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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Defendant Sanctioned for Failing to Preserve Text Messages and Failing to Produce Native Format Data: eDiscovery Case Law
 Defendant Sanctioned for Failing to Preserve Text Messages and Failing to Produce Native Format Data: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In First Financial Security, Inc. v. Freedom Equity Group, LLC, California Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd issued permissive adverse inference instruction sanctions against the defendant for deleting relevant text messages “with the intent to deprive” the plaintiff of the use of those text messages and for failing to produce native-format data that it was repeatedly ordered to produce. Judge Lloyd declined to sanction the defendant for spoliation of phone records or employment applications.

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Do Lawyers Actually Realize When They’re Using the Cloud?: eDiscovery Trends
 Do Lawyers Actually Realize When They’re Using the Cloud?: eDiscovery Trends 500 333 CloudNine

In his LawSites blog last week, Bob Ambrogi reported on results from the 2016 Legal Technology Survey Report by the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center. One of the more notable statistics from the report is that just 38 percent of lawyers use cloud computing for law-related tasks. But, is that really true?

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Court Orders Forensic Examination of Key Custodian Computers: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Orders Forensic Examination of Key Custodian Computers: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Davis v. Crescent Electric Company et. al., South Dakota District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol ruled that a non-disclosure agreement would sufficiently protect any and all confidential and/or privileged information of the defendant that may be uncovered during the forensic examination for key custodians and that the information being requested by the plaintiff was relevant and not overly broad.

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According To This New Report, eDiscovery Market Expected to Nearly Triple in Five Years: eDiscovery Trends
 According To This New Report, eDiscovery Market Expected to Nearly Triple in Five Years: eDiscovery Trends 219 284 CloudNine

According to a new market research report, the eDiscovery market is estimated to grow from $7.89 Billion (US) in 2016 to $22.62 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 23.4% from 2016 to 2021.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Defendant Not Required to Use Predictive Coding by Court: eDiscovery Case Law
 Defendant Not Required to Use Predictive Coding by Court: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

Regardless how the election turned out last night, eDiscovery case law marches on. In the case In re Viagra Products Liability Litigation, California Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim, noting that other courts had declined to force a party to use predictive coding, denied the plaintiff’s motion to force the defendant to use predictive coding instead of its preferred approach using search terms.

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ELECT to Have Drinks Again With Me – On Me!: eDiscovery Trends
 ELECT to Have Drinks Again With Me – On Me!: eDiscovery Trends 347 439 CloudNine

If you’re in Houston, you have a big decision to make today. No, not that decision! I’m talking about whether or not to have drinks with me! I’m buying!

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Here’s Where You Can View Last Week’s Webinar and More: eDiscovery Trends
 Here’s Where You Can View Last Week’s Webinar and More: eDiscovery Trends 341 340 CloudNine

Last week, I participated in a presentation, conducted by ACEDS and sponsored by CloudNine, which provided an overview of the evolution of electronic discovery technologies and also included a short demonstration of two tools within this growing category of offerings: Heureka and CloudNine. If you missed the webinar, here is where you can still check it out. You can also check out my article and my upcoming podcast too.

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How SaaS Automation Has Revolutionized eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firms: eDiscovery Trends
 How SaaS Automation Has Revolutionized eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firms: eDiscovery Trends 346 351 CloudNine

I’m in Austin today, speaking at the Texas Bar CLE program eDiscovery in Your Case. I’m excited to be included in the program, participating in the luncheon presentation eDiscovery Software for Solo and Small Firms with Kathy Owen Brown of DLA Piper and Gene Albert of Lexbe! I wrote an article titled How SaaS Automation Has Revolutionized eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firms for the session. Find out how you can get a copy of the article here!

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Join Us for Today’s Webinar – Simplified eDiscovery Automation: From Evolution to Revolution!
 Join Us for Today’s Webinar – Simplified eDiscovery Automation: From Evolution to Revolution! 258 140 CloudNine

As we mentioned last week, we’re presenting a webinar today at 1pm ET. Come join us!

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The Cowen Group 2016 eDiscovery and Litigation Support Salary Report: eDiscovery Trends
 The Cowen Group 2016 eDiscovery and Litigation Support Salary Report: eDiscovery Trends 219 284 CloudNine

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Robert Half 2017 Legal Salary Guide with a specific focus on litigation support and eDiscovery salaries. This week, we’re covering results from the Tenth Annual Salary Survey from The Cowen Group. Let’s take a look at this latest opportunity to push for that raise you’ve been wanting.

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