There is an interesting conversation occurring in the E-Discovery Forum regarding how attorneys can handle e-discovery in an inexpensive manner in small cases where the parties cannot afford a computer forensic expert or the other onerous costs that can be associated with electronic discovery.
These tips may be useful to attorneys in family law cases where [...]

Are you new to e-discovery? Wondering what all the fuss is about? Are you wondering why electronic discovery has become such a big deal in the legal profession? In the video below, Ralph Losey does a great job of articulating what electronic discovery is and why it has become so important.
In short, as the world [...]

In this video, Aaron Cronan of Fios discusses the trends in eDiscovery. One trend includes controlling costs by using search/filtering to reduce the amount of data to review.   Other trends include Software as a Service (SaaS), data collection, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 (g), and sanctions.

Allison Brecher, Senior Litigation Counsel & E-Discovery Coordinator at Marsh & McLennan, discusses e-discovery preservation of data that exists online, including Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Gmail, Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), and general social networking online.
Ms. Brecher also discusses e-discovery in the context of employment law, legal holds, document preservation, and reasonably accessible data.

In this video, Allison Brecher, Senior Litigation Counsel & E-Discovery Coordinator at Marsh & McLennan, discusses eDiscovery best practice tips for corporate counsel, an eDiscovery “Wish List”, legal hold notices, employee interviews, Rule 34, document preservation and storage.

In part two of this interview, e-discovery attorney Gabe Acevedo talks about the e-discovery software tools that he uses and recommends.

In this video, E-discovery attorney, Gabe Acevedo, explains what he expects to see in the future of e-discovery.

One of my favorite legal tech bloggers, Robert Ambrogi, recently mentioned a new e-discovery blog, e-Lessons Learned, which offers a unique perspective on electronic discovery:  Mr. Ambrogi explains:
The blog takes a clever approach to the topic. Each post discusses an e-discovery case that involves an e-discovery mishap, generally by a company employee. It discusses the [...]

A recent case reveals why actively updating a privilege log is critical to those asserting an inadvertent disclosure claim under Federal Rules of Evidence 502. The case was Rhoads Industries, Inc. v. Building Materials Corp. of America, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93333 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2008). In this case, the court held that when [...]

An article by Eric Sinrod led me to an excellent, current case discussing spoliation law and sanctions law. The case demonstrates the serious consequences of spoliation: default judgment and attorneys fees sanctions.