Electronic Discovery

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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Laying Foundation for Meta Data and Websites

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 5/9/2013

Lawsuits brought in the U.S. that result in judgments against Chinese companies often have problems with enforceability, unless the Chinese company has assets in the US or assets in another country that enforces US judgments....more

Three Key Data Retention Questions [Video]

by Robert Brownstone | Fenwick & West LLP on 1/22/2013

Your company has been sued – what do you need to consider to comply with data preservation requirements? How do you address litigation holds, ediscovery and data retention? Robert Brownstone, litigation attorney and chair of...more

Development In Social Media Discovery

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/4/2012

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

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

Third Party Discovery of Foreign Bank Records Should First Proceed Under the Hague Convention

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/26/2011

Where U.S. litigation discovery obligations were argued to be in conflict with foreign civil and criminal privacy statutes, many recent opinions found that discovery should proceed under the Federal Rules over the protest of...more

Discovery of Social Media: Coming soon to a court near you

by Raymond Ausrotas on 2/1/2011

The Massachusetts Bar Association published this article authored by Ray Ausrotas titled "Discovery of Social Media" in the February 2011 edition of Civil Litigation News, a monthly newsletter that is distributed...more

Who's Spying On Your Social Networking Profile?

by Tamara Thompson Investigations on 1/13/2009

Do you really want strangers around the world to know all that? Your social networking activity can be quite revealing — a kind of informal resume and kitchen table chat, not tailored to a specific event or situation and very...more