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Chicago-Area Attorney Hit With $112K Sanction for Role in Spoliation of Signal Application Messages, Discovery Misconduct

"We are very pleased with this result," Elizabeth Babbitt, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, said on behalf of the Chicago Transit Authority. "This case serves as a reminder that the rules of preservation in litigation remain in effect, despite the ever-changing landscape of technology."
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Summer's in the aiR: Recent Updates From Relativity

From Relativity aiR for Review to Relativity Contracts, the e-discovery provider has announced a number of updates and developments in recent months.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AI Tools Creating Digital Paper Trails That Could Haunt Companies in Court

"A lot of the risk comes from extremely well-meaning employees that just want the tools to do their job better," said Dera Nevin, managing director at the consulting firm FTI.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Impact of Blockchain on Data Preservation and Discovery

As businesses across various industries increasingly adopt blockchain, it will become a critical source of discoverable electronically stored information (ESI). The potential benefits of blockchain for e-discovery and data preservation are substantial, making it an area of growing interest and importance.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'Serious Error': Dozens of Law Firms Urge 6th Circuit to Shield Internal Investigation Docs

"[D]ocuments and communications generated in an internal investigation are protected by the attorney-client privilege as long as they were intended to further the provision of legal advice from counsel," the 39 law firms wrote.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Absence of a 502(d) Order, Court Finds Waiver of Privilege

In their Federal E-Discovery column, Christopher Boehning and Daniel Toal discuss the recent decision "United States ex rel. Omni Healthcare, Inc. v. MD Spine Solutions" which "raises some interesting questions and implications for practitioners and judges dealing with privilege issues in e-discovery."
8 minute read

Law.com

6th Circuit Dismisses Attorney's Civil Rights Appeal Involving Discovery on Statute-of-Limitation Grounds

While the attorney argued the clock started when she discovered that her speech had motivated the detective's attempt for a warrant, counsel for Russ countered by stating that the clock started when the attorney discovered the search had happened in January 2020, well outside the one-year statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim in Tennessee.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Federal Judge Orders Ogletree Client Ikea to Pay Over $560K for Spoilation of Evidence

The sanctions motion came following a 66-page opinion Brody entered in May, which said Ikea and its counsel demonstrated "incredible and gross negligence" by failing to implement litigation holds to preserve deleted mailboxes.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Intent of Deceiving': Fed. Judge Voids $1.14M Insurance Claim That Was Based on 'Illusory Estimate,' Orders Plaintiffs to Pay Back $300K

"Critically, when asked for their 'proof' of that figure, the Pittsfield entities claimed that they 'have a proposal from a contractor that says it,'" wrote U.S. District Judge Nancy L. Maldonado of the Northern District of Illinois.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawyers Weigh In as Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts Released

"They sabotaged their own case," said attorney Spencer Kuvin who represented one of the victims.
7 minute read

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