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News & Analysis as of May 20, 2013

Weekly eDiscovery Top Story Digest - May 1, 2013

by Rob Robinson on 5/1/2013

Compiled by @ComplexD from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and...more

What the Pateaus Scandal Tells Us About Email Privacy

by Christopher Hopkins on 1/10/2013

This article discusses the Patreaus affair from the standpoint of practical email privacy tips for lawyers, law firms, their clients, and families. A brief explanation is provided how emails (or even fake email addresses)...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

Don’t Forget Social Media During Discovery

by Miller Canfield on 9/20/2012

Social media continues to be important in litigation, especially in cases where the plaintiff alleges damages for emotional distress or mental injury. Courts are increasingly allowing discovery of the plaintiff's social media...more

Why Your Social Media Presence Needs To Be Vetted By A Social Media Attorney

by Michelle Sherman on 4/24/2012

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is a very fitting description for what businesses are learning when they do not have their social media presence reviewed by a social media law attorney. Here are a few...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update - Vol. 2, Issue 5 - October 2011

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/17/2011

In this issue: NLRB Report Provides Guidance to Employers on Social Media Issues; Rough Waters: Repeat Infringer Policies and the DMCA Safe Harbors; What Every Company Should Know About E Discovery and Social Media; CDA...more

Social Media: Too Powerful To Ignore (FBA-MD Newsletter)

by Heather Pruger on 6/3/2011

This article, published in the June 2011 issue of the newsletter of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, discusses the powerful tool that social media has become. Social media is too difficult to ignore and...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update - April 13, 2011

by Rob Robinson on 4/13/2011

Compiled by Orange Legal Technologies from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories,...more

The Cat's Paw: How Social Media Can Lead You Astray

by Eli Kantor on 11/11/2010

The pen has become even mightier since Facebook and its kin stepped into the courtroom. Today, courts consider social media posts to be beyond the purview of the right of privacy - and fully admissible in court. Now, with...more

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