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Court Declines to Compel Defendant to Produce Direct Messages Between its Employees: eDiscovery Case Week
 Court Declines to Compel Defendant to Produce Direct Messages Between its Employees: eDiscovery Case Week 532 353 CloudNine

In Shenwick v. Twitter, Inc., California Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim ruled on several discovery disputes between the parties, including denial of a request by the plaintiffs to order the defendants to produce protected direct messages of individual custodians who are not parties.

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Don’t Be “Chicken”! Consider Having a Good Protocol for Handling eDiscovery: eDiscovery Case Week
 Don’t Be “Chicken”! Consider Having a Good Protocol for Handling eDiscovery: eDiscovery Case Week 532 353 CloudNine

In the In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, Illinois Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert appointed a special master (noted Technology Assisted Review expert Maura Grossman) to help the parties resolve eDiscovery disputes. Judge Gilbert and Special Master Grossman issued a very detailed procedure (Order Regarding Search Methodology for Electronically Stored Information) for how the parties were to conduct TAR, including search, validation and document sourcing approaches, split into three primary sections: (1) how the parties will act, (2) what search technologies will be used, and (3) an outline of a document review validation protocol.

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Want to Learn More About the Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media? Check Out this Video: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Want to Learn More About the Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media? Check Out this Video: eDiscovery Best Practices 428 600 CloudNine

As we discussed earlier this month, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) and its Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1) have announced the publication of the Public Comment Version of The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition. Want to learn more about it without reading the 58 page PDF file? Check out this video.

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Women in eDiscovery and South Texas College of Law Team Up for Another Houston Conference: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Women in eDiscovery and South Texas College of Law Team Up for Another Houston Conference: eDiscovery Best Practices 716 321 CloudNine

Last year, I was honored to participate in the inaugural eDiscovery “Legal Technology Showcase & Conference” at South Texas College of Law in downtown Houston, hosted by the Women in eDiscovery (WiE), Houston Chapter. The event was such a success they’re doing it again this year!

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Public or Private Isn’t the Only Question You Should be Asking about Cloud Solutions: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Public or Private Isn’t the Only Question You Should be Asking about Cloud Solutions: eDiscovery Best Practices 1024 682 CloudNine

In yesterday’s post detailing the discussion of industry experts regarding the adoption of cloud technology within the legal industry, several points of discussion were discussed, including the differentiation between “public cloud” and “private cloud”. It’s important to know the difference between the two implementations and why you might consider selecting one over the other (and what you need regardless of which one you select). But, public or private cloud isn’t the only question you should be asking about a cloud solution.

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The Speed of Migration of Legal to the Cloud is Debatable: eDiscovery Trends
 The Speed of Migration of Legal to the Cloud is Debatable: eDiscovery Trends 1024 682 CloudNine

How fast is the legal industry moving to the cloud? And, what is holding some law firms back from migrating to the cloud? These and other questions were discussed in a recent online discussion among industry experts.

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FTC Cracks Down on Privacy Shield Posers: Data Privacy Trends
 FTC Cracks Down on Privacy Shield Posers: Data Privacy Trends 339 331 CloudNine

Did you ever wonder what happens if a company falsely claims that they are certified compliant with either the EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield framework? Or falsely claims that they are in the process of being certified compliant? Apparently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gets on their case about it.

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Court Rules Search Terms Overly Broad Under Rule 26 in Convertible Top Patent Case: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Rules Search Terms Overly Broad Under Rule 26 in Convertible Top Patent Case: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Webastro Thermo & Comfort v. BesTop, Inc., Michigan Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen ruled in favor of the plaintiff’s protective order, requesting the narrowing of search terms for ESI production in this patent dispute.

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ILTA Women in eDiscovery Interviews Show the Impact Women Make on our Profession: eDiscovery Trends
 ILTA Women in eDiscovery Interviews Show the Impact Women Make on our Profession: eDiscovery Trends 403 291 CloudNine

We’re just a little over a month away from ILTACON 2018, one of the most important conferences every year in the legal technology world. This year’s conference is at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center at National Harbor, MD. CloudNine will be exhibiting at the conference and I will be speaking at the conference! More on that to come later. But, a current series on the ILTA blog about Women in eDiscovery shows that ILTA is about a lot more than the annual ILTACON conference.

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One ALSP Exits, Another Prepares to Enter: eDiscovery Trends
 One ALSP Exits, Another Prepares to Enter: eDiscovery Trends 336 341 CloudNine

The topic of Alternative Legal Services Providers (ALSPs) is always an interesting one, with considerable discussion at this year’s Legaltech® New York conference and my colleague, Tom O’Connor, recently wrote a white paper on the topic for our blog. They can also be somewhat controversial. Looks like one existing ALSP is shutting down, while another one (coming soon) is promoting itself to be “Uber for lawyers”. Hmmm…

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