With the Microsoft Ireland case being argued before SCOTUS on February 27 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) going into effect in May, it’s a big year for data privacy. In keeping with that theme, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) has published the final version of a primer to help with this growing issue.
read moreCriminal cases have long been thought of as an arena devoid of electronic discovery issues. But attorneys who regularly handle criminal cases know that was not the case then, and it is certainly not the state of the field now. This paper shares a short history of the development of standards for eDiscovery in criminal matters, focusing on specific examples from the Federal court system. It also highlights main issues of importance regarding eDiscovery in criminal matters.
read moreIn IBM v. Naganayagam, New York District Judge Nelson S. Romàn, finding that no intent to deprive by the plaintiff and no prejudice against the defendant for spoliation of ESI, denied the defendant’s motion for spoliation sanctions, which facilitated granting the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against the defendant by Judge Romàn.
read moreAs we noted yesterday, Tuesday and Monday, eDiscovery Daily published 78 posts related to eDiscovery case decisions and activities over the past year, covering 62 unique cases! Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to possession, custody and control, subpoena of cloud provider data, waiver of privilege and the first part of the cases relating to sanctions and spoliation. Today, let’s take a look back at the remaining sanctions and spoliation cases.
read moreDo you think that your organization isn’t subject to the requirements of Europe’s impending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? You may be wrong about that. If it is, are you on target to be compliant by May 25? This CLE-approved* webcast session will cover how data privacy requirements have evolved over time, the parameters associated with the GDPR, what they mean to your organization and what steps your organization needs to take to ensure compliance with the GDPR. m those rulings.
read moreOnce again, it’s time for our annual review of eDiscovery case law! This is our seventh annual review of cases that we covered on the eDiscovery Daily blog over the past year. As always, we had a number of interesting cases related to various eDiscovery topics. So, as we have done for the last six(!) years, let’s take a look back at 2017!
read moreWhen we first started the eDiscovery Daily blog back in September 2010, it took a while for us to gain traction. In fact, we were happy when we had 100 views in a given day on the blog. Now we get several times that number daily. Even on a holiday like Christmas Day, we still considerably exceed those early blog view numbers. Back then, you could only view our blog from within our own site, but that’s not true anymore. And, we’ve just added a new partner to the mix this week!
read moreIt’s become an annual tradition – the release of the eDiscovery Market Size Mashup that Rob Robinson compiles and presents on his Complex Discovery site each year. It’s also become an annual tradition for him to release it earlier and earlier each year. So, over the holidays, Rob released his worldwide eDiscovery services and software overview for 2017 to 2022.
read moreWe’re back! Happy New Year! It’s a new year and a new chance to voice your opinion in the latest quarterly eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey! This time, it’s the Winter 2018 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey created by Rob Robinson and conducted on his terrific Complex Discovery site.
read moreNot only have we had a very successful year in presenting CLE-accredited webcasts this year, we’re already getting started on next year with a new webcast in January! If you want to see how key case law decisions in 2017 may affect how you conduct discovery in 2018 AND how you can still get CLE credit for 2017’s webcasts, read on.
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