Having just encountered a similar situation with one of my clients, I thought this was a topic worth revisiting. Just because data is produced to you, it doesn’t mean that data is ready to “rock and roll”. Here’s a case in point.
read moreI keep thinking that all attorneys, especially those in large corporations, large law firms and federal agencies, understand best practices associated with performing redactions. Once again, I find that is evidently not the case.
read moreOne of my favorite legal blogs is the LawSites blog by Bob Ambrogi. Bob is a prolific blogger who writes several posts a week, not only on his LawSites blog, but also on MediaLaw, and he co-authors Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch, and cohosts the weekly legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. And, he’s been doing it since 1993 (wow!). Bob has also been keeping track of states that have adopted a duty of technology competence and he just reported that Nebraska has become the twenty eighth state to do so.
read moreThe first days after a complaint is filed are critical to managing the eDiscovery requirements of the case efficiently and cost-effectively. With a scheduling order required within 120 days of the complaint and a Rule 26(f) “meet and confer” conference required at least 21 days before that, there’s a lot to do and a short time to do it. Where do you begin?
read moreIn Procaps S.A. v. Patheon Inc., Florida District Judge Jonathan Goodman, in a very lengthy ruling, granted the defendant’s supplemental motion for attorney’s fees and non-taxable costs in the full amount requested of $18,494.846.
read moreDo you have a favorite eDiscovery blog? Or a favorite general legal blog? If you do, here’s a chance to see it recognized as one of the best.
read moreIn my webcast discussion with Tom O’Connor yesterday, we had a terrific discussion of several pros and cons of both on-premise and off-premise (cloud) eDiscovery technology solutions as well as other factors to consider. If you missed the webcast, you can check it out here. But, if you’re considering a cloud solution, how do you know whether the solution(s) you’re considering have the security mechanisms your organization needs? Here’s a list of factors to consider.
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. Today at noon CST (1:00pm EST, 10:00am PST), CloudNine will conduct the webcast On Premise or Off Premise? A Look at Security Approaches to eDiscovery.
read moreIn Ehrenberg v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Louisiana Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld, rejecting the defendant’s request for the plaintiff’s social media data as “reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence”, identified a level of social media data to be produced by the plaintiff that considered “weighing relevance and proportionality”.
read moreLate last week, when several of us knew that Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on Texas and was expected to cause major flooding in the Houston area, a friend of mine made a joke on Facebook about seeing a six foot rabbit in the Gulf of Mexico. It was a great Jimmy Stewart reference and a clever joke. But, Hurricane Harvey has been no joke.
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