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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

E-Discovery Litigation Holds

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/21/2012

Preserving company E-mail that may be relevant in litigation is important for every business. Failure to do so can open a company to liability for breaching the duty to preserve evidence. Sending a notice to employees who...more

Development In Social Media Discovery

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 10/30/2012

Social media postings, messages and records are subject to discovery in lawsuits. But like other forms of discovery, there are limits. Courts don’t like fishing expeditions and will use state and federal laws to deny...more

California Electronic Discovery Act

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 10/23/2012

California’s Electronic Discovery Act was signed into law on June 29, 2009, establishing procedures for parties to discover electronically stored information (“ESI”) from opposing parties for use as evidence in state court...more

California Electronic Discovery Act: Part Three

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 9/24/2012

Part Three in a multi-part series on the topic. In Part One of this series, we discussed California’s Electronic Discovery Act. Part Two discussed the importance in legal proceedings of electronic information from social...more

What Are Your Jurors Doing on the Internet?

by Christopher Hopkins on 12/31/2011

Reconsider how you select a jury by considering these tips and statistics on how your potential jurors use the internet....more

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