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So, why is blockchain becoming more popular and what advantages are associated with it? And, if it’s so great, why aren’t more people using it? Let’s take a look.
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In RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc. v. Hospital Partners, Inc., Missouri District Judge Greg Kays ordered the discovery defendants to “supplement their initial disclosures so that they comply with Rule 26(a)” (within 14 days) and “either respond to Plaintiffs’ interrogatories and requests for production in good faith or specifically tailor their objections to each question or request”, as well as requiring each discovery defendant to “prepare a statement identifying the steps taken to preserve discoverable information”, among other things.
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As you may have seen yesterday, Tom O’Connor has written his latest terrific informational overview series for CloudNine about blockchain that we will be covering in a six-part series over the next couple of weeks. Not to steal any thunder, but Tom’s article will cover things like the advantages of blockchain and its impact on legal technology and eDiscovery. One advantage that a lot of people have been saying about blockchain is the idea that it’s essentially “unhackable” from a cybersecurity standpoint. That may not actually be true.
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I first started paying attention to blockchain at ILTACON17 when I noticed how often it was cited in security sessions. The ILTA sessions helped me learn more about how blockchain tools were dealing with these issues. And I’ve continued to monitor the growth of the tool since then. This paper is an attempt to give an overview of where blockchain is at the onset of 2019.
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When you get an email from your boss asking you to help him with something, your natural tendency is to take it seriously and drop what you’re doing so that you can help. But, if you’re not careful, you could find out that you’re the victim of a phishing email. I got an email just like that yesterday – here’s how I was able to quickly realize what it was and avoid making a big mistake.
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Yes, you read that right. In DR Distrib., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc., Illinois District Judge Iain D. Johnston denied the defendants’ Motion for Leave to Amend their counterclaim to remove their own defamation counterclaim (Count VIII) against the plaintiffs – a move to which the plaintiffs objected, because it could eliminate their chance to pursue sanctions against the defendants for ESI spoliation.
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Without a doubt, our forms of communication are continuing to evolve from just email and we now have to add social media, text messaging and other messaging apps as forms of communication that need to be routinely preserved, collected, processed, reviewed and produced. But, it’s not just the forms of communication that are changing, it’s the way we communicate that is changing as well. So, you may or may not be surprised that emoji (yes, the plural of “emoji” is still “emoji”, at least officially) are showing up in court cases exponentially.
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In Stovall v. Brykan Legends, LLC, Kansas Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions based on the defendant’s alleged spoliation of a surveillance video that shows an altercation between the plaintiff and her supervisor, stating that “plaintiff has failed to meet the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(e)(2)”.
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Usually, I end each blog post with “So, what do you think?”, but this time I’m starting with it. How many states do you think have some sort of legislation requiring private or governmental entities to notify individuals of security breaches of information involving personally identifiable information (PII)? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? You might be surprised.
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In Vasquez-Santos v. Mathew, the New York Appellate Division, First Department panel “unanimously reversed” an order by the Supreme Court, New York County last June that denied the defendant’s motion to compel access by a third-party data mining company to plaintiff’s devices, email accounts, and social media accounts, so as to obtain photographs and other evidence of plaintiff engaging in physical activities and granted the defendant’s motion.
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