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The Forecast at Legaltech is Always (Word) Cloudy: eDiscovery Trends

Legalweek starts today, with Legaltech® starting in earnest tomorrow. The past couple of years, I have run the agenda through our CloudNine review software to generate a word cloud, but I didn’t really get a chance to do it up right this year. Fortunately, InsideLegal has done theirs again – for the ninth year in a row! Let’s take a look.

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Court Declines to Order Plaintiff to Produce Cell Phone in Employment Discrimination Case: eDiscovery Case Law

In Santana v. MKA2 Enterprises, Inc., Magistrate Judge Teresa J. James denied the defendant’s Motion to Compel regarding the defendant’s request for the plaintiff to produce all of his cellphones for inspection and copying. Judge James did order the plaintiff to “produce complete copies of all responsive text messages to the extent they have not already been produced.”

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Here’s Something Unique at Legaltech Next Week from CloudNine: eDiscovery Best Practices

Hard to believe that Legalweek begins one week from today and Legaltech (the primary conference within Legalweek) begins the next day. Legaltech always has a lot to offer every year, between interesting sessions and a busy exhibit hall, but the exhibit hall will be a little busier this year, due to something unique that we have put together at CloudNine — TED-style talk sessions right from our booth with our inaugural NineForum series!

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Judge Suggests That “Bone-Crushing” Discovery is Needed to Explore Extent of Facebook Breach: Cybersecurity Trends

Remember the latest Facebook breach – the one from September of last year that exposed 50 million accounts? I say “latest” because you have to differentiate these days. Well, naturally, that breach spawned several lawsuits. And, the judge presiding over those suits indicated that he will allow Facebook users “bone-crushing” discovery in those lawsuits, saying he’s sympathetic to users’ concerns and that’s worth “real money” — not just “some cosmetic injunctive relief.”

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