eDiscovery case law disputes are racing toward us! In our May 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog we will discuss disputes related to certification of production and discovery errors,...more
5/14/2025
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No need for blarney, we have six great cases! In our March 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to sanctions over spoliated video evidence, quashing subpoenas of...more
3/6/2025
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Data Deletion ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
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Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Redacted Documents ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Subpoenas ,
Webinars
In the case of Groves Inc. v. R.C. Bremer Mktg. Assocs. (No. 22 CV 50154, N.D. Ill. Nov. 22, 2024), Judge Iain D. Johnston denied the plaintiff’s spoliation motion without prejudice while offering valuable insight into the...more
The question of how to handle “modern attachments” has become a hot topic that’s swept the ediscovery landscape over the past year. Major litigation involving Uber Technologies has led to extensive conversations on how to...more
Staying ahead of the curve in legal tech and ediscovery requires knowing where the industry has been – and where it’s heading. In 2024, the pace of innovation brought new challenges and opportunities to ediscovery, from the...more
11/4/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
Defense Strategies ,
Discovery ,
Duty of Competence ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Emoji ,
Evidence ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Text Messages ,
Webinars
Brett Burney, eLaw Evangelist for Nextpoint and Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today, both EDRM Trusted Partners, sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about the trends they are seeing in hyperlinked modern attachments,...more
Our latest six eDiscovery case law rulings MAY be our best ever! See what I did there? Our May 2024 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses disputes related to prolonged lack of cooperation in...more
5/15/2024
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Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Dismissals ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Information Security ,
Intentional Spoliation ,
Mobile Devices ,
Social Media ,
User Names ,
Video Recordings ,
Webinars
Hat tip to Debbie Reynolds for the heads up on this story! More than 130 petitions seeking access to push notification metadata have been filed in US courts, according to a Washington Post investigation also reported on...more
It’s time to be thankful – for eDiscovery case law! Our November 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses permissive inference sanctions for destruction of video, sanctions for failing to...more
10/31/2023
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Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Preservation ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Evidence ,
Failure To Preserve ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Live Streaming ,
Protective Orders ,
Sanctions ,
Social Media ,
Video ,
Webinars
“We all go a little mad sometimes” – for eDiscovery case law! Our October 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses forensic protocol negotiation and scope, sanctions for plaintiff in Bob...more
10/6/2023
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Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Emoji ,
Evidence ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Webinars
Justice delayed isn’t justice denied for eDiscovery case law disputes! Our July 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including custody and control of a personal Google...more
7/11/2023
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Data Collection ,
Data Deletion ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
FRCP 26(b)(1) ,
Metadata ,
Motion for Sanctions ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Webinars
Break the summertime blues with some red-hot eDiscovery case law disputes! Our June 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including a case where discovery is “like watching...more
5/19/2023
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Data Preservation ,
Default Judgment ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Failure To Preserve ,
Hyperlink ,
Meet and Confer ,
Redaction ,
Sanctions ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Webinars
February 14th is for lovers – of unique and interesting eDiscovery case law disputes! Our February 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including declaration of a...more
1/24/2023
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Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
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Evidence ,
Motion to Compel ,
Remote Depositions ,
Sanctions ,
Search Terms ,
Webinars
Recorded live on E-Discovery Day 2022, it's only fitting that we look back over the year that's coming to an end and review the most important e-discovery case law rulings of the year. Join Doug, Mary, Tom, and Judge Peck for...more
There’s no doubt about it, the explosive use of collaboration apps like Slack and Teams is here to stay – and so is the massive volume of data generated by these communications. In a recent decision in Red Wolf Energy...more
Hat tip to the “Data Diva” Debbie Reynolds for this story! Two digital rights groups and a defendants’ rights association are arguing in a New Jersey court that evidence discovery in a criminal case should include the...more
Craig Ball’s latest blog post on his excellent Ball in Your Court blog really blows. That’s not a statement about the quality of his post, it’s a statement about the topic of his post. His latest post (Understanding Air...more
Join Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today, Mary Mack, CEO of EDRM, Tom O’Connor, Director of Gulf Legal Technology Center, and Hon. Andrew Peck (Ret.), Senior Counsel at DLA Piper as they discuss important rulings that may...more
As I mentioned within recent in-depth coverage of one of the cases here, the May EDRM monthly case law webinar presented by Tom O’Connor (Director of the Gulf Legal Technology Center), Mary Mack (CEO and Chief Legal...more
One of the great things about all the cases I cover on eDiscovery Today is that we proceed to discuss them within the month on the EDRM monthly case law webinar that I moderate with excellent observations from Tom O’Connor...more
Join Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today, Mary Mack, CEO of EDRM, Tom O’Connor, Director of Gulf Legal Technology Center, and Hon. Andrew Peck (Ret.), Senior Counsel at DLA Piper as they discuss important rulings that may...more
Join Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today, Mary Mack, CEO of EDRM, Tom O’Connor, Director of Gulf Legal Technology Center, and Hon. Andrew Peck (Ret.), Senior Counsel at DLA Piper as they discuss important rulings that may...more
Last week, a true crime case that I’ve been covering for five years reached its conclusion (appeals aside) and I also just watched a TV show about another true crime case. The common link between the two cases? Fitbit data...more
Last week on eDiscovery Today, I covered Andrew Haslam’s annual eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide, which was published last week on Rob Robinson’s ComplexDiscovery site here. As you can imagine, it’s difficult to cover a...more
5/11/2022
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e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Information Governance ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Software ,
Trial Preparation