Legal Holds and Trigger Events


"Dedicated to cases, insights, developments and best practices relating to the development and implementation of legal holds relating to audit, investigation and litigation in the United States; and trigger events that give rise to the duty to preserve evidence in the United States."

Author: John Jablonski practices at Goldberg Segalla in Buffalo, N.Y.

Blawg Related Categories: Trials & Litigation • Evidence • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Legal Holds and Trigger Events


  • BlackBerrys Make Legal Holds Tougher

    An article in the just released December 2009 Issue of InsideCounsel magazine titled "Burned by BlackBerry's" discusses Mechanical Services, Inc. v. Brody, a case we reported on back in September. In short, the suspicious lack…

  • Court Orders Litigation Hold

    Synventive Molding Solutions v. Husky Injection Molding Systems, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105306 (D. Vt. Mar. 13, 2009), involves a hotly contested patent infringement lawsuit. The case is interesting because the court ultimately orders plaintiff…

  • ACC's Litigation Master's Series Helps GC's Tackle Litigation Holds

    The Association of Corporate Counsel held round two of its Litigation Master's Series on October 9, 2009. If you missed the presentation or are not a member of the ACC, the presentation slides remain available…

  • Book Review: 7 Steps for Legal Holds

    We have had great feedback from readers following the release of Seven Steps for Legal Holds of ESI and Other Documents (ARMA, June 2009). Now comes a favorable review of the book, posted at Law.com…

  • Applying a Legal Hold to Digital Voicemail

    From time to time we reference the hypothetical checklist that proactive organization's keep as a reference when developing the scope of a legal hold. The checklist, in theory, identifies all areas within an organization where…