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New Jersey Law Journal

'A Little Bit Frightening': This Legal Obstacle Is Emerging in Trucking Lawsuits

"To me the realization was that this whole system is a ticking time bomb, and something's got to change," attorney Tyler Hall said.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

How Alston & Bird Helped Secure a $5M Judgment in a 20-Year, 2,000-Exhibit Case

"Our team remained focused on telling the larger story," Alston & Bird partner Amanda Waide said, weighing into the strategy behind a contract dispute case that lasted two decades.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Merlin Launches Cloud Utility Pricing, Green E-Discovery Hosting Initiative that Lowers Costs During Downtime

Merlin Search Technologies has introduced a "first-of-its-kind hourly pricing program and the first Green Computing Initiative," according to the press release, by allowing users to pay hourly for hosting when sites are active, and turn off sites when they are not in use, saving costs.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Departing Employee Preservation Program: Understanding Potential Pitfalls

Data that is potentially responsive and must be preserved and eventually collected and produced in an active litigation is typically tied to individual employees who are custodians of the data. If an employee leaves the company tomorrow, what will happen to the data controlled by the employee?
14 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Key Decision Points When Planning and Budgeting for E-Discovery Costs in Litigation

Planning for an e-discovery budget at the beginning of a matter, or preferably before litigation is even contemplated, is the best way to control costs overall.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Outlines Limits on Pre-Suit Discovery, with Rule 202 in Spotlight

"In the event that Hinkson is permitted an opportunity to replead, the trial court may allow Hinkson to replead, if it finds that the pleading defects can be cured," the appeals court said.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'The Time Has Come': Appellate Division Instructs Trial Court to Resolve Personal Jurisdiction Disputes in Archdiocese Sexual Abuse Case

"But it goes without saying that the inquiries necessary to develop or resolve the jurisdictional dispute should precede discovery into areas irrelevant to that undertaking," stated the per curiam opinion. "Not only is a nonresident entitled to an expeditious disposition of a jurisdictional defense before being compelled to provide merits-based discovery, but the forum also has an interest in not having its resources expended or burdened by matters that should be litigated elsewhere."
4 minute read

Legaltech News

5 Key Factors to Consider When Handling Emojis in eDiscovery

With an estimated 10 billion emojis sent every day to express emotion and tone, the long-term impacts of this popular form of communication are an increasing focus for eDiscovery professionals.
5 minute read

Law.com

2.61 Gigabyte Difference: Inability to Restore Spoliated Electronic Evidence Dooms Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Liberty claimed that Lamb's Evernote software data, physical data, iPhone, data, and metadata that existed was not produced through discovery.
7 minute read

Law.com

Lengthy Litigation Over 'Perfect Smile' Continues: Patient Allowed to Proceed with 'Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings' Claims Against Dentists

"Leighton contends that, by filing a defamation lawsuit, the Dentists implicitly agreed to cooperate in discovery, and, therefore, their subsequent refusal to do so was an abuse of that process," Justice Catherine R. Connors wrote on behalf of the unanimous SJC. "The Dentists' failure to act, to their own detriment, however, is insufficient to sustain the cause of action because they did not invoke the authority of the court or cause process to issue. The Dentists' refusal to properly respond to Leighton's discovery requests—although sanctionable—is not actionable."
5 minute read

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