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News & Analysis as of May 22, 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

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

Revised Cyber Security Act 2012

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 9/25/2012

Congress has been struggling with cyber security issues for several years, most recently in connection with the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (CSA2012). CSA2012 is an attempt to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure...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

to Avoid Litigation Penalties, Why Data Retention Policies After #SocialMedia are a Must

by Wahab & Medenica LLC on 9/4/2012

Social media is business media. In 2012, everything from Twitter to Facebook are no longer relegated to the fringe of personal vanity projects. And to wit, company PR, HR, R&D, and every other conceivable department, has...more

Getting the Deal Through – e-Commerce 2013

by Robert Bond on 7/31/2012

"Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - e-Commerce 2013 (published in July 2012; contributing editor: Robert Bond of Speechly Bircham LLP)....more

The Legal Four Corners Of Social Media And E-Discovery For Businesess

by Michelle Sherman on 6/4/2012

Companies are on social media. They are interacting and connecting with customers through Facebook, Twitter and blogs. In a 2010 study, numbers on the conservative side show that 65% of Fortune Global 100 companies have...more

E-Discovery Rules Applied to Social Media: What This Means in Practical Terms for Businesses

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/19/2011

Companies are on social media. They are interacting and connecting with customers through Facebook, Twitter and blogs. In a study last year, so the numbers are already on the conservative side, 65% of Fortune Global 100...more

Wake up call - a failure to comply with your obligations in respect of Electronic Disclosure could prove extremely costly

by Michael Axe on 4/1/2009

As part of a periodic series of updates on legal developments on the use of electronic evidence, Michael Axe looks at a recent English High Court decision that will have far reaching consequences for all parties involved in...more

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