Government’s “Recommendations for ESI Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases” Revealed This month, the Joint Electronic Technology Working Group (JETWG) revealed its “Recommendations for ESI Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases,” which are intended “to promote the efficient and cost-effective post-indictment production of electronically stored information (ESI) in discovery between the Government and defendants charged in federal [...]

D4 Expands e-Discovery Platform into Canada Litigation support and electronic discovery services company D4 has hosted a Web-based electronic discovery platform for area law firms and corporate clients for several years, and is now poised to provide that service to Canadian clients. Read full article Background: D4 Expands e-Discovery Platform into Canada Source: original article [...]

Applying Predictive Coding to Reduce Costs and Increase Quality in Document Review By Tom Groom, Vice President, Discovery Engineering Expert, D4, LLC The application of Predictive Coding can significantly reduce costs, dramatically reduce review time and increase quality for document review. Yes—cheaper, faster and better, all three. Computerized technology has greatly impacted the efficiencies of [...]

How a Case Can Crash and Burn: Why a Litigant Should Not Set Afire a Computer After It Crashes (Preservation 101) In Evans v. Mobile County Health Department, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8530 (S.D. Ala. Jan. 24, 2012) , a magistrate judge sitting in the Southern District of Alabama (Southern Division) was recently faced with [...]

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Invasion of Privacy – Path App Controversy Path confessed that it took users’ address book data without permission when the app loaded and admits it “made a mistake.” As part of its confession Path declared that it deleted all data it illicitedly collected.  On Path’s About page it claims that its app accounts for “two [...]

“If you’re gonna just read one blog . . . it should probably be the Electronic Discovery Law blog . . . .” It was great to hear the Electronic Discovery Law blog receiving high praise in the most recent Digital Detectives podcast!  In particular, our thanks go out to Neil Squillante, publisher of LitigationWorld, [...]

All’s “Well” for Halliburton: No Sanctions Result from BP’s Spoliation Claims United States District Judge Carl Barbier recently affirmed Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan’s denial of BP’s motion for spoliation sanctions against Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. BP alleged that Halliburton “intentionally destroyed evidence” and “violated the Court’s orders regarding the production of documents.” For these violations, BP sought [...]

Understanding social business and innovation Social business and innovation View more presentations from John Mancini Background: Understanding social business and innovation Source: original article Author: John Mancini Categories: Electronic discovery, e-discovery, ediscovery This e-discovery news is syndicated from e-discovery websites and blogs that make their feed available via RSS. Contact us to have your RSS [...]

Lester v. Allied Part 2: “Clean Up” of Compromising Social Media Evidence Can Result in Severe Sanctions Though some practitioners might be in denial, the follow-up sanctions orders in Lester v. Allied Concrete Co. et al. dated May 27, 2011 and September 23, 2011 should leave no room for doubt that preservation of social media [...]