The Importance of Early Data Assessment: eDiscovery Best Practices
Why do we have a picture of Santa Claus for an eDiscovery blog post about early data assessment? Read on.
read moreCourt Orders Defendant to Produce Additional ESI Responsive to 78 “Unopposed” Search Terms: eDiscovery Case Law
In Venturdyne, Ltd. d/b/a Scientific Dust Collectors v. Carbonyx, Inc., d/b/a Carbonyx Carbon Technologies, et. al., Indiana District Judge John E. Martin ordered the defendant to produce additional ESI to the plaintiff to be retrieved via 78 “unopposed” search terms that neither party objected to during negotiation over the plaintiff’s original list of 126 search terms.
read moreSupreme Court Gives Samsung an Early Christmas Present – For Now: eDiscovery Case Law
We almost made it the entire year without an update on the ubiquitous Apple v. Samsung case. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, this long lasting case isn’t done yet.
read moreFinding Categorical Privilege Log to Be Inadequate, Court Orders Plaintiff to Provide a Metadata Log: eDiscovery Case Law
In Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. U.S. Bank N.A., South Carolina District Judge J. Michelle Childs determined that the plaintiff’s categorical Privilege Log was inadequate and ordered the plaintiff to provide to the defendant a metadata log for all documents withheld or redacted, affidavit(s) from the person(s) with knowledge regarding the privileged third party and common interest parties and a list of anticipated litigation(s) for the documents withheld on the basis of work product protection.
read moreIt May Be FALL, But eDiscovery Business Confidence Is On The RISE: eDiscovery Trends
The results are in from the ACEDS and Complex Discovery Fall 2016 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, which was conducted last month and (as was the case for the Winter, Spring and Summer surveys) the results are published on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site. How confident are individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem in the business of eDiscovery? Let’s see.
read moreEvolution of eDiscovery Automation – Looking Back and Looking Forward: eDiscovery Trends
How has eDiscovery automation technology evolved over the years? Where is it headed? What is the current state of acceptance for Technology Assisted Review (TAR) within courts and within the bar? How do the different TAR approaches work? Has the promise of TAR been fulfilled?
read moreDefendant Ordered to Produce Source Code Responsive to Agreed Upon Search Protocol: eDiscovery Case Law
In ACI Worldwide Corp. v. MasterCard Technologies, LLC et. al., Nebraska Magistrate Judge F.A. Gossett granted the plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Production of the defendant’s Full Source Code in part, “to the extent there are any files that MasterCard has not produced responsive to the parties’ previously established joint Search Protocol.”
read moreToday is E-Discovery Day 2016!: eDiscovery Trends
Today is December 1. As we mentioned last week, that means today is E-Discovery Day!
read moreBy 2020, 92 Percent of Everything We Do Will Be in The Cloud: eDiscovery Trends
According to an article on Forbes.com, by 2020, 92 percent of computing workloads will be processed by cloud data centers; versus only eight percent being processed by traditional data centers.
read moreWith No Proof of Duty to Preserve or Bad Faith, Plaintiffs’ Request for Sanctions is Denied: eDiscovery Case Law
In Reyes et. al. v. Julia Place Condominiums Homeowners Association, Inc., et. al., Louisiana District Judge Carl J. Barbier, in denying the plaintiffs’ request for sanctions, stated that the plaintiffs “have failed to produce sufficient evidence proving that [defendant] Parkview had a duty to preserve the ledgers, that Parkview acted in bad faith in destroying the ledgers, and that the destroyed evidence was relevant to Plaintiffs’ claim”.
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