In resolving ongoing discovery conflicts between quarreling parties, a court recently provided helpful guidance on the use of technology-assisted review as part of e-discovery. Of particular note, the court endorsed the position taken by many courts and commentators that responding parties are best positioned to determine the processes and technology they use to search and produce their own electronically stored information.

‘Livingston v. City of Chicago’

In Livingston v. City of Chicago, 2020 WL 5253848 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 3, 2020), after a series of discovery disagreements, plaintiffs in the employment discrimination dispute sought to compel defendant city of Chicago to use a specific methodology for search, review, and production of electronically stored information (ESI).

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]