Our Insights on eDiscovery

Interview with Robert Childress, CEO of The Master’s Conference: eDiscovery Trends

April 25, 2017

As I mentioned earlier this month, The Master’s Conference is kicking off its 11th year with an event in San Francisco today. As part of our commitment to eDiscovery education, I’m delighted to be participating in the series again this year. In preparation for today’s kickoff event, I interviewed Robert Childress, CEO of The Master’s Conference to understand how the event came to be and what makes it unique compared to other conferences within the eDiscovery schedule.

Lack of Cooperation Leads to Court to Order Scope of Discovery for Defendant: eDiscovery Case Law

April 24, 2017

In Bird v. Wells Fargo Bank, after the parties could not agree on the parameters and scope of discovery, California Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean ordered the defendant to produce several categories of documents related to the plaintiff’s former employment, disclose its discovery plan, search terms and custodians, produce its document retention policies regarding the destruction of employee emails and produce an initial privilege log.

The Internet is Even Busier That it Was Last Year: eDiscovery Trends

April 21, 2017

About this time last year, I published (or re-published, if you will) a terrific infographic that illustrated what happens within the internet in a typical minute in 2016. Since I will be part of a panel discussion at The Master’s Conference in San Francisco next Tuesday and the topic will be big data and data discovery, I thought it would be good to take a fresh look at what happens in a 2017 internet minute!

Craig Ball Says That Failure to Preserve Mobile Devices in Litigation is the “M” Word: eDiscovery Best Practices

April 20, 2017

In the latest post in his excellent Ball in Your Court blog, Craig Ball has some strong words for attorneys who fail to advise clients to preserve ESI from mobile devices when under a preservation duty.

Webcast: Legal Hold Notifications from CloudNine

April 19, 2017

Delivered as an advanced, integrated, and automated option in CloudNine’s cloud-based, SaaS-delivered simplified eDiscovery automation software, Legal Hold Notifications improve the ability of legal and compliance teams to implement legal holds by providing them with an intuitive and secure tool for marshaling the data preservation process. To learn more about Legal Hold Notifications, visit cloudnine.com.

Plaintiff’s Erasure of iPhone Before Forensic Examination Leads to Recommended Dismissal of Case: eDiscovery Case Law

April 19, 2017

In Coyne v. Los Alamos National Security, LLC et. al., New Mexico Magistrate Judge Karen B. Molzen recommended that the court grant the defendants’ motion to dismiss after the plaintiff’s erased and reset her iPhone the day before it was produced for forensic examination, the “culmination of her and her husband’s willful failure to comply with their discovery obligations in this case.”

Has eDiscovery Business Gotten a Bump or a Slump from Trump?: eDiscovery Trends

April 18, 2017

Don’t be a chump, be the ump! It’s time for another quarterly eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey! This time, it’s the Spring 2017 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey created (and cleverly titled) by Rob Robinson and conducted on his terrific Complex Discovery site. It’s the second year of the quarterly survey and we’ve covered every round of the survey so far. Now, it’s time for the Spring 2017 Survey!

Webcast: What Every Attorney Should Know About eDiscovery in 2017 (ACEDS Update)

April 17, 2017

This ACEDS-hosted CLE-approved webcast session covers key terms, rules, duties, and case law to give you the tools and resources necessary to efficiently and effectively meet the challenging discovery obligations that attorneys will face in 2017.

Court Tells Litigants “NO MORE WARNINGS” When It Comes to Boilerplate Discovery Objections: eDiscovery Case Law

April 17, 2017

In Liguria Foods, Inc. v. Griffith Laboratories, Inc., Iowa District Judge Mark W. Bennett declined to sanction the parties for issuing boilerplate objections, but strongly warned them that the use of boilerplate objections in the future would place counsel and their clients at risk for significant sanctions.

Today’s the Day to Find Out What Every Attorney Should Know About eDiscovery in 2017: eDiscovery Trends

April 13, 2017

If you’ve missed earlier opportunities to find out what every attorney should know about eDiscovery in 2017, you get another opportunity today, thanks to our friends at ACEDS! Join us today at noon CT (1pm ET, 10am PT)!