Josh Gilliland

Mock Motion in Limine Arguments to Exclude ESI

January 19, 2009 Josh Gilliland CT Summation, Deposition, Discovery, e-Discovery, Mock Trial, Native File, Trial

Michael Berman, Esq., of Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC, argued to excluded email messages and a voice mail at the CT Summation Best Practices Summit, held in Washington, DC on May 20th, 2008. The Best Practices Summit included a mock motion in limine hearing. In the fictional case, the[…]

SURPRISE! First Amendment e-Discovery Objections!

January 15, 2009 Josh Gilliland Blogging, Deposition, Discovery, First Amendment

The Discovery of Electronically Stored Information has many surprises, ranging from stating the form of production, the inadvertent production of privileged material and defensible search terms. A very surprised lawyer fought a First Amendment objection they probably did not see coming during a deposition. In Quixtar Inc. v.[…]

One Pesky Requirement for a Motion to Compel e-Discovery

January 10, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, e-Discovery, Metadata, Motion to Compel, Native File, Request for Production

There is no shortage of case law on motions to compel native files, metadata and all things dealing with the form of production. However, there is one basic requirement for a motion to compel: You have to have a request for production first. Most motion to compel train wrecks[…]

The People Would Like to Thank the Blogger for His Jury Service

January 9, 2009 Josh Gilliland Blogging, Jury Blogging, Jury Disqualification, Jury Selection, Trial

My friends laughed hysterically when I had jury duty last year. Apparently, the idea of a lawyer having to do his civic duty is funny. And yes, for the record, I did wear my bow tie. During the jury selection process, my exchanged with the judge went as follows:[…]

Deposition Review with CT Summation iBlaze Color Highlighting

January 9, 2009 Josh Gilliland CT Summation, Deposition, Document Review, e-Discovery

You can open my old Civil Procedure course book and see I usually highlighted cases with three colors: Blue for the “Issue,” orange for “Rule,” yellow for “Analysis” and a note in the margin for the “Conclusion” (IRAC for the non-lawyers). Law students have been highlighting and writing in textbooks[…]

What Happens When the Requesting Party Does Not State a Form of Production?

January 8, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, Document Review, Duty of Care, Form of Production, Motion to Compel, Request for Production

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 34 allows for a requesting party to state the form of production in their request. In the event a requesting party does not state the form of production, the responding party can state the form of production in their reply. However, if no party[…]

e-Discovery: Not like Reviewing a Box of Paper

January 7, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, Document Review, e-Discovery, Request for Production

Treating e-Discovery review the same as a paper-based document review runs the risk of shattering the litigation process. In Oracle v. SAP, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88319, the estimated cost of reviewing 165 custodians was projected as $16.5 million. This included the defendants employing more than fifty contract attorneys and[…]

Be Careful What You Ask For, Because Someone Just Might Produce It

January 6, 2009 Josh Gilliland e-Discovery, Motion to Compel, Processing, Request for Production, Search Terms

There were three big “search term” cases in 2008 by Magistrate Judges John Facciola and Paul Grimm (both of whom also wear bow ties).[1] In United States v. O’Keefe, Judge Facciola wrote, “…for lawyers and judges to dare opine that a certain search term or terms would be more likely[…]

Breaking Up is Hard To Do: A Look at Personal Jurisdiction for Online Defamation

January 4, 2009 Josh Gilliland Blogging, Personal Jurisdiction

Law school is notorious for ending relationships. Fatima R. Dos Santos Fahmy v. Stephen Graham Hogge, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87103 takes the cake of a bad break-up between former law students and illustrates the requirements for a court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a blogger for defamation. […]

The Wrong Fight: A Tiff About TIFFs

January 2, 2009 Josh Gilliland e-Discovery, Form of Production

Sometimes, people don’t know any better and fight the really wrong fight. This might be where the maxim, “Never bring a knife to a gun fight” comes from. It is also the mindset that built the Maginot line. Perfect Barrier LLC v. Woodsmart Solutions Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71863[…]