Sometimes sanctions are levied and cases lost due to a nail; one eDiscovery error can ruin your day.
With thanks to Logikcull for their recent post on important eDiscovery cases of 2018 which I reference here, legal holds are in the spotlight…again. It seems that many companies, or perhaps their legal counsel, when confronted with eDiscovery requests tend to “push the envelop” a bit too far too often in production of relevant documents. […]
While reading the numerous blogs and articles emphasizing increased efforts to have attorneys be more cooperative in their “meet and confers” and ongoing conferences, I happened to recall some legal work of Louis Brandeis before he ascended to the US Supreme Court. Not that I’m a legal scholar, but I enjoy reading of the works of […]
While the political arena in particular has provided plenty of entertainment and demands on our attention over the past weeks and months, life has gone on in other areas. E-Discovery activities continue, and firms, clients and corporations continue to adjust to the updated Federal Rules. Rule 26(a) seems to have evolved into star status, perhaps […]
Legal holds (litigation holds, preservation notices, whatever label you choose) are an integral part of any litigation action, audit or regulatory matter of consequence, and a comprehensive legal hold program should be a “must-have” in corporations and law firms if they expect to develop a truly robust and defensible litigation management program. But a common […]
As everyone involved in E-Discovery should know by now, some pretty fundamental updates in Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP) became active in December, 2015, most notably in Rule 37 and Rule 26. Ralph Losey determined this was the “Goldilocks Era” as being “helpful” but not a “godsend”. And, in fact, there are more changes coming […]
