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Redact It With Redact-It Desktop
Redaction removes information from documents that you don't want others to see because they would use it against you or a client. Still, many people miss redacting data because they either don't use the right tools or they use them incorrectly. Redact-It Desktop may be one solution.
Mechanisms That Help Reduce the Cost of E-Discovery
There are mechanisms your firm can put in place and practice to curtail e-discovery costs. Schwartz Simon attorneys Nuris E. Portuondo and Melissa A. Silver advise readers to implement a document retention policy or dedicate a group to maintain and retrieve ESI to help grind down costs.
Internet User Tracking Techniques Yield New Privacy Violation Claims
Marketing based on targeting online behavior -- where companies lawfully collect data on individual users -- is a technique used by publishers and advertisers to increase the effectiveness of their campaigns. However, new technology makes keeping the behavior private more difficult, and has given rise to renewed claims of unlawful intrusiveness.
Strapped for Cash, 'iBooks' Trademark Plaintiff Woos Quinn Emanuel
A small publisher's suit against Apple over a trademark for "iBooks" hasn't really progressed, but is already producing drama, including an unexpected appearance by Quinn Emanuel.
E-Discovery Drives $576K Costs Levied on Plaintiffs
For plaintiffs, the cost of losing a case is skyrocketing in complex, document-intensive litigation now that the federal courts are routinely approving e-discovery bills in the standard taxation of costs. Illustrating that trend is the recent decision by the Eastern District of Pennsylvania clerk to tax costs of more than $576,000 against losing plaintiffs.
Stay Linked to the Office in a Natural Disaster
If disaster strikes, will your firm be prepared? In the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma, Miami businesses without formal disaster recovery plans said they�re now more likely to devise such plans. In some cases, businesses with disaster recovery plans are in the process of revising and refining them. Attorney Samuel Lewis of Miami's Feldman Gale shares tips that helped keep his firm up and running while municipal services were restored.
$1.3 Billion Award Against SAP Overturned in Oracle Case
A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has thrown out a $1.3 billion jury verdict against German business software maker SAP AG, slamming the penalty as "grossly excessive" and dealing an unexpected setback to SAP's Silicon Valley rival Oracle. The ruling is a surprising twist in a landmark intellectual property case.Trending Stories
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