D4 Expands Operations in Michigan with the Acquisition of Litigation Support Services Leader, Detroit Legal Imaging Acquisition Gives Local Detroit Clients Two Strategic Elements: Strength, Resources and Technology of National Discovery Company and Personal Service from Local Experts ROCHESTER, NY and DETROIT, MI – March 15, 2012 – D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation [...]

New York’s Appellate Courts Surface on Litigation Hold – First Department Confirms Reasonable Anticipation of Litigation Requires Implementation of Litigation Hold New York’s First Department Appellate Division is the first New York state appellate court to expressly adopt the “reasonable anticipation trigger” articulated in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 220 FRD 212 (S.D.N.Y. 2003): “Once [...]

NY State Court adopts Zubulake Standard: Reasonable Anticipation of Litigation Triggers Duty to Preserve Voom Holdings LLC v. EchoStar Satellite LLC, —N.Y.S.2d—, 2012 WL 265833 (N.Y. App. Div. Jan. 31, 2012) In this case, the appellate court held that the lower court “properly invoked the standard for preservation set forth in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg [...]

Law.com – Rounding Up the 10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011 A story of smartphones, drugs, and toys …… read about the winners..and the… Rounding Up the 10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011 Background: Law.com – Rounding Up the 10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011 Source: original article Author: David Categories: Electronic [...]

Cost Effective Electronic Discovery in Litigation Litigators have an interest in making sure that, despite all the obstacles presented by the American system of justice, the value provided their clients by litigating a dispute exceeds the costs. However, in regards to e-discovery, federal and state codes now require the preservation and production of electronic data [...]

In re Facebook Privacy Litigation – Uphill Battle for Plaintiffs In a recent case in California, Facebook account holders filed a putative class action lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that Facebook knowingly forwarded personal information to online advertisers without its users’ consent. In In re Facebook Privacy Litigation, Plantiffs asserted eight causes of action against Facebook, [...]

Cross-Border Litigation And Investigation: Overcoming Legal, Cultural And Technical Hurdles 18 November 2011 – In a digital environment where access to information is faster, communication is more reliable, and logistics are more sophisticated than ever before, today’s companies are increasingly operating on a truly global scale. However, accompanying this trend in globalisation is the rise in [...]

The “Dos” and “Don’ts” of Litigation Hold Notices: Deconstructing the Effective Litigation Hold Notice The “Dos” and “Don’ts” of litigation hold notices were discussed at the Fifth Annual Gibbons E-Discovery Conference on November 3, 2011. The distinguished panel included the Honorable John J. Hughes, U.S.M.J. (Ret.), the Director and Chair of the firm’s E-Discovery Task [...]

Fulbright’s 2011 Litigation Trends Report Predicts a Constant Litigation Pace and a Swell of Regulatory Investigations Fulbright & Jaworski has conducted their Litigation Trends survey for nearly the past decade and the results are always interesting since they tend to capture the mindset of inside counsel and litigators as they anticipate the upcoming year.  In [...]

Gearing Up for the Litigation Hold Panel Discussion at Gibbons Fifth Annual E-Discovery Conference Have you ever felt daunted by the prospect of issuing a litigation hold? If so, you are not alone — particularly in today’s dynamic legal environment, where even judges within the same judicial district disagree as to what is required to [...]