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Privilege Logs, Null Sets, Search Strings, and Number of Custodians in One Decision

The decision in Cook v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2024 WL 251942 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 21, 2025), packs a lot into very few pages.  In two instances, where Meta had offered a compromise solution, the court held Meta to that offer....more

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November’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published December 4, 2024, and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of the author.]...more

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The Standard for In Camera Review of Assertedly Privileged Documents

The purpose of a privilege log is to provide sufficient information for the recipient of the log to determine whether the withheld information is, at least on its face, privileged.  In short:  “Trust, but verify.”  See,...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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Using Special Masters and Discovery Mediators to Avoid and Resolve Discovery Disputes

Federal and state rules of civil procedure are intended to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action. However, one activity that can thwart that goal is discovery, because the discovery process is...more

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Electronic Production Checklist

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It’s a Friday afternoon and your weekend is about to start…and yes - you guessed it…a last minute production request comes in and your plans are no longer the same. Because of court orders and agreed-upon deadlines,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

ESI Protocol Trends, Part II

Part I of this post discussed some recent trends in electronically stored information (ESI) protocols and what those trends might reveal about a case or attitudes of litigants. Part II addresses additional trends that...more

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Perfection Not Required in Technology Assisted Review, but Transparency Might Be

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A recent discovery order in a Southern District of New York public housing lottery discrimination case supported the use of technology assisted review (TAR) but required additional transparency, providing another view into...more

McGuireWoods LLP

E-Discovery Update: Balancing Costs with Desire to Not Produce Irrelevant and Potentially Privileged Documents

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Often in litigation, parties faced with overbroad discovery requests and large amounts of data are tempted to produce everything that hits on search terms to the other side without looking at it, or after performing minimal...more

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