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Sedona Conference Highlights Proposed FRCP Rule Changes

Guidance Software Assistant General Counsel Chad McManamy sums up the 8th annual Sedona Institute on e-discovery.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kelly v. Northeastern Educ. Intermediate Unit, PICS Case No. 14-0233 (C.P. Lackawanna Feb. 12, 2014) Nealon, J. (30 pages).

By | March 18, 2014
Right-to-Know Law • "Governmental Function" • Independent Auditor
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Another Pelvic Mesh Defendant Seeks Third-Party Records

Boston Scientific Corp. is the latest pelvic mesh manufacturer to seek discovery about a company that purchases medical accounts receivable—and that it accuses of driving up medical expenses claimed by plaintiffs.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Wultz' May Influence U.S. Cross-Border E-Discovery Law

Patrick Burke and Erica Strauss of Reed Smith write: U.S. courts increasingly are being tasked with choice-of-law and cross-border e-discovery issues that arise when documents are sought in discovery from countries with very different legal systems. 'Wultz v. Bank of China Limited' is one such case that may well chart the course of U.S. cross-border e-discovery law going forward.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protecting Data Privacy in Litigation and Investigations

Anthony J. Diana, partner at Mayer Brown, and Gabriela P. Baron, senior vice president at Xerox Litigation Services, write: To meet the challenges of data privacy in e-discovery, organizations should recognize the applicable privacy laws, implement business practices to govern their information, and apply technological solutions to safeguard their private data.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Seeking E-Disclosure From Third Parties

In his New York Practice column, Thomas F. Gleason of Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea writes: It often is far easier to seek copies of emails or documents from non-parties in the email traffic chain. But electronic discovery requests can be a burden on third parties, who understandably may object, reasoning that the parties should be burdened first. How can we balance this reasonable concern with the need to obtain evidence which otherwise may not come to light?
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Managing the Five Stages of E-Discovery Grief

H. Christopher Boehning and Ross M. Gotler of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison consider the Five Stages of Grief in the context of e-discovery and offer strategies for how companies can manage each of these Five Stages of E-Discovery Grief.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Transparency in Predictive Coding: How Much Is Too Much?

Jason Lichter, the director of discovery services and litigation support at Pepper Hamilton, writes: While empirical support is lacking, the surprisingly small number of published decisions and orders addressing predictive coding implies that there may be a silent majority of practitioners employing some variant of TAR alongside other analytical tools without divulging every detail of their culling and review strategy.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Seek to Compel Documents in Mesh MDL

Cook Medical Inc. is continuing to “stonewall” discovery in litigation over the firm's vaginal mesh products, used to treat pelvic prolapse and urinary incontinence, the plaintiffs assert in court papers.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Let's Chat About the Legal Risks of Instant Messaging

Both in-house and outside counsel should be aware of the potential legal risks surrounding workplace IMs.
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