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New Jersey Law Journal

Proposed NJ Rule on Legal Finance Is a Solution in Search of a Problem

There is already a robust framework in place for courts and litigants to obtain evidence regarding legal finance arrangements. Mandatory disclosure of any legal finance arrangement will result in needless fishing expeditions with respect to those finance relationships.
9 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware High Court Quashes Regulator's Subpoena on AT&T Escheat Records

In a first-impression opinion, the justices placed boundaries on state agencies' actions to enforce administrative subpoenas.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Emerging Into Spring: Discovery Sanctions, Gifts, Breach of Duty

In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper discusses Surrogate and Appellate court decisions from Q2 relating to such topics as discovery, assignments and gifts, and surcharge and assessment of legal fees for breach of fiduciary duty.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

From Gibson to DISCO to Reveal: Why Cat Casey is Following E-Discovery 'Ecosystems'

Intrigued by e-discovery tech provider Reveal's recent acquisitions, Catherine "Cat" Casey recently left DISCO to help guide the company's growth.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hyperlinks Are Not Attachments, Court Finds

Should hyperlinks, especially ones to documents in an internal file system, be considered attachments? Must the documents the hyperlinks lead to be produced as email attachments—even if they may already also be somewhere else in the production? In this edition of their Federal E-Discovery column, Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss a recent decision that answered these questions clearly: no.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

IT in Pandemic Times: The Impossible Becomes the Inevitable

Prior to the pandemic, there was a familiar theme with regard to e-discovery. Clients and their law firms producing e-discovery would fail in some way—take too long, miss important documents, and so on—and would respond to motions and criticism generally with the claim that they cannot do what is being demanded of them.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

A Dozen Questions To Answer Before Negotiating a Protective Order in Civil Litigation

Little creates as much havoc in civil litigation as an ill-conceived or misunderstood protective order. Aimee Fagan and Phillip Aurentz of Sidley Austin have some tips to avoid common pitfalls.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

New Federal Cases Spotlight 2021's Key Trends in E-discovery

Recent case law continues to reflect key trends in e-discovery, ranging from the propriety of forensic examinations to ESI spoliation.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

In Discovery War Over Pepper Hamilton Documents, Baylor Appeals Sanction

"When it comes to raising privilege objections, in doing so Baylor has been as aggressive as any party the court has encountered," U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin wrote.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Faults Paul Weiss, Alex Oh Over Litigation Conduct in Exxon Case

Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said Paul Weiss and former partner Alex Oh "should have known better than to impugn another attorney's character without reviewing the entire record."
6 minute read

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