trends in the industry for our readers to consider. Recently, I was able to interview Jeffrey Brandt, Editor of the Pinhawk Law Technology Daily Digest and columnist for Legal IT Professionals. Here is that interview.

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Working Successfully with eDiscovery and Litigation Support Service Providers: Questions to Ask when Checking References, Part 2
 Working Successfully with eDiscovery and Litigation Support Service Providers: Questions to Ask when Checking References, Part 2 150 150 CloudNine

Yesterday, we started a list of questions to ask when you are doing a reference check. That list included general project questions, questions about communicating with the vendor, and questions about costs. Here are some questions aimed at uncovering information on the quality of the vendor’s work.

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Working Successfully with eDiscovery and Litigation Support Service Providers: Questions to Ask when Checking References
 Working Successfully with eDiscovery and Litigation Support Service Providers: Questions to Ask when Checking References 150 150 CloudNine

Getting good information about a vendor in a reference check is a skill worth developing. As a starting point, you should be armed with a good set of questions. Don’t limit yourself to the list, though. A good reference-check call will be interactive and answers to some questions will probably prompt additional questions. Here’s a good starting point list that might apply to any type of vendor or service you are inquiring about.

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CORRECTION: Announcing Thought Leader Interview with Jeffrey Brandt, Editor of Pinhawk Law Technology Daily Digest
 CORRECTION: Announcing Thought Leader Interview with Jeffrey Brandt, Editor of Pinhawk Law Technology Daily Digest 150 150 CloudNine

As eDiscovery Daily has done in the past, we have periodically interviewed various thought leaders in eDiscovery and legal technology to provide insight as to trends in the industry for our readers to consider. Recently, I was able to interview Jeffrey Brandt, Editor of the Pinhawk Law Technology Daily Digest and columnist for Legal IT Professionals. I had stated that Jeff’s interview will be published this Friday, April 22, but forgot that this Friday is Good Friday (no blog post that day, sorry!). So, Jeff’s interview will be published next Monday, April 25 instead. Mark your calendars!

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What eDiscovery Professionals Can Learn from the Internet Gambling Crack Down
 What eDiscovery Professionals Can Learn from the Internet Gambling Crack Down 150 150 CloudNine

Many of you may have heard about the FBI cracking down on the three largest online gambling sites in the past few days, as the owners of those sites in the United States have been indicted and charged with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses and the sites have been essentially shut down in the US. Restraining orders have been issued against more than 75 bank accounts in 14 countries used by the poker companies. Many US customers of these sites are now scrambling to try to get their funds out of the sites and finding it difficult to do so. So what? This is an eDiscovery blog, right? What does an Internet gambling crack down have to do with eDiscovery?

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eDiscovery Trends: 2011 eDiscovery Errors Survey
 eDiscovery Trends: 2011 eDiscovery Errors Survey 150 150 CloudNine

As noted in Legal IT Professionals on Friday, LDM Global on Friday announced the results of its 2011 eDiscovery Errors survey. The company asked a selection of industry professionals their views on which errors they experienced most often during the discovery process. Results were collected from across the USA, Europe and Australia.

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eDiscovery Trends: Sedona Conference Database Principles
 eDiscovery Trends: Sedona Conference Database Principles 150 150 CloudNine

Last month, The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1) published the Public Comment Version of The Sedona Conference® Database Principles – Addressing the Preservation & Production of Databases &Database Information in Civil Litigation to provide guidance and recommendations to both requesting and producing parties to simplify discovery of databases and information derived from databases. You can download the publication here.

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eDiscovery Case Law: Conclusion of Case Does Not Preclude Later Sanctions
 eDiscovery Case Law: Conclusion of Case Does Not Preclude Later Sanctions 150 150 CloudNine

In Green v. Blitz U.S.A., Inc., the defendant in a product liability action that had been settled over a year earlier was sanctioned for “blatant discovery abuses” prior to the settlement. Defendant was ordered to add $250,000 to its settlement with plaintiff, to provide a copy of the court’s order to every plaintiff in every lawsuit against defendant for the past two years or else forfeit an additional $500,000 “purging” sanction, and to include the order in its first responsive pleading in every lawsuit for the next five years in which defendant became involved.

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