Imagine this: You’re a lawyer representing one of many defendants in a new lawsuit. You receive an email from the plaintiff’s lawyers, addressed to you as well as counsel for 19 other defendants. All that’s in the email is a link to a Dropbox folder, which contains 20 sets of discovery requests (one to each defendant).
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Protecting confidential information in e-discovery
For many years, courts and commentators have acknowledged that the attorney-client privilege is the most important privilege in our legal system.
Read More »TAR software can help lawyers out of document mire
Thanks to computers, the days of flipping through stacks of paper documents are over.
Read More »LEGAL CENTS: Marketing in a mobile world
For many people, the smartphone has become almost a new appendage.
Read More »The case for digital forensics
Digital forensics has become such a part of Timothy Edwards’ practice that he makes sure to have an analyst next to him during depositions.
Read More »An e-ducation: Everything you need to know about e-discovery
The term e-discovery has been around long enough to have become part of the vernacular. But do you know as much as you think you do about electronic discovery?
Read More »Change is about to shift into overdrive in law
In 1996, Richard Susskind declared that someday, email would be the primary means of communications for legal professionals — a prediction that was greeted with scorn by attorneys and industry observers.
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Discover the e-Discovery Assistant app
e-Discovery Assistant is a subscription-based iPad app that was introduced in July. The application is the brainchild of former Quarles & Brady partner Kelly Twigger, who founded ESI Attorneys, a firm specializing in e-discovery and information law, in 2009.
Rule changes would deal with discovery
Lawyers are concerned that discovery is getting out of hand.
Read More »Hot topics in e-discovery
Ever-evolving and constantly growing, electronic discovery presents a variety of challenges for litigators.
Lawyers predict boom in computer-assisted document review
Less than one year after a federal court judge issued a seminal electronic discovery decision blessing the use of computer-assisted review, the technology is already appearing in courts across the country.
Read More »What you need to know about e-discovery in 2013
Reflecting the always-changing world of technology, electronic discovery presents new challenges for lawyers in 2013. At the forefront: social media evidence, smartphone data and the judicial blessing of a new form of discovery review.
Read More »Where to turn when tackling tech requests
A client may tremble with fear or fume with annoyance when asked to produce electronic data but it’s up to the legal support team to talk the client down from the ledge.
Read More »BEV BUTULA: Site shows off best practices for e-discovery
An interesting online reference tool, called Electronic Discovery Best Practices, recently launched.
Read More »Taxation of e-discovery costs
When it comes to electronically stored information, “[t]he fuss is about money. Discovery is expensive, and electronic discovery is really expensive.” A.L. Brown, “The Manageable Challenge of Electronic Discovery,” formerly posted at www.rkmc.com. Nevertheless, courts have split on which e-discovery costs may be awarded to a prevailing party under 28 U.S.C. §1920(4).
Book review: E-discovery tips for small cases
While the sheer amount of electronically stored information continues to grow, the cases in which it appears are sometimes small.
Read More »BEV BUTULA: A map to state rules on e-discovery
The folks over at Kroll Ontrack have created a map identifying the states with rules and statutes specific to electronically stored information in litigation. The interactive map is color coded to identify if a state has adopted the FRCP model, an independent model, are considering adopting e-discovery rules, or currently have no e-discovery rules.
Read More »E-discovery arrives on attorneys’ to-do lists
Some Wisconsin attorneys have been too intimidated at the prospect of e-discovery to learn about it.
Read More »Ethics mix with e-discovery for attorneys in smaller courts
On the surface, a minor dog bite case does not seem like a logical instance in which electronic discovery of evidence is necessary.
Read More »New technology could streamline e-discovery process
Attorney Eric Maassen plans to use a lot less paper clips and Post-its in the near future.
Read More »E-discovery a hard sell at law firms
They’ve combined legal expertise and technological savvy. They’ve carved out their place in the complex world of electronic discovery. Now, the handful of Wisconsin lawyers who are focusing their practices on the specialized field are trying to overcome the skepticism of a legal community accustomed to going it alone. Traditionally, when law firms need help combing through gigantic files of ...
Read More »Sanctions up for e-discovery
Boston - Sanction motions and awards for e-discovery violations across the country have climbed dramatically in recent years and have now hit "historic highs," according to a study published in the Duke Law Journal.
Read More »E-discovery sanctions at all-time high
Boston (Dolan) - Sanctions in e-discovery cases are at an all-time high, according to a recent analysis published in the Duke Law Journal.
Read More »O’Hear on mandatory minimums; Esenberg on E-discovery
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Read More »Defendant ordered to jail for spoliation
A recent e-discovery decision provides important lessons for lawyers and companies about spoliation sanctions.
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