Our Insights on eDiscovery

Read on to learn more about the latest trends and insights in the world of digital discovery.

Training Snapshot: Proximity Searching from CloudNine

A snapshot demonstration of the process and syntax required to perform proximity searches within CloudNine to locate responsive terms that are not only in the same document, but close to each other without having to be in an exact phrase.

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No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Cell Phone Records and Call Logs: eDiscovery Case Law

In Dotson, et al. v. Edmonson, et. al., Louisiana District Judge Susie Morgan denied the plaintiff’s motion in limine seeking sanctions for spoliation of evidence, finding that the plaintiff had “not met his burden of establishing that the Trooper Defendants had a duty to preserve” cell phone records and call logs from the evening of October 7, 2015 from Louisiana State Police (LSP) issued cell phones that were used that night by LSP officers during an undercover operation, or that their destruction of the evidence was intentional.

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Webcast: Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases (March 21, 2018)

Criminal cases have long been thought of as an arena devoid of electronic discovery issues. But attorneys who regularly handle criminal cases know that’s not the case. So, are there any guidelines and best practices for handling eDiscovery in criminal cases? This CLE-approved* webcast session will take a look at the history of the development of standards and highlight specific issues of importance regarding eDiscovery in criminal matters.

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No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Videos and Photos of Prisoner Accident: eDiscovery Case Law

In Hernandez v. Tulare Cnty. Correction Center, et al., the California Magistrate Judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions, ruling that the defendants did not act with the intent to deprive there was no prejudice to the plaintiff from loss of videos and photos of an accident suffered by the plaintiff, a state prisoner at the defendant’s correctional facility.

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For a More Complete and Accurate Review, Be Persistent: eDiscovery Best Practices

Manual document review can be prone to error. It’s easy to miss highly relevant documents or privileged documents if you fail to spot the terms that cause them to be identified as highly relevant documents or privileged. To help spot those terms, you have to be “persistent”. And, there’s a new review of CloudNine that you might want to check out!

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