Mar 23, 2018 | Ediscovery, Resources |
Develop a compliance plan with our 60-day countdown checklist On May 25, 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect worldwide. When it does, it will create staggering penalties for businesses that fail to comply with its requirements...
Jan 11, 2018 | Ediscovery |
Corporate ediscovery trends and heroes shaping the year ahead Do you know where ediscovery is going in 2018? In 2017, we witnessed a whirlwind of progress, from advances in ediscovery technology to the activation of FRE 902 to broader embrace of the FRCP in case law....
Nov 4, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, PREX |
2016 Conference on Preservation Excellence panelists discuss ediscovery cases and the present and future impact of digital technology on case law The number of ediscovery cases continues to escalate. With digital media and technology becoming more mainstream in both...
Sep 26, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., No. 3:15-cv-05579-RJB (W.D. Wash. July 29, 2016). After a previous order granting the plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery of “live” e-mails, the court denied the plaintiff’s motion as it related to archived e-mails, finding...
Sep 21, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
First Niagara Risk Mgmt., Inc. v. Folino, No. 16-1779 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 11, 2016). The court concluded that the plaintiff’s requested scope of discovery from the defendant’s electronic devices, while “rather broad,” was “proportional to the needs of this case” under the...
Aug 26, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
Hyles v. New York City, No. 10 Civ. 3119 (AT)(AJP), 2016 WL 4077114 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 1, 2016). Where a plaintiff asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck to order the defendant to use technology-assisted review (TAR) rather than the keyword searching the defendant...
Aug 25, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
Fulton v. Livingston Fin., LLC, No. C15-0574JLR, 2016 WL 3976558 (W.D. Wash. July 25, 2016). After a motion to compel in which the defendant sought to obtain all “relevant and non-privileged” information, the court sanctioned defense counsel for his “inexplicable” and...
Aug 12, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
In re Shawe & Elting LLC, No. C.A. 9661-CB (Del. Ch. July 20, 2016). In a sanctions motion for spoliation of evidence, the court ordered payment of “a significant portion” of attorneys’ fees where a party “acted in bad faith and vexatiously” by intentionally...
Aug 11, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., No. 12-1318-LPS, 2016 WL 3792833 (D. Del. July 12, 2016). In this antitrust lawsuit, the court imposed more than $3 million in sanctions against a defendant whose senior executive intentionally deleted thousands of e-mails to...
Aug 8, 2016 | Case Law, Ediscovery, Resources |
LaBrier v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 2:15-cv-04093-NKL, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61246 (W.D. Mo. May 9, 2016). Where the defendant objected to providing the plaintiff with access to information or even a list of its database fields, the court upheld a discovery...
