Leonard Deutchman

December 27, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Nov. 17, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced its opinion in Pacheco, and followed the Superior Court in finding that cellphone users had "privacy" rights in data not in their possession and "private" simply because one could reasonably infer from the data actions taken by the users, regardless of whether those actions took place in public or solely in the privacy of the users' home or other private location.

By Leonard Deutchman

11 minute read

November 24, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The thesis of the article is not that e-discovery has somehow evaporated, but rather that the thinking in the legal world regarding e-discovery has so changed that, as with many other ideas (and the tools that helped those ideas to flourish) that were once novel—that communications could travel thousands of miles over telephone lines.

By Leonard Deutchman

10 minute read

October 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In this month's article, I shall discuss how those consultancies work and what their benefits and drawbacks are.

By Leonard Deutchman

8 minute read

July 22, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In this month's article, I shall discuss scientific method as it applies to the growth of e-discovery and its protocols.

By Leonard Deutchman

8 minute read

May 27, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prior to the pandemic, there was a familiar theme with regard to e-discovery. Clients and their law firms producing e-discovery would fail in some way—take too long, miss important documents, and so on—and would respond to motions and criticism generally with the claim that they cannot do what is being demanded of them.

By Leonard Deutchman

7 minute read

April 29, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

  In last month's two-part article, "Data Privacy: Why We Are All Over the Place," I examined caselaw involving cell site location Information…

By Leonard Deutchman

11 minute read

April 15, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Part 1 of this column, I discussed privacy, focusing on what in the circumstances discussed renders the IT data private and whether the criteria relied upon when courts and others in the discussion determine that the data is or is not private.

By Leonard Deutchman

8 minute read

April 01, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

I will look at these privacy discussions, focusing on what in the circumstances discussed renders the IT data private and whether the criteria relied upon when courts and others in the discussion determine that the data is or is not private is truly determinative, as well as properly understood.

By Leonard Deutchman

11 minute read

February 18, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A review of the curricula of many law schools reveals that, while they teach the laws pertaining to all manner of discovery and the legal responsibilities of an attorney who must produce or receive digital data, they do not teach the technical aspects.

By Leonard Deutchman

9 minute read

January 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In this month's article, we will try to understand whether particular digital advancements or goals have led to the recent focus on modifying services and, if so, that modification is an improvement.

By Leonard Deutchman

7 minute read