Why Lawyers Can't Ignore eDiscovery
A Sneak Peek into Data Mapping: What Implementation Really Looks Like
It's Time to Think About Data Mapping Differently
The AI Trust Test in eDiscovery
eDiscovery Tips: Helpful Questions to Ask Your Clients
30-Minute Workshop: Resume Clinic for EDiscovery Project Managers
To Unlock AI’s Power, Think Predictive to Generative
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 15: eDiscovery for Employers with Angela O’Neal, Nextra Solutions Director
Calculating eDiscovery Costs: Tips from Brett Burney
eDiscovery for the Rest of Us: Why Small Firm eDiscovery Matters
Managing Large Scale Review Efficiency: Tips From a GC
No Password Required: American University’s Vice Provost for Research and Innovation and a Tracker of (Cyber) Unicorns
Using Technology in the Courtroom
The Great Link Debate and the Future of Cloud Collaboration
Why Your eDiscovery Program and Technology Need Scalability
#CaseoftheWeek with Kelly Twigger: Latin Markets Brazil, LLC v. McArdle
Podcast - Inteligencia Artificial
Systems And The Emergence Of AI In Law Practice | Ernie Svenson | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean for Ediscovery Jobs? | Eye on ESI: A.I. Edition
Review Analytics for a New Era
In this insight, Clare Reeve Curatola ask our experts, Jason Alvares and Chris Wheatley, to share their insights and thoughts on the developments and challenges in forensic technology. They also share practical tips to...more
Once a company or individual learns they are a target of a Federal Trade Commission investigation, they need to quickly make a series of decisions, then take action. After being notified that the FTC has begun an...more
Corporate counsel often shoulder the burden of managing the entire Legal Hold process for their organization. That means on top of everything else, they must issue, execute and ensure compliance with required legal holds...more
Document retention. That phrase reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon from about a decade ago that depicted the “pointy-haired boss” confronting Alice, the engineer, about her exceeding the company’s permitted email storage. The...more
In the past year and a half, I’ve written about at least three cases involving the use of ephemeral messaging apps during litigation. As you can imagine, the ramifications for doing so weren’t great. But what about using...more
Generally, a litigation hold letter* will issue to preserve documents and information potentially relevant to a reasonably anticipated lawsuit. However, when does one’s duty to preserve potentially relevant documents end? ...more
In 2003 Judge Shira Scheindlin wrote “once a party reasonably anticipates litigation, it must suspend its routine document retention/destruction policy and put in place a 'litigation hold' to ensure the preservation of...more
An agency’s duty to preserve documents for inclusion in the record of proceedings under CEQA prevails over a local agency’s document retention and destruction policies. Golden Door Properties v. Superior Court (County of San...more
In a ruling that should send shivers up the spine of any public agency in California needing to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the Fourth District Court of Appeal on July 30 held that any email...more
Companies routinely face decisions on what information should be retained, what information should be maintained, and what information, if any, must be preserved. Many companies make these decisions without truly...more
The duty to preserve potentially relevant evidence is an affirmative obligation. Yes! Attorneys and their clients must take action to ensure preservation of discoverable documents. The duty to preserve evidence arises when a...more
On March 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an important change to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy concerning one of the conditions — “appropriate retention of business...more
The equitable defense of "unclean hands" is often raised but rarely proven. Sometimes stated as "he who comes into equity must come with clean hands," it is based on the maxim that "he that hath committed iniquity shall not...more
On Thursday, August 30, 2018, the Jacksonville Chapter of ACEDS held a panel discussion on “Data Destruction Minefields and Defensibility” at GuideWell Source. The panel, moderated by ACEDS Jax Board Member, Serena Selzer,...more
Over the years, interest in Information Governance (IG) practices and related technology solutions within the legal industry has ebbed and flowed, primarily following the pattern of economic cycles. We have reached a tipping...more
The Background: Technology has transformed the way that directors receive and review information and communicate with each other and with management. The Issue: Although many modern board practices are more secure and...more
A Document Retention Policy Determines How Long and in What Format to Save Documents Just as I hung onto old strings after their usefulness was over, a company, also, can fall victim to keeping records so long that they...more
Every minute of every workday, multinational employers rely on sophisticated HR information technologies to manage their global workforces. Laws worldwide regulate information technology, and so multinationals must comply,...more
In a recent order, Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Shaw denied Complainants’ Paice LLC and the Abell Foundation, Inc. (“Paice”) motion for evidentiary sanctions against Respondent Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) for allegedly...more
Within two years of its implementation, several cases show that amended Rule 37(e) is having its intended impact, as judges are carefully applying the criteria articulated in the Rule prior to ordering curative measures or...more
Employers have a duty to preserve information that is potentially relevant to anticipated or existing litigation and failure to comply with that duty can have dire consequences. As such, issuing a litigation hold should be at...more
In This Issue: - Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions: ..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure ..Decisions Ordering Disclosure Other - Spoliation Decisions: ..Spoliation Sanctions...more
Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a guide, Start with Security: A Guide for Business, which pulls from lessons learned from the 50+ data security enforcement actions that the FTC has announced. To be clear,...more
Unlike the classic British sitcom "Are You Being Served?", as any business owner who has been on the receiving end of a threat of litigation or was served with a complaint can attest, there is nothing remotely amusing about...more
Litigants in all industries, including construction, have to deal with electronic documents. Collecting, processing, reviewing and producing these documents involves substantial expenditures of time, manpower and money, often...more