In Re: Uber Technologies, Inc., Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation, 2024 WL 1772832 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 23, 2024), resolved a dispute over so-called “modern attachments” based on impressive and comprehensive technical...more
4/29/2024
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Data Management ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Hyperlink ,
Information Governance
I always advocate for civility and cooperation in e-discovery. But, it may be prudent to expressly threaten a lawsuit in a preservation notice. It may also be cautious to avoid offering to settle a claim in that notice. If...more
In State v. McDonnell, __ Md. __, 2023 WL 4393297, at *1 (July 7, 2023), the Supreme Court of Maryland held that a person who had consented to seizure of his laptop, as well as to creation of a mirror image, could withdraw...more
7/12/2023
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Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Preservation ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Forensic Examination ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Information Governance ,
Investigations ,
Laptop Computers
The parties in In re StubHub Refund Litigation, 2023 WL 3092972 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 25, 2023), agreed to an ESI protocol that was incorporated into a court order. The protocol called for “modern attachments” to be produced with...more
In Doe v. Willis, 2023 WL 2918507 (M.D. Fl. Apr. 12, 2023), the plaintiff’s lawyer imposed an oral legal hold, telling her that she should not delete texts, throw away evidence, or post anything on Facebook, and: “That’s...more
The “modern attachments” decision of Nichols v. Noom, Inc., 2021 WL 948646 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 11, 2021), generated a lot of buzz when it was issued. At its core, Noom held that hyperlinked files are generally not part of a...more