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FTC Calling for National Data Privacy Law: Data Privacy Trends

Sure, we’ve talked about California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). And, we’ve also noted that there are at least 15 state data privacy laws that are working their way through the legislative process. But, is there anybody pushing for a national data privacy law? At least one Federal agency is doing so.

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Court Establishes Search Protocol to Address Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel: eDiscovery Case Law

In Lawson v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., Kansas Magistrate Judge Angel D. Mitchell granted in part and denied in part the plaintiff’s motion to compel, ordering the defendant to produce documents related to two requests and, with regard to a third request, ordering the defendant to “produce these documents to the extent that such documents are captured by the ESI search protocol.”

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Biggest eDiscovery Challenges Facing Plaintiff’s Attorneys

Approximately 2/3 of my consulting practice revolves around issues with ESI production. Much of that work involves asymmetrical cases where one side, typically corporate defendants, has the vast majority of discovery. And since my experience is not untypical, what we see in eDiscovery practice is a heavy focus in the eDiscovery world on defense strategy, both in actual practice and educational conferences. But what about strategy for the Plaintiff’s bar? Do they have different even dramatically different needs simply because they have less ESI? This paper will take a look at that.

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Why Do Hackers Hack? It’s About the Money, Apparently: Cybersecurity Trends

Big surprise there, right? So says the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which analyzes the reported cybersecurity and data breach incidents for the year. According to this year’s report, senior C-level executives are 12 times more likely to be the target of social engineering attacks, and 9 times more likely to be the target of social breaches than in previous years, with financial motivation the key driver in these attacks.

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Twenty-One Points, Less Than 350 Words: eDiscovery Best Practices

Yesterday, I wrote about whether judges, like lawyers, should have an explicit technical competence requirement as well. Leave it to Craig Ball to take a somewhat complex technical concept and break it down to the fewest possible words – i.e., in a “nutshell”. Hey, judges! This might be a good place to start!

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Should Judges Have an Explicit Technical Competence Requirement?: eDiscovery Trends

Since the American Bar Association revised the Model Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers in 2012 to add technology competence to their duty to be competent in the law and its practice, there have been 36 states that have adopted that Model Rule. How do I know that? Because Bob Ambrogi keeps track of that on his LawSites blog here. But, what about judges? Shouldn’t they have an explicit technical competence requirement as well?

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Here’s a Webcast to Learn How to Keep Production from Becoming Such a Big Production: eDiscovery Webcasts

Does it seem like eDiscovery production always seems to be such a big production? It doesn’t have to be. There are a number of steps you can take to minimize the stress, cost and rework associated with producing electronically stored information to opposing counsel as well as to ensure that their production to you is as useful as possible. Here’s a webcast that will help you learn the steps and concepts to keep your productions from turning into a big production.

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