Criminal Defense Series Part I: Tips for Handling E-Discovery when Representing a CJA Defendant Criminal Defense Series: Notice of the JETWG’s Release of ESI Protocols In 2008, a Federal Court in United States v. Graham[1] dismissed a criminal charge due to the government’s failure to produce its electronic discovery timely and effectively, ultimately making it [...]

Making The Most Of Delaware’s New E-Discovery Rules: Tips 5-10 (Part 2 of 3)Tip #5: Document Inaccessible and Not Relevant Systems  The Default Standard (as introduced in Part 1) provides guidance around the timing of e-discovery. Specifically, it states that, upon receipt of a request for production under Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, the parties shall search systems [...]

Making The Most Of Delaware’s New E-Discovery Rules: Tips 1-5 (Part 1 of 3) On December 8, 2011, the Delaware federal courts adopted a “Default Standard for Discovery, Including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (‘ESI’)” – commonly referred to as the “Default Standard”.[1]   The Default Standard has several key components that prescribe the process of [...]

Top Ten Tips To Become More Proficient With Machine-Assisted Review   13 January 2012 – If you follow the multitude of e-discovery pundits and bloggers, there seems to be a general agreement that  lawyers take a disproportionate role in the battle to solve what is largely a technological problem, i.e, how to find information that is [...]

Tips and Tricks for LegalTech New York For those of you who have never been to LegalTech New York (LTNY), it is regarded as “the most important” legal technology conference in the world.  Thousands of attendees converge from various continents to the New York Hilton in Mid-Town Manhattan from January 30 through February 1, 2012, [...]

Social Media Tips in the Age of eDiscovery Privacy is one of the public’s biggest concerns when discussing eDiscovery and its place within the realm of social media.  For one thing, many people feel that it still exists…it does not.  More and more courts are determining that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy when [...]

Tips and Techniques for a Defensible Social Media Discovery Process Tweets, status updates, wall posts, messages… these have all become forms of business communication. The acceleration of social media has created yet another e-discovery headache for litigators.  The problem is growing, and social media must be considered when preparing a case. It is almost required [...]

8 Tips for Transforming SharePoint into a Social Business Hub [As is the case with our 5 myths series, the opinions expressed in the 8 things guest columns are those of the guest contributor and not necessarily mine or AIIM's.  This guest post was compiled from a number of different contributors by Jenna Dobkin from [...]

E-Discovery 101: 5 Tips to Help You Keep It Short and Simple (“KISS”) I don’t know one person that enjoys participating in something they aren’t very good at.  I roll my eyes every time we visit some friends that want to play Trivial Pursuit.  The reason I frown at playing that game is because I’m [...]

Criminal Defense Series Part I: Tips for Handling E-Discovery when Representing a CJA Defendant Representing a CJA (Criminal Justice Act) defendant[1] has always posed a unique set of challenges, but now with the explosion of electronic evidence, the task is becoming even more overwhelming.  Daunting in a civil litigation with endless resources, a CJA Attorney [...]