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March 20, 2023 | Legaltech News

Ephemeral messaging applications continue to pose challenges for companies and their employees.

By Philip Favro, Innovative Driven

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July 25, 2022 | Legaltech News

As reflected in the recent In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litigation case, noncompliance with preservation provisions in an ESI protocol can expose parties to severe sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(A).

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May 18, 2022 | Legaltech News

Two particularly noteworthy topics in recent e-discovery litigation include: possession, custody, or control questions involving employee text messages; and the role and form of adverse inference instructions to juries to address ESI spoliation.

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February 17, 2022 | Legaltech News

Judge David Campbell, who led the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee that developed the Rule 37(e) amendments enacted in 2015, issued an adverse inference jury instruction against plaintiff after finding she spoliated relevant Facebook Messenger and Telegram messages and other ESI.

By Philip Favro, Innovative Driven

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January 27, 2022 | Legaltech News

Medidata Solutions v. Veeva Systems offers key lessons regarding the need for effective preservation measures in connection with an organization's litigation readiness.

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December 02, 2021 | Legaltech News

Courts have issued several recent opinions that provide guidance for how parties should handle the development of privilege log alternatives like metadata logs, categorical logs, and logs reflecting samples of privileged documents.

By Philip Favro, Innovative Driven

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