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
Save Time, Money & Angst -- MEET and CONFER by Katherine Gallo, Esq. on 3/2/2012 The purpose of the “meet and confer” requirements set forth in C.C.P. §§ 25.450(b)(2)), 2025.480, 2030.300(b), 2031.310(b), 2032.250 and 2033.290 was for the lawyers to revisit their position, in good faith discuss a...more
Am I Naïve to Think Something Should Be Done? by Katherine Gallo, Esq. on 2/27/2012 What do you do when you are being out muscled by a party who has deep pockets and a lawyer who's intent is to abuse the discovery process and run up his bills. ANSWER--GET THE COURT INVOLVED!!...more
Popular Cloud File Storage Apps Compared by Litigation-Tech LLC on 2/14/2012 It is estimated that nearly 300 Billion emails are sent worldwide daily, according to a 2010 study by the Radicati Group, Inc. The massive amount of data and web traffic is mind-boggling, with some highlights shared in...more
IT'S NOT A BAD DREAM by Donald Wilson on 11/30/2010 It Is Not A Bad Dream The California Electronic Discovery Act...more
Managing Litigation Costs in Difficult Times/The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel by Williams Kastner on 4/1/2009 Author and Williams Kastner Member Christopher Marks is interviewed by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel in the publication’s April 2009 edition regarding strategies for cost controls in litigation in the current economic...more