eDiscovery

The Subtleties Of Spoliation And Other Recent E-Discovery Issues

A compilation of recent court actions from Sidley & Austin: In Arizona, a defendant’s “culpable state of mind” when he […]

Judges: Don’t Hire Lawyers Who Aren’t Tech-Savvy

A panel of four “cyberstar” federal judges at a recent legal tech conference had a pointed message for corporate counsel: […]

In Legal Disputes, Make the Most of Your Own ‘Big Data’

Corporations are sometimes faced with lawsuits whose allegations look plausible. The general counsel knows they are not true, but the […]

Early and Routine Data Management Will Lower E-Discovery Costs

There are fundamental differences between litigation support and data management, and if the latter is done intelligently and well, the […]

New Commercial Arbitration Rules Provide Predictability

The AAA made significant changes to its general Commercial Arbitration Rules and added a set of Optional Appellate Arbitration Rules.

Understanding the E-Discovery Implications of Employee Status Changes

Employee status changes present constant opportunities for data that is subject to a legal hold to be corrupted, lost, or […]

U.S. Courts’ Evolving Approaches to Social Media E-Discovery

Though U.S. courts have broadly accepted discovery of social media, there are many examples of courts striking down such discovery requests when litigants fail to establish relevance.

Texas Court: Don’t Mess With Metadata

A federal court in Dallas issued an adverse inference order and imposed $27,500 in sanctions against an attorney who “created a new profile” on a computer in order to…

Have We Learned Nothing About Emails?

The incriminating emails exchanged by Dewey & LeBoeuf attorneys since charged with larceny and securities fraud are just the latest examples of the fact that even smart and powerful people have not yet learned one of the basic tenets of eDiscovery: What you email can, and will, be used against you.

What E-Mail Overload Says About Information Governance

An old email account with 24,500 unread emails becomes the subject of a telling experiment.

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