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Navigating Cost and Proportionality in eDiscovery: A Business Perspective

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In the evolving landscape of digital information, eDiscovery has become an essential aspect of legal processes, serving as a crucial tool for uncovering relevant evidence in litigation. However, with the rapid growth of...more

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Technocat Tidbits: What are the Rules for eDiscovery?

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

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[Webinar] Practical Applications of eDiscovery Rules - December 14th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

We all know that there are Federal and State rules that govern how eDiscovery is conducted, but legal professionals need examples to illustrate how the rules should be applied, and what NOT to do. This webinar will use actual...more

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[Webinar] Operationalizing your eDiscovery Process by Leveraging the Proportionality Rule - October 6th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

Proportionality is now the hottest legal issue involving eDiscovery, with the largest number of eDiscovery-related cases in the past year addressing the subject. Legal and their supporting IT teams that take full advantage of...more

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English court disclosure pilot made permanent

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From 1 October 2022, the disclosure pilot in the Business and Property Courts will become a permanent part of the court rules as Practice Direction 57AD. The Practice Direction will apply to all existing and new proceedings...more

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Latest Changes to Disclosure Pilot Scheme in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales

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Over the last 18 months, the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales have been running the Disclosure Pilot Scheme. Since its inception, this scheme has undergone a series of tweaks and amendments and the latest...more

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[Webinar] The Potential Promise of Proportionality: Platitude or Progress? - February 17th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

The 2015 amendments to the FRCP elevated the importance of proportionality in ediscovery, but has it lived up to its intended purpose? Our panel of speakers will discuss the past, present, and future potential of leveraging...more

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McParland v Whitehead: Chancellor of the High Court gives guidance on the Disclosure Pilot Scheme

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In McParland & Partners Limited and Fairstone Financial Management Limited v Stuart William Whitehead,1  Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court, provided clarification of how some aspects of the Disclosure Pilot for...more

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Important Update For Those Who Practice In The Commercial Division Of The NYS Supreme Courts

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On October 1, 2018, a new Rule (specifically, a new subdivision to existing Rule 11-e) of the Commercial Division Rules, will go into effect. Rule 11-e governs Responses and Objections to Document Requests. ...more

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What Judges Are Really Saying About Technology Assisted Review

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Since the first judicial opinion endorsing the use of Technology Assisted Review (or TAR) was written by Judge Andrew J. Peck in 2012, an entire legal industry has grown up on the premise of streamlining the document review...more

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Discovery: Reasonableness Reigns, Not Perfection

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Firefighters’ Ret. Sys. v. Citco Grp. Ltd., Civ. Action 13-373-SDD-EWD, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 594 (Jan. 3, 2018 M.D.La.) is a good example of plaintiffs getting too greedy, and where proportionality and reasonableness...more

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Review

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Electronic discovery cases that made headlines in 2017 featured well-known names such as Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to...more

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Defendant Wipes Out After Getting Caught in the Riptide and Is Sanctioned for Ill-Conceived Motion to Compel in Surf Tech...

This case presents an example of a district court’s use of the “proportionality” requirement of Rule 26 to limit overbroad discovery. On March 9, 2017, Magistrate Judge Barbara L. Major of the District Court for the Southern...more

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The Western District Declines to Compel Additional Discovery

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Armstrong Pump, Inc. v. Hartman, No. 10-CV-446S, 2016 WL 7208753 (W.D.N.Y. Dec. 13, 2016) - In this case, pending before the Court was a motion by Armstrong Pump Inc. (“Armstrong”) to compel formal production of certain...more

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E-Discovery Update: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments Go into Effect

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We have been talking about them for months, but today is the day the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) go into effect. The changes should have a significant impact on the scope, speed and specificity...more

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