Our Insights on eDiscovery

Read on to learn more about the latest trends and insights in the world of digital discovery.

Plaintiff’s Intentional Deletion of Emails to Competitors Leads to Order to Produce Gmail Account: eDiscovery Case Law

In Cohn et. al. v. Guaranteed Rate, Inc., Illinois District Judge John Robert Blakey granted in part and denied in part the defendant’s motion to compel discovery, for spoliation sanctions, and to extend the discovery deadline, finding that the defendant’s request for dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims and entry of default judgment or issuance of an adverse inference instruction was “not commensurate with the harm implicated here”, opting instead to require the plaintiff to provide full access to her Gmail account to the defendant.

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Webcast: What Every Attorney Should Know About eDiscovery in 2017

This webcast session will cover 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. For the latest industry updates visit cloudnine.com.

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WHY I Do What I Do: eDiscovery Reflections

One of the things I like most about working at CloudNine is the company culture and one of the things that has been instrumental in defining and shaping our company culture is our company book club. We’ve reviewed and discussed several books over time that have helped us define that company culture and the latest book that we just reviewed got me thinking about WHY I do what I do.

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Was Spoliation Intentional? Court Will Let Jury Decide: eDiscovery Case Law

In Cahill v. Dart, Illinois District Judge John Z. Lee adopted, with modifications, the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Cox regarding the plaintiff’s motion to sanction the defendants for destruction of evidence, indicating that Judge Cox’s proposed sanction would be imposed and also that the jury would be informed that the defendants failed to meet their duty to preserve video, giving the plaintiff the option to argue to the jury that the failure to preserve the video was intentional.

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Today’s the Day to Hear Experts Comment on the State of eDiscovery Business Confidence: eDiscovery Trends

Last week, we covered results from the ACEDS and Complex Discovery Fall 2016 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, which was conducted last month with the results published on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site. There’s even a Canadian breakdown. Today, you can attend a webinar to hear experts comment on the results of the survey and their thoughts about the state of eDiscovery business in general!

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