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Looking Back at Predictions That I Made Three Years Ago, Part 2: eDiscovery Predictions Revisited
 Looking Back at Predictions That I Made Three Years Ago, Part 2: eDiscovery Predictions Revisited 341 338 CloudNine

Yesterday, I took a look back at two posts that comprised six eDiscovery predictions for 2014 that I wrote three years ago. I thought it might be fun to look back at those posts to see how those predictions fared. I covered the first three predictions yesterday, so today I’ll cover the last three.

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Looking Back at Predictions That I Made Three Years Ago: eDiscovery Predictions Revisited
 Looking Back at Predictions That I Made Three Years Ago: eDiscovery Predictions Revisited 341 338 CloudNine

Sometimes, in addition to the many other resources that I use to look for blog post ideas, I like to look back at my old posts from the past to see if there’s a topic that warrants a fresh look. When I did that yesterday, I stumbled on two posts that comprised six eDiscovery predictions for 2014 that I wrote three years ago. I thought it might be fun to look back at those posts to see how those predictions fared.

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“Primed” to Read about Data Privacy? The Sedona Conference Has a New Primer for You: eDiscovery Best Practices
 “Primed” to Read about Data Privacy? The Sedona Conference Has a New Primer for You: eDiscovery Best Practices 428 600 CloudNine

The proliferation of data in our society today makes the task of protecting sensitive and private data more challenging than ever. Without a doubt, privacy and data protection laws have evolved quite a bit over the past several years, especially internationally, with the striking down of the 15 year old Safe Harbor agreement back in 2015 over privacy concerns and subsequent adoption of the EU-US Privacy Shield last year. To help legal practitioners to have a better understanding of various data privacy issues and guidelines, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) has created a new primer to help with this growing issue.

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Judge Cuts Over $10M from Attorney Fees Due to Use of Temporary Attorneys for Document Review: eDiscovery Case Law
 Judge Cuts Over $10M from Attorney Fees Due to Use of Temporary Attorneys for Document Review: eDiscovery Case Law 342 342 CloudNine

The use of temporary associates for document review (and billing at normal staff associate rates) caused a federal judge in Manhattan to reduce the request for attorney fees by $10.3 million in a settlement of a securities case against Bank of America.

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REAL CLE Credit and Also a Bit About FAKE Lawyers: eDiscovery Trends
 REAL CLE Credit and Also a Bit About FAKE Lawyers: eDiscovery Trends 227 322 CloudNine

We now have our first two approved states for CLE for our webcast “What Every Attorney Should Know About eDiscovery in 2017” coming up on Wednesday, January 25! Also, if you’re reading an attorney blog, that attorney may or may not be a real person.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 4
 2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 4 479 270 CloudNine

As we noted yesterday, Tuesday and Monday, eDiscovery Daily published 74 posts related to eDiscovery case decisions and activities over the past year, covering 62 unique cases! Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to social media discovery, technology assisted review and the first part of the cases relating to sanctions and spoliation. Today, let’s take a look back at the remaining cases related to sanctions and spoliation.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3
 2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3 479 270 CloudNine

As we noted yesterday and Monday, eDiscovery Daily published 74 posts related to eDiscovery case decisions and activities over the past year, covering 62 unique cases! Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to cooperation, disputes about discovery, eDiscovery cost reimbursement, form of production disputes, privilege disputes and (once again) the ubiquitous Apple v. Samsung case. Today, let’s take a look back at cases related to social media discovery, technology assisted review and the first part of the cases relating to sanctions and spoliation.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2
 2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2 479 270 CloudNine

As we noted yesterday, eDiscovery Daily published 74 posts related to eDiscovery case decisions and activities over the past year, covering 62 unique cases! Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to admissibility and proportionality. Today, let’s take a look back at cases related to cooperation, disputes about discovery, eDiscovery cost reimbursement, form of production disputes, privilege disputes and (once again) the ubiquitous Apple v. Samsung case.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 1
 2016 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 1 479 270 CloudNine

It’s that time again! Time for our annual review of eDiscovery case law! Once again, we had plenty of sanctions granted and denied, as well as disputes over admissibility of electronically stored information (ESI) and even a few landmark cases regarding technology assisted review. Last year, eDiscoveryDaily published 74 posts related to eDiscovery case decisions and activities over the past year, covering 62 unique cases! So, as we have done for the last five years, let’s take a look back at 2016! Today, we’ll be looking at cases related to admissibility and proportionality of ESI.

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For Your Project to Succeed, You May Need To Be a “Debbie Downer”: eDiscovery Best Practices
 For Your Project to Succeed, You May Need To Be a “Debbie Downer”: eDiscovery Best Practices 423 304 CloudNine

Everybody knows a “Debbie Downer”. They may not be much fun to be around, but when planning for an eDiscovery project, you may need to tap into your own personal “Debbie Downer” to succeed.

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