Knotty Issues of eDiscovery
The Northern District of California should be commended for its new eDiscovery Guidelines, Check List and Model Order. It is a very good first step to raising eDiscovery competency and awareness for attorneys in Silicon Valley. The complete guidelines can be downloaded from Northern District website, which states attorneys should “consult[…]
Read moreWe also understand that in this technological age, “confrontation” at some point may take on a meaning that none of us has yet imagined or realized. Despite advances in communication technology, a defendant’s right to a fair trial with all its attendant Constitutional guarantees is our legal and moral obligation[…]
Read moreThe 5th Paraben Forensic Innovation Conference was held at the Zermatt Resort in Midway, Utah on November 3rd to 6th, 2012. The event was a tour-de-force in education, showcasing multiple forensic and eDiscovery boot camps. I had the honor of coordinating the eDiscovery and Deposition boot camps. Our eDiscovery speakers[…]
Read moreCan a party issue a litigation hold to one of its contractual agents to preserve information by remote control? The answer is yes, yes they can. In Haskins v. First Am. Title Ins. Co., the first issue was whether the Defendant was in “possession, custody, or control” of documents held[…]
Read moreDisclosure requirements for expert witnesses and written reports under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 26. No part of this recording should be considered legal advice.
Read moreThere are judges who have a way with words when they want to make a point. One example of such judicial prose was by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows in Botell v. United States: At this juncture, the United States has purportedly been looking for documents for months, yet the[…]
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A Plaintiff brought a motion to compel “access to electronic records,” claiming the Defendants had “withheld electronically stored information” and had not produced a “chronological e-mail history of any kind.” Murray v. Coleman, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130219, 1-3 (W.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2012). The Defense attorney claimed that the Defendant[…]
Read moreJosh Gilliland on tips for deposition preparation using litigation support technology. No part of this video should be considered legal advice.
Read moreSurviving family members of a Facebook user in Great Britain filed an ex parte application for access to the deceased’s Facebook account to show the deceased’ state of mind for the Coroner’s investigation in Manchester, England. In re Facebook, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134977, at *1-2 (N.D. Cal. Sept.[…]
Read moreTips on reviewing electronic discovery, including issue tagging for causes of action or defenses and eDiscovery project management.
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