Can you guess what the global spend on cybersecurity will be this year? Gartner recently provided a forecast, see how close you can come to guessing the amount. The answer is in this post – the picture of this well-known astronomer should provide some clue.
read moreBelieve it or not, it has been seven years ago today since we launched the eDiscovery Daily blog!
read moreAs Tom O’Connor and I discussed last week in our ACEDS webinar Key eDiscovery Case Law Review for First Half of 2017, Google was ordered earlier this year to produce foreign stored emails by judges in California and Pennsylvania in response to government warrants. Last month, Google’s request for review on the two cases (and interpretation of Section 2703 of the Stored Communications Act of 1986) didn’t change the results.
read moreAs Tom O’Connor and I discussed last week in our ACEDS webinar Key eDiscovery Case Law Review for First Half of 2017, we’re seeing lots of cases that relate to disputes associated with Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and disputes over things such as scope of production and proportionality, form of production and the handling of objections. Now, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) Working Group on Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1) has issued a public comment version of a new primer on Rule 34.
read moreThis CLE-approved webcast will discuss the various issues to consider and decisions to be made to help you meet your discovery obligations in an efficient and proportional manner.
read moreThis CLE-approved webcast session will cover key case law covered by the eDiscovery Daily blog related to eDiscovery for the first half of 2017.
read moreIn New Mexico Oncology v. Presbyterian Healthcare Servs, New Mexico Magistrate Judge Gregory B. Wormuth, detailing numerous defendant discovery deficiencies alleged by the plaintiff, ruled that the “harsh sanctions of default judgment or an adverse jury instruction” requested by the plaintiff “are not warranted” and instead opted to require the defendant to pay plaintiff costs related to activities resulting from defendants’ over-designation of documents as privileged and recommended that the defendants be ordered to pay the plaintiff 75% of the costs associated with its Motion for Sanctions including all fees paid to expert witnesses to prepare reports and testify at the motion hearing.
read moreThe data breaches just keep coming. Equifax is the latest hacking victim to a tune of 143 million US customers – approximately 44 percent of the population. Perhaps if they, and other organizations recently breached, had added a factor to their authentication process, those breaches might not have occurred. And, by “factor”, I mean two-factor authentication.
read moreThe best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior. Nowhere is that more true than with legal precedents set by past case law decisions, especially when it relates to eDiscovery best practices. Are you aware of recent case law decisions related to eDiscovery best practices and what that those decisions mean to your organization? Thanks to our friends at ACEDS, you can learn a lot about those case law decisions today.
read moreMother Nature has dealt this part of the world a tough couple of weeks. First, Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast, causing major damage and flooding in Houston and other areas. Then, this past weekend, Hurricane Irma has caused major damage in the Caribbean and in Florida and is continuing to wreak havoc to other parts of the country as we speak. If you’ve been affected by the recent hurricanes, here is one way that CloudNine is offering to help.
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