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University of Florida Brings eDiscovery Teachings to a Chinese University: eDiscovery Best Practices
 University of Florida Brings eDiscovery Teachings to a Chinese University: eDiscovery Best Practices 474 145 CloudNine

Needless to say, eDiscovery is becoming more global than ever and we’ve certainly seen a lot of instances where non-U.S. legal practitioners have to not only better understand U.S. discovery obligations, but also understand the methodologies and technologies associated with managing eDiscovery. One U.S. university recently spent some time bringing some of those teachings to a university in Nanjing, China.

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Houston, We Have an Adverse Inference Finding: eDiscovery Case Law
 Houston, We Have an Adverse Inference Finding: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Hernandez, et al. v. City of Houston, Texas District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt, finding that the defendant “intentionally destroyed” evidence by wiping the hard drives of several custodians no longer employed by the City, determined “that entering an adverse inference finding is appropriate” against the defendant.

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Here’s a Webcast to Help You Prepare for Litigation Before it Happens: eDiscovery Webcasts
 Here’s a Webcast to Help You Prepare for Litigation Before it Happens: eDiscovery Webcasts 464 266 CloudNine

Information Governance (IG) has always been part of the eDiscovery landscape and it has always been important for reducing the population of potentially responsive electronically stored information (ESI) that might be subject to litigation by helping organizations adopt best practices for keeping their information “house in order”. But now with an increased concentration on the two-fold concerns of privacy and security, IG has become more important than ever. Here’s a webcast that can enable you to leverage IG best practices to prepare for litigation before it happens.

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Court Compels Non-Party Insurance Agents to Produce Text Messages in TCPA Case: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Compels Non-Party Insurance Agents to Produce Text Messages in TCPA Case: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Gould v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Missouri District Judge Rodney W. Sippel granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel two non-party Farmers Insurance agents to comply with subpoenas and produce documents pertaining to text messages that they allegedly sent to potential customers, rejecting the agents’ argument that compliance with the subpoenas would violate their Fifth Amendment right against compelled, self-incriminating testimony.

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Here’s Another Survey to Check Out on the eDiscovery Uses and Capabilities of Office 365: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Here’s Another Survey to Check Out on the eDiscovery Uses and Capabilities of Office 365: eDiscovery Best Practices 614 445 CloudNine

A survey a day keeps the…blog posts written! Yesterday, we covered the survey on Rob Robinson’s Complex Discovery site regarding predictive coding technologies and protocols. Today, here is another survey worth participating in regarding the use of Microsoft Office 365’s eDiscovery capabilities.

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If You’re an eDiscovery Professional Interested in Predictive Coding, Here is a Site You May Want to Check Out: eDiscovery Trends
 If You’re an eDiscovery Professional Interested in Predictive Coding, Here is a Site You May Want to Check Out: eDiscovery Trends 341 338 CloudNine

On his Complex Discovery site, Rob Robinson does a great job of analyzing trends in the eDiscovery industry and often uses surveys to gauge sentiment within the industry for things like industry business confidence. Now, Rob is proving and overview and conducting a survey regarding predictive coding technologies and protocols for representatives of leading eDiscovery providers that should prove interesting.

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The Battle to Recognize Bloggers at ILTACON: eDiscovery Trends
 The Battle to Recognize Bloggers at ILTACON: eDiscovery Trends 339 339 CloudNine

If you attended ILTACON last month, you probably enjoyed another great conference. But, behind the scenes, the show hit a few bumps, especially for the blogger community. Oh, and the CEO left before the show too.

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Time for Another Relativity Fest? Giddyup!: eDiscovery Trends
 Time for Another Relativity Fest? Giddyup!: eDiscovery Trends 528 146 CloudNine

We’re about three weeks out from the 2018 Relativity Fest conference, conducted every year by Relativity, which is three weeks earlier than last year! I guess they couldn’t wait! Anyway, Relativity Fest is an annual conference designed to educate and connect the eDiscovery community and features panel discussions, hands-on labs, breakout sessions, and insights from Relativity staff, Relativity users, and industry leaders. It’s a big show with over 1,800 attendees and a lot going on. Let’s take a look.

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Court Rules that Defendant’s Boilerplate Objections Results in Waiver of Those Objections: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Rules that Defendant’s Boilerplate Objections Results in Waiver of Those Objections: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Halleen v. Belk, Inc., Texas District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III granted the plaintiffs’ motions in part, ruling that the defendant had waived its objections to the plaintiffs’ RFPs and Interrogatories by including “subject to” or boilerplate language in its responses and also granted the plaintiffs’ request for ESI for identified corporate custodians and 30(b)(6) witnesses.

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California’s AG is Not Happy with the State’s New Consumer Privacy Act: Data Privacy Trends
 California’s AG is Not Happy with the State’s New Consumer Privacy Act: Data Privacy Trends 291 326 CloudNine

As I noted a couple of months ago, 2018 is certainly on its way to becoming the year of data privacy rights for the individual. And, back in June, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 was approved unanimously by the state Senate and Assembly and was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. But, California’s AG has just ripped lawmakers for ‘unworkable’ provisions in the new law.

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