Making Your Online Evidence Usable in the Courtroom by Kaiser Legal Group on 5/23/2012 Presented at, and written for, the Seattle Continuing Legal Education seminar "Everything You Don't Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did)." The CLE was held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle,...more
Reining In Discovery Costs Through Predictive Coding Programs by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 5/22/2012 It’s no secret that discovery in litigation can be extremely — sometimes prohibitively — expensive. A recent study of electronic discovery costs shows that the total cost of production could range from $17,000 to $27 million,...more
McAfee & Taft RegLINC - May 2012: First criminal charges filed in Deepwater Horizon spill by Chris Paul by McAfee & Taft on 5/21/2012 A former engineer for BP has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for deleting text messages related to how much oil was flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the spring of 2010....more
We've been sued! Now what? A guide to handling business litigation by Manning Fulton & Skinner, P.A. on 5/18/2012 By William S. Cherry, III A 2010 litigation trends survey warns, “Companies Expect More Litigation.” Federal statistics indicate that the number of employees suing employers rose 35% from 2007 to 2011. A study conducted...more
Understanding the Processing Phase of eDiscovery by Kevin L. Nichols on 5/17/2012 The Processing stage of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) has three distinct perspectives when approaching the manipulation of data: the Litigation Support Professional, the Litigation Paralegal, and the...more
Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – May 16, 2012 by Rob Robinson on 5/16/2012 Highlighted in Forbes’ Law & Technology Blog as one of Eight Great Law & Technology Resources, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange Weekly eDiscovery News Updates provide readers with a trusted compilation of key...more
Record Highs and Lows in New Jersey’s Uncertain Solar Market by Reed Smith on 5/14/2012 New Jersey’s solar market hit record highs on the development side in the face of record lows in Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) prices during the first quarter of 2012. A record 685 solar projects were installed in...more
Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – May 9, 2012 by Rob Robinson on 5/9/2012 Highlighted in Forbes’ Law & Technology Blog as one of Eight Great Law & Technology Resources, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange Weekly eDiscovery News Updates provide readers with a trusted compilation of key...more
Courts Open Door to Computer-Assisted Document Review by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/8/2012 Judge Andrew Carter of the Southern District of New York recently adopted Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck's first-of-its-kind decision approving and encouraging the use of computer-assisted document review. Da Silva Moore v....more
The Roger Clemens Perjury Trial: Document Gaffe Highlights Importance of PDF Filings by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/7/2012 This week marks the third week of the Roger Clemens perjury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Recent events have provided a stark lesson in litigation practice and procedure for both...more
Study: 13 million Facebook users aren't protecting their privacy by Steven Getman on 5/5/2012 According to a new study by Consumer Reports, approximately 13 million Facebook users in the United States either ignore, don’t know how to use, or aren't aware of Facebook’s privacy settings. Furthermore, the...more
Predictive Coding Gets A Chance by Dechert LLP on 5/3/2012 Bexis attended the annual spring meeting last week. PLAC meetings are almost always good for at least one blog post. This is it. In the high-tech morass that is ediscovery, parties have tried various ways to do...more
Discovery of Facebook Content in Florida Cases by Christopher Hopkins on 5/3/2012 A step-by-step guide, with discovery examples and specific case references, on how to obtain Facebook content in your cases. ...more
Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – May 2, 2012 by Rob Robinson on 5/2/2012 Highlighted in Forbes’ Law & Technology Blog as one of Eight Great Law & Technology Resources, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange Weekly eDiscovery News Updates provide readers with a trusted compilation of key...more
IP Update, Vol. 15, No. 4, April 2012 by McDermott Will & Emery on 4/30/2012 In This Issue: - Patents *Patent Applicants Can Submit New Evidence to the District Court in Civil Actions Under §145 *To Quote Mark Twain, “Reports of My (Inequitable Conduct) Death Have Been Greatly...more