Document Productions, Privilege Logs, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 1/24/2025

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

When is Failure to Provide a Timely Privilege Log Excusable?

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 6/24/2024

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

Privilege Logs: New Techniques to Achieve Proportionality – The “Certification Log”

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 3/4/2024

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

Reducing Costs of Privilege Review and Privilege Logging

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/3/2023

The difficulty of handling privilege disputes can be especially pronounced in cases involving a prolonged discovery period and large corporate defendants with different document custodians. When a party chooses to withhold...more

Courts React Differently to Litigants' Failure to Properly Log Withheld Documents

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/4/2015

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not require privilege logs, but most courts require one in their local rules, or at least expect one. Courts can react in widely varying ways to litigants' failure to prepare any log,...more

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

When is Failure to Provide a Timely Privilege Log Excusable?

Privilege Logs: New Techniques to Achieve Proportionality – The “Certification Log”

Reducing Costs of Privilege Review and Privilege Logging

Courts React Differently to Litigants' Failure to Properly Log Withheld Documents

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