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Electronic Discovery Law
Electronic Discovery Law covers "legal issues, news and best practices relating to the discovery of electronically stored information."
Author: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has offices in 24 cities in the U.S. and around the world.
Blawg Related Categories: Trials & Litigation • Evidence • Law Firm
Recent Posts from Electronic Discovery Law
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Upcoming Events - December
Pennsylvania Bar Institute – E-Discovery December 3, 2009 PBI Professional Development Conference Center Heinz 57 Center 339 Sixth Ave., 7th Floor Pittsburgh, PA K&L Gates partner David Cohen will present “The Year in Review,” a…
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Federal Judicial Center Releases Preliminary Results of "Case-Based Civil Rules Survey"
The Federal Judicial Center has released the preliminary results of its Case-Based Civil Rules Survey. The survey, as described in the Executive Summary “presents preliminary findings form a survey of attorneys in recently closed civil…
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Court Compels Discovery from Foreign Corporation Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
In re Global Power Equip. Group, Inc., 2009 WL 3464212 (Bankr. D. Del. Oct. 28, 2009) Upon a motion to compel production of documents from claimant, a foreign corporation, the court found the documents at…
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Upcoming Event - IQPC's 8th Annual Electronic Discovery Event
December 7-9, 2009 Altman Building New York, NY This electronic discovery conference gathers industry leaders together to explore the current risks, opportunities and current challenges facing e-Discovery. Taking a strategic look at how best to…
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Defendants and General Counsel Sanctioned for Failure to Preserve Evidence
Swofford v. Eslinger, NO. 6:08-cv-00066-Orl-35DAB (M.D. Fla. Sept. 28, 2009) In April 2006, plaintiff Swofford was shot seven times, on his own property, by two deputies in pursuit of two burglary suspects. Plaintiffs brought suit against…
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Attorney-Client Privilege in Work E-Mails
By Anthony E. Davis New York Law Journal November 5, 2009 There are now several decisions determining whether employees can retain attorney-client privilege for e-mails sent to their lawyers using their employer-provided e-mail addresses and…
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"Roadmap for Reform" Reports Provide Rules and Guidelines for Pilot Programs Aimed at Addressing Problems of Civil Justice System
In two reports released yesterday, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver and the American College of Trial Lawyers, set forth rules and guidelines to be utilized…
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Supreme Court of Arizona holds Metadata is Subject to Public Records Requests
Lake v. City of Phoenix, No. CV-09-0036-PR (Ariz. Oct. 29, 2009) In an en banc opinion, the Supreme Court of Arizona vacated (in part) an opinion from the Court of Appeals and held that “if…
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Sedona Continues Call for Cooperation
By Jennifer H. Rearden and Farrah Pepper New York Law Journal October 29, 2009 It turns out that Jean-Paul Sartre's famous pronouncement that "hell is other people" was overly broad. Other people per se are…
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Court Imposes Strict Sanctions for Loss of Video Resulting from City's Reckless Failure to Ensure Preservation
Peschel v. City of Missoula, 2009 WL 3364460 (D. Mont. Oct. 15, 2009) In this case arising from defendant’s claims that he was wrongfully arrested and that the officers used excessive force, among other things,…


