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August’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published August 21, 2024 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of...more

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Efficient Text and Chat Data Discovery Starts with Information Governance (IG)

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When it comes to ensuring that data is preserved and available for litigation, investigations, or government inquiries, it all starts with establishing and codifying clear data governance policies and procedures....more

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Spoliation Sanctions & Summary Judgment Denial: A Wake-Up Call for Mobile Device Preservation

A recent decision in ediscovery case law, Maziar v. City of Atlanta from June 10, 2024, underscores the crucial importance of early preservation, particularly regarding text messages from mobile devices. This case, presided...more

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Third DCA on Cell Phone Discovery: Balancing Privacy Rights and Litigation Needs

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Cell phones have now been around for decades.  Along the way, they have grown up, became “smart” and are now indispensable to daily life, offering limitless options to communicate, shop and entertain ourselves.  How prominent...more

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FTC and DOJ Emphasize Companies’ Duty to Preserve Ephemeral Messaging and Data on Collaboration Platforms in Updated Guidance

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The Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice recently released new guidance on preservation of electronically stored information from ephemeral messaging tools and collaboration platforms like Slack,...more

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April’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published April 17, 2024 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of the...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

The Power of Depositions

Dismissal of a lawsuit is a rare sanction for a discovery violation, but it happened recently in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, due in large part to two probing depositions that called into question one party’s assertion...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for April - April 23rd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

No one else can “eclipse” our coverage of eDiscovery case law! Our April 2024 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses disputes related to relevance and privacy of an unpublished autobiography,...more

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The Duty to Preserve Text Messages Strikes Again

If you’ve been following my Case of the Week series, you know we’ve seen a rising trend of courts issuing harsh sanctions, including dismissal, for failure to preserve text messages and other data from mobile devices. This...more

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March’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

This Sidley Update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: 1. an order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granting a motion to compel...more

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[Webinar] Leaping Forward: Evolving ESI Protocols Series - Part 2: Modern Pitfalls to Consider: Panel Discussion - April 18th,...

Modern Musings and Present-Day Pitfalls for Protocols – Things We Didn’t Have to Consider 5 Years Ago - In some ways, the current day challenges with ESI Protocols are the same as they’ve been for years – counsel is...more

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Deleting Relevant Text Messages Can Cost You

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​​​​​​​Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit in Jones v. Riot Hospitality Group, 2024 WL 927669 (9th Cir. Mar. 5, 2024) affirmed the dismissal of an employee’s claims against her employer and found that terminating sanctions...more

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Ninth Circuit – – Don’t Destroy Relevant Texts

Dismissal of plaintiff’s claims under Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(e)(2) was affirmed in Jones v. Riot Hosp. Grp. LLC, __ F. 4th__, 2024 WL 927669 (9th Cir. Mar. 5, 2024). The case is a textbook example of a plaintiff tanking her own case...more

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Failure to Show “Intent to Deprive” Leads to Denial of Rule 37(e)(2) Sanctions

A motion for spoliation sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(e) was denied in Boshea v. Compass Marketing, Inc., 2024 WL 811468 (D. Md. Feb. 27, 2024). The motion was argued and decided during trial. The suit by a former...more

Array

This Week in eDiscovery: Do You Speak AI? How to Craft a LLM Prompt, Plus Privilege Ruling, Fed Guidance on Messaging App...

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s blog covers the week of February 12-18. Here’s what’s...more

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Rusty Texts: Sending Privileged Information to Clients

In ‘Rust’ Armorer’s Phone Snafu Shows Risks Of Texting Clients – Law360 (Feb. 13, 2024), Phillip Bantz wrote: “A legal dust-up over compromised text messages between a movie prop weapons expert and her lawyer in the ‘Rust’...more

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E-Discovery and Ephemeral Application Data

It seems like every other day there’s a new messaging application that individuals may use to communicate. Applications like WhatsApp, Confidence, CoverMe, Dust, Hash, Signal, Snapchat, Telegram, and Viper, all use encryption...more

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Tips for Paralegals and Litigation Support Professionals – December 2023

December 2, 2023: SEC Director of Enforcement on Penalties for Data Preservation Failures - In October 2023, the SEC’s Director of Enforcement Gurbir Grewal addressed the New York City Association.   See the transcript posted...more

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Defendant Who Participated in Text Message Exchange Was Not Prejudiced by Disclosure on the Eve of Trial

In Pointer v. State, 2024 WL 70556(Apl. Ct. Md. Jan. 5, 2024)(unreported).   the Appellate Court of Maryland held that disclosure of text messages the day before a criminal trial did not prejudice the defendant.  One...more

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Regarding Depositions Seeking Meta-Discovery

Experienced litigators are familiar with the tension between the federal legal system’s policy favoring liberal pretrial discovery into all relevant matters and the countervailing policy forbidding discovery that is...more

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Text Messages Used to Support Conviction: Prejudice Did Not Outweigh Probative Value

In Francois v. State, 2023 WL 8265659, at *1 (Apl. Ct. Md. Nov. 30, 2023), the defendant was charged with various offenses that included possession of a firearm and ammunition after a disqualifying conviction.  On appeal, the...more

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[Webinar] Don't Delete That! How to Preserve AI, Social, Text & Collaboration Apps for Litigation - October 18th, 1:00 pm - 2:00...

Companies and firms alike have greatly expanded their usage of different communication and collaboration platforms during the past 3 years, ranging from email, Microsoft Office 365, Slack, Teams, ChatGPT, and others. These...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for September 2023 - October 4th, 1:00 pm ET

Fall is in the air and so is the whiff of sanctions! Our September 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including sanctions for discovery violations & misrepresentations,...more

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[Webinar] Uncovering Hidden Data: How to Collect the Mobile Data your Investigation is Missing - August 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

The amount of data stored on phones is overwhelming. In 95% of investigations, text messages and conversations are used as evidence sources. Investigators need to be able to be able to retrieve the full, comprehensive...more

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eDiscovery and Forensic Investigations: Six Tips for Managing Company Messaging Protocols

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The world of workforce communication looks vastly different from 2020, including an increased blur between personal and business communications due to remote work environments and access to instant messaging and...more

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