ILS has provided a handy searchable archive of important decisions on discovery matters.
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Artificial Intelligence Enhances Machine Language Translation
Lawsuits with international parties are complicated at best, and review of defense-side document productions involving substantial volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) is also complicated and always expensive. Try to solve these two combined challenges by using traditional methodologies—and you will be in for quite a ride! The answer is
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New York Appellate Division Rules on ESI Production Costs
Earlier this year, in U.S. Bank N.A. v. GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department, ruled the producing party should bear the cost of “searching for, retrieving, and producing documents, including electronically stored information.” The court further ruled that ESI production costs can be shifted at
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eDiscovery Levels Playing Field for MDL and Class Action Plaintiffs
Electronic discovery, also known as eDiscovery, replaces the discovery exchange of paper documents to that of electronically stored information (ESI). The eDiscovery process involves targeting, finding and securing electronic data, thereby making relevant documents readily available for attorney review. In this digital age, eDiscovery has become the rule, not the exception.
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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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Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) 50th Annual Convention
November 10, 2011 – November 13, 2011 Palace Hotel San Francisco, CA CAOC Convention is just two weeks away! Sign up now, get $30 off the cost of registration and a chance at a $100 gift card. Mom always said get your homework done. Dad grumbled to put out the
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eDiscovery: Is the Age of the Cyborg at Hand?
By: Douglas E. Forrest, Esq. A Cyborg is part human/part machine; in practice, we’re talking about an organism that has enhanced abilities due to technology, not the Terminator. While the term is generally applied to humans with technology that is physically attached, such as prosthetic devices, I’m going to stretch
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Another look at Zubulake: Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, LLC
A Ken Withers Webinar Approximately six years after deciding the trailblazing and now seminal electronic discovery decisions Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC (“Zubulake IV”), 220 F.R.D. 212 (S.D.N.Y. 2003), and Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC (“Zubulake V”), 229 F.R.D. 422 (S.D.N.Y. 2004), Judge Shira A. Scheindlin undertook the judicial role
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Electronic Discovery: Legal Strategies and Best Practices
Do you have the latest and most effective strategies for navigating the discovery process? Attend this Lorman Education seminar and learn the basics of the discovery process in the California state and federal courts. You will receive valuable information pertaining to the entire spectrum of discovery in most types of
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The Missing Weapon in the Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Arsenal
By: Susan Stewart Rich, B.A, J.D Prior to law school, I had been working with lawyers for over ten years. I found them to be a unique group of professionals who passionately immerse themselves in their work. I have been privileged to work with many attorneys who represent their clients