e-Discovery Team

Designed for the novice lawyer to the experience, sophisticated counsel, this blog covers the growing fields of electronic discovery and information management. Listen to the soothing music while scanning essays on the latest issues, trends and case law.

Author: Ralph Losey practices in the area of e-discovery, labor and employment and IT law in Orlando, Fla.

Blawg Related Categories: Internet Law • Law Practice Management • Trials & Litigation • Evidence • Partner

Recent Posts from e-Discovery Team

Are We the Barbarians at the Gate?
NOTE TO READERS: I am going on vacation so there will be no blogs for a few weeks. This Barbarian blog is a long one though, over 5,900 words, so you will have plenty to chew…
Tech v. Law - a Plea for Mutual Respect
Ever wonder what the big tech companies moving into e-discovery really think of the field, or the people in it like you and me? Thanks to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal we…
New Case where Police Use Hash to Catch a Perp and My Favored Truncated Hash Labeling System to ID the Evidence
Part of my discipline as an e-discovery specialist is to try to read (or at least skim) every published opinion on the subject. Lots of attorneys specializing in this area do that. But there is one…
The “Wicked Quadrants” - Thoughts on a Possible Theoretical Construct to Understand Unethical Behavior in e-Discovery
Electronic discovery seems to have more published decisions with judges complaining of attorney misconduct than any other area of law. The unethical behavior ranges from intentional fraud, to gross negligence, to simple attorney negligence.…
Adversarial Search, a “Perfect Barrier” to Cost Effective e-Discovery, and One Litigant’s “Aikido-like” Response
I came across a case recently where a defendant successfully employed an “Aikido-like” maneuver to prevail in an e-discovery fight. Perfect Barrier, LLC v. Woodsmart Solutions, Inc., 2008 WL 2230192 (N.D. Ind. May 27, 2008).…
More “Must Read” 2008 Cases - Part Three - Including My Favorite, the Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion “e-Document Dump” Case
This is the third and final installment of the”Must Read” 2008 Cases series that I began two weeks ago. The series reviews, in alphabetical order, thirty 2008 e-discovery cases. They are good reference cases that…
More “Must Read” 2008 Cases - Part Two
This is Part Two of a three part series reviewing, in alphabetical order, some thirty 2008 e-discovery cases. These are particularly interesting and noteworthy cases, but ones not previously featured in this blog. Part One covered…
More “Must Read” 2008 Cases - Part One in a Three Part Series
This is the first of a three-part blog, and a follow-up to an earlier essay, Online Reference and Thirty One More e-Discovery Cases. In this and the next two blogs, I will add thirty new…
A Tale of Two London ESI Forums
Reports from The Second International DESI Workshop on Search and Sensemaking, and the MIS International Conference on Digital Evidence GUEST BLOG By: Jason R. Baron Ralph has given me the honor of filling in for…
Blogging and Presenting at LegalTech West 2008
I was at the LegalTech West Convention in Los Angeles last week. There were several good presentations on e-discovery at this massive event, but the best by far was Craig Ball’s E-Discovery Jeopardy. This was…