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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.”
read moreOK, we’ve been waiting for that first big fine for failing to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation and now we have one. So, guess who it was? OK, guess again. You can probably guess within three guesses.
read moreThis is a story that a word geek like me can really appreciate. We talk a lot on this blog about the importance of metadata to provide additional useful information in discovery productions and help minimize the risk of fraud. You wouldn’t think that the font you use on a document could expose it as a fake document, but in this case, it did.
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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!
read moreI should probably put in a disclaimer that this is not a political post – I would write about this regarding which political party this involved. It just so happens that the latest high-profile redaction flub happens to be tied to the Russia investigation and Paul Manafort. Regardless, it leaves me asking the question: when will they ever learn?
read moreCraig Ball has had a lot to say about mobile device discovery, including various posts on his excellent Ball in Your Court blog (several of which we’ve covered). Now, he has assembled all of that good information in a single guide for reviewing all at once!
read moreBelieve it or not, this is the seventh year for the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference. As usual, the panel of speakers is an absolute who’s who in eDiscovery. And, if you act quickly you can save as much as 75% to attend!
read moreRemember 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.”
read moreHard to believe that we’ve started the fourth year of the Complex Discovery eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey! The results are in for the Winter 2019 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey and as was the case for the previous three years’ surveys, the results for this year’s Winter survey are published on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site. How confident are individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem in the business of eDiscovery? Let’s see.
read moreJust as the number of data breaches continues to rise, the number of lawsuits over data breaches continues to rise as well. Chances are that your data has been hacked at some point from at least one company with which you do business. But this lawsuit is unique.
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