A few months ago, we reported that the Department of Justice had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that landmark appeals court decision handed down last summer in favor of Microsoft Corp. that put their company data stored overseas mostly out of reach of U.S. law enforcement. Yesterday, SCOTUS, at the urging of a whopping thirty-three states, agreed to take the case.
read moreIn Barcroft Media, Ltd. et al. v. Coed Media Grp., LLC, New York District Judge Jesse M. Furman denied the Plaintiffs’ motion for spoliation sanctions for failing to preserve web pages containing disputed images, and motion in limine to preclude the testimony of a defense expert witness for failing to list him in the defendant’s initial disclosures.
read moreIn Mitcham v. Americold Logistics, LLC, Colorado Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang granted (in part) the defendant’s motion for sanctions for the plaintiff’s delay in producing a copy of a journal she kept while employed by the defendant and for her failure to produce the original copy of the journal by granting leave to re-open the plaintiff’s deposition for an additional two hours to examine the plaintiff about the journal and associated fees and expenses, but denied the defendant’s request for fees and expenses associated with the filing of the instant Motion and denied the defendant’s request for an adverse inference instruction.
read moreThis CLE-approved webcast will discuss examples of recent eDiscovery disasters and highlight the common characteristics of those disasters.
read moreBudgetary constraints are a common hurdle for law firms and legal departments seeking to address the legal, technological, and business elements of eDiscovery. This economic constraint is compounded by the lack of consistency, predictability, and transparency in the pricing of many software offerings, regardless of whether they are on-premise or off-premise, or based on emerging or mature technologies.
read moreWhen consumers are considering their eDiscovery technology choices, there are more factors to consider today than ever. In addition to considering the functionality of the software application, you now also have to consider whether to buy or “rent” the application, how the software is delivered to you and whether it’s required to be within your firewall or can be an off-premises solution. Thanks to ACEDS, you can learn today how to sort out those factors and make an educated solution selection.
read moreThe ability of eDiscovery software to deal with data complexity such as being able to ingest and process an increasing number of data formats is one of the most important challenges faced by eDiscovery professionals today. In fact, according to the Summer 2017 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, almost 22% of 101 eDiscovery ecosystem respondents highlighted that the challenge of increasing types of data would have the biggest impact on their business during the next six months.
read moreIf you’re going to be in the Washington DC area this Thursday and/or Friday, October 12th and 13th, join me and other legal technology experts and professionals at The Master’s Conference DC event. It’s a day and a half of educational sessions covering a wide range of topics!
read moreIn Blosser v. Ashcroft, Inc., et al., Washington District Judge Benjamin H. Settle settled this dispute for now between the plaintiffs and three defendants over discovery disputes by denying the plaintiffs’ motions to compel against all three defendants, two of them without prejudice.
read moreOnce the security of a potential solution has been considered, the next reasonable area of examination and evaluation is that of capability. Assessing capability is just determining whether or not a solution can accomplish the necessary tasks required in an eDiscovery effort. While there are not always discernible differences in the capabilities of on-premise and off-premise offerings, there are some characteristics to consider as they may be indicators of the ability of a solution to meet actual needs as opposed to perceived needs.
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