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Can Defendants be Trusted to Self-Collect their own ESI Productions?
This week our blog has been discussing U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s opinion in National Day Laborer Organizing Network, et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 97863 (SDNY, July 13, 2012), which raises the question of whether defendant custodians can be
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Another Federal District Court Endorses Issue Coding as a Best Practice
Monday’s blog discussed U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s opinion in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case that mere keyword searches tend to be inadequate and that defendants who self-collect must disclose their search terms and methods. National Day Laborer Organizing Network, et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs
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Go Fish! The Inadequacy of Mere Keyword Searches in Electronic Discovery
The plaintiffs in National Day Laborer Organizing Network, et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 97863 (SDNY, July 13, 2012) were legal advocacy groups who sought documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from multiple government agencies regarding an immigration
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Does the Future of Plaintiff ESI Production Include Facebook?
A Pennsylvania judge recently issued an expansive ruling about electronically stored information (ESI) and the growing trend for defendants to request plaintiffs’ Facebook passwords in the case of Trail v. Lesko, No. GD-10-017249 (C.P. Alleg. Co. July 3, 2012 Wettick, J). The court looked at numerous Pennsylvania cases with eDiscovery
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D.C. Bar Green Lights eDiscovery Services in Ethics Opinion
The production of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation has boomed in the last decade, mainly due to the slow but steady global switch from paper documentation to electronic data. As ESI is now part of almost every class action lawsuit and multidistrict litigation case, the courts and bar associations
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Plaintiff Programmatic Issue Coding: The Scalpel of Document Review Tools
Anyone who keeps up with eDiscovery rules and law knows that a district court has affirmed U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck’s judicial order in Monique Da Silva Moore v. MSL Group, No. 11 Civ. 1279 (ALC)(AJP) (S.D.N.Y. 2012). In the case, Magistrate Judge Peck pronounced, “Computer assisted review is
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Does the Duty to Preserve Electronic Documents Arise Earlier for Plaintiffs?
Every plaintiff and defendant has a duty to preserve evidence, and this duty arises even before litigation commences. The flexible legal standard for when this duty begins is when the litigation is “reasonably foreseeable.” Although plaintiffs in a lawsuit are reacting to a harm or injury inflicted upon them, they
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Supreme Court’s Differing Interpretations of “Interpreter”
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., 566 U. S. ____ (2012). Taniguchi had brought a personal injury claim against the defendant in a federal district court in the Marina Islands. As part of discovery, defendant Kan Pacific paid for the written
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Metadata: Ask and You Shall Receive
Computer files and emails produced alone have only two-dimensions: you can only see what is on the screen or printed on paper. But how and when were those documents created? How do you know the file or email has not been altered? What formulas or procedures were used to create
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Lorman Seminars:Electronic Data, Discovery and Document Storage
Length: 87 minutes Product ID: 387062EAU Benefits Do you find yourself dreading your next eDiscovery matter? Would you like to develop a road map that will guide you through the maze of collecting, processing, reviewing and producing electronic data? This auOnDemand Webinar will help you to develop a well-crafted discovery