The EDna challenge was revived in 2016, with new parameters and eDiscovery providers once again responded with their abilities to provide a cost-effective solution. So, where do we stand on the ability of eDiscovery providers to provide cost effective solutions “for the rest of us”? Let’s take a look.
read moreIn TMJ Grp., LLC v. IMCMV Holdings, Louisiana Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld ruled on Motions to Compel by both parties, both of which were granted in part and denied in part.
read moreDon’t let my cute title confuse you. In this case, the Fourth Circuit issued an interesting decision regarding whether a warrant is required to search an individual’s cell phone.
read moreBelieve it or not, Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to go into effect in one just one week(!), on May 25th. Many organizations are scrambling to comply with the new regulation and a lot of them won’t have compliance sorted out in the next week. As a result, some companies have realized it’s just too much of a hassle and decided to block all access to EU users.
read moreIn Heggen v. Maxim Healthcare Servs., Inc., Indiana Magistrate Judge Susan Collins ruled that the plaintiff’s destruction of requested cellphone recordings, as well as lying under oath, were sanctionable under FRCP Rule 37.
read moreWith the high number of eDiscovery vendors and the huge amount of ED conferences, webinars and seminars, you might ask why we would talk about eDiscovery for “the rest of us”. eDiscovery was initially seen as the exclusive domain of large firms with large cases in Federal court. But the fact is that firms of all sizes now must know how to handle electronic discovery efficiently and cost-effectively. But, can firms find the technology they need to handle the smaller cases cost effectively?
read moreIn 2016, Florida became the first state to mandate technology training for lawyers, when it adopted a rule requiring lawyers to complete three hours of CLE every three years “in approved technology programs.” We covered it here. That requirement went into effect on January 1, 2017 and CloudNine has certainly been providing several CLE courses that are technology approved in Florida. We’ve been wondering when a second state was going to follow suit and we may be close to an answer.
read moreBill Dimm of Hot Neuron is one of the smartest men I know about technology assisted review (TAR). So, I’m always interested to hear what he has to say about TAR, how it can be used and how effective it is when compared to other methods (such as keyword searching). His latest blog post on the Clustify site talk about an interesting exercise that did exactly that: compared TAR to keyword search in a real classroom scenario.
read moreIn Michael E. Davis, et al. v. Electronic Arts, Inc., California Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu ruled that the plaintiff’s failure to fully comply with the discovery requests by the defendant were sanctionable under FRCP Rule 37, which states, “Such sanctions may include ordering a party to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, caused by its failure to comply with the order or rule.”
read moreDoes it seem like eDiscovery technology today is only for the “mega-firms” and “mega-cases”? What about for the “rest of us”? Are there solutions for the small firms and cases too? What does the average lawyer need to know about eDiscovery today and how to select a solution that’s right for them? We will discuss these and other questions in a webcast at the end of the month.
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