Michele Lange

March 15, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

While the concept seems simple enough, the proportionality component received a great deal of attention last year, for good reason: It can be complicated to apply. Here are five common mistakes that in-house counsel should look for that frequently appeared in ediscovery case law in 2016.

By Michele Lange, KrolLDiscovery

10 minute read

April 12, 2013 | Inside Counsel

By 2020, it is projected that organizations will deal with fifty times more information than they are managing today.

By Michele Lange

5 minute read

March 22, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Slipping into a pattern of settling nonmeritorious claims is a soul-trapping experience for many general counsels.

By Michele Lange

5 minute read

March 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

In the mid-1990s, the legal community began to consider how the Internet would impact the ethical rules of the legal profession.

By Michele Lange

5 minute read

February 11, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Since its inception, the rule forged by Judge Shira Scheindlin in the Zubulake v. UBS Warburg and Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities decisionsthat the failure to implement a written litigation hold is gross negligence per sehas been the gold standard in...

By Michele Lange

9 minute read

December 26, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Year over year, e-discovery issues evolve at the speed of light, and 2012 was no exception, with significant judicial opinions impacting the electronically stored information (ESI) landscape.

By Michele Lange

5 minute read

November 28, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Frequent communication between chief legal officers and chief information officers is essential for effective litigation management, according to Chief Legal Officers Need Better Partnerships with IT, a new survey conducted by media company ALM and analyst firm Gartner.

By Michele Lange

9 minute read

January 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

Data-wiping tools leave a trail. Even if the material itself is gone, the hard drive often shows evidence that the wiping tool was used. It's a quick way to lose a case.

By Michele Lange and Jason Paroff

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