What’s Up With E-Discovery?
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Recent Posts from What’s Up With E-Discovery?
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Personal Jurisdiction established by way of Email transmission
Most will admit that technology has made business operations a much easier and more streamlined process. However, there are some drawbacks associated with the newfound convenience. Some judges in New York have ruled that even…
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A $6 Million Discovery bill is NOT an outlier
Companies can avoid such high discovery bills simply by planning ahead. When the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight was subpoenaed for documents in litigation involving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, its IT department thought it…
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments
Litigation readiness by corporations is a necessity of operating effectively in todays business environment. The following is a list of some of the recent amendments to FCRP that every prudent general counsel should know. Rule 16: Pretrial Meetings Requires…
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Fourth Circuit allows Punitive Damages without Proof of actual damages for plaintiff after employer Hacked into former employee’s AOL account
In adding teeth to the federal anti-hacker email privacy law, the Fourth circuit ruled a few days ago that a plaintiff does not have to prove actual damages to receive punitive damages under the Stored…
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An expensive eDiscovery lesson taught by the D.C. Circuit
An important lesson to practitioners courtesy of the D.C. Circuit. A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirms an order requiring a nonparty to spend $6 million (9 percent…
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2008: Five Groundbreaking cases In Ediscovery
This is one writer’s opinion, what’s yours? 5) Mancia v. Mayflower Textile Servs. Co., 2008 WL 4595175 (D. Md. Oct. 15, 2008) If there ever was an opinion written by a judge to make a…
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Defendant pays for not being thorough, efficient, and timely in E-Discovery
In the court case Omega Patents v. Fortin Auto Radio, both the plaintiff and the judge were unhappy with the defendant’s volume of e-discovery production, which included a few documents and just five emails in…
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Eight ways to Prepare for E-discovery in a pinch
LTN gives eight ways to prepare for e-discovery when you are under the gun. 1. Apply the five Ws of journalism (who, what, when, where, and why) to get a handle on your core preservation duties.…
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Is FRE 502 all it’s cracked up to be? Not so much
As pointed out by one author, FRE 502 may not the panacea to ediscovery costs that many herald it to be. See below the three main problems that FRE 502 does not address and therefore makes the…
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Ediscovery Boot Camp
Georgetown law is hosting a 4-day ediscovery bootcamp. Cost to you…… a mere $2750. E-Discovery Training Academy February 09 - February 13, 2009 As a multibillion dollar industry, electronic discovery has become one of the largest litigation expenses for…