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United States Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron (S.D.N.Y.) recently granted a motion by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively “Samsung”) to compel non-party Microchip Technology...more
The September 6, 2024, decision in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, 2024 WL 4125618 (N.D. Cal. 2024), applies the “legal control” standard to Fed.R.Civ.P. 34 discovery...more
The digital revolution of the late 20th century brought a tidal wave of electronically stored information (ESI). Emails, digital documents, and other forms of electronic data began to dominate business and personal...more
My esteemed colleagues, Kelly Twigger and Doug Austin, both posted about a recent discovery decision out of a federal district court in Florida, case no. 8:23-cv-102-MSS-SPF, styled, Byte Fed., Inc. v. Lux Vending LLC. and...more
In Melton Properties, LLC v. Ill. Central R. Co., 2024 WL 3015749 at *5 (N.D. Miss. June 14, 2024), the court listed the factors to consider in deciding when the failure to provide a timely privilege log is – or is not – a...more
United States Magistrate Judge Sean Flynn’s recent decision in Byte Fed., Inc. v. Lux Vending LLC, is another in a long line of cases enforcing the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules requiring specificity in objections to...more
3: Preparing Your Inside Team - Preservation, Privilege, Potential Pitfalls -This is the third in a series of articles that explores considerations and suggested actions for in-house counsel who are inexperienced in patent...more
Hyperlinked files within electronic communications pose three significant challenges in ediscovery that had been previously unanswered by a thorough judicial analysis: 1) whether a hyperlinked file is an “attachment” that...more
Sometimes, an argument or position may seem so self-evident or apparent that parties proceed on the assumption that it is correct without ever actually litigating the issue. Should a party decide to contest the issue,...more
[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
That is what makes the recent decision in M1 Holdings, Inc. v. Members 1st Fed. Credit Union, 2024 WL 182220 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 17, 2024), interesting. Both of the disputing litigants were ordered to state under oath that they...more
The increasing globalization of business, through Internet-based commerce and the activities of multinational corporations, has made it more likely than ever that litigators in U.S. courts will be confronted with documents...more
In Rullan v. Goden, 2024 WL 1191600 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2024), the Hon. J. Mark Coulson construed a Fed.R.Civ.P. 45 motion to quash or modify a subpoena, which would have been heard in New York, as a Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c) motion...more
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
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
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
Privilege logs have been getting a lot of attention, with good reason. “Privilege logging is arguably the most burdensome and time consuming task a litigant faces during the document production process.” The Sedona...more
This Sidley Update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: an order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California requiring the Defendant to...more
[Editor’s Note: This article has been republished with permission. It was originally published January 18, 2024 on the eDiscovery Assistant Blog] In Episode 129 of Case of the Week, Kelly Twigger of eDiscovery Assistant...more
“ESI Protocols” are discussed in judicial opinions, articles, webinars, and blogs. They are flexible and useful; however, they may not meet all of the requirements of Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f). After a Rule 26(f) conference, that...more
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published December 21, 2023 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
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published October 18, 2023 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
Hey there, fellow legal tech enthusiasts! It’s Cat Casey, back with another installment to help you navigate the legal tech maze. Today, we’re diving deep into the world of ESI Protocols. If you’re thinking, “ESI-what-now?”,...more
In the beginning, there was paper. And lots of it. Seriously warehouses stacked with banker’s boxes as far as the eye could see. And the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were designed to support paper discovery in the...more
According to Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2023 Annual Litigation Trends Survey, corporations spend an average of $1.7 million on legal disputes for every $1 billion in revenue they earn. With much of that spending going toward...more