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New York Law Journal

Defensible Deletion: The Proof Is in the Planning

This article provides a framework for making defensible deletion an attainable goal. If the process has been well-planned, executed, and documented, the risk of sanctions for inadvertent spoliation of evidence is slight.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Changes in E-Discovery Technology and Business: What and Why

In this month's article, we will try to understand whether particular digital advancements or goals have led to the recent focus on modifying services and, if so, that modification is an improvement.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

New ESI Sanctions Order Offers E-Discovery 101 Course for Lawyers

DR Distributors offers what is tantamount to a 101 course for lawyers on e-discovery, particularly regarding the need to keep relevant information in litigation and the consequences for counsel who fail to help clients do so.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Can Special Masters Be An Answer to COVID-19 Jury Trial 'Avalanche'?

Uniform Superior Court Rule 46 allows the special master to resolve all discovery disputes and even impose contempt sanctions and remedies.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Attorney and Client Ordered to Pay $150,000 for 'Outright Lies' in Court

"It issues a warning to other lawyers of potential consequences of making up your own facts in litigation," said opposing counsel Foster Johnson, an associate with Ahmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi Mensing in Houston.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Completeness, Consistency—or Neither: Matter Goes to High Court

When a witness is impeached with a prior statement's inconsistencies or omissions, does that entitle the proponent to introduce the entire remainder of the impeaching statement? How is this to be managed if there were only two or three impeaching points, and the statement itself ran for over 40 pages and had material not testified to on direct?
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Is Your Witness a Shrinking Violet or a Master of the Universe? Try Landing Somewhere in Between

Tell the truth, answer only the questions you're asked, and other witness prep tips from a trial lawyer with 30 years of experience.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

New Texas Rules Bring More Expedited Trials and Federalization to Personal Injury Cases

In the wake of new rules, personal injury cases in state courts in Texas will now move forward much more like personal injury cases in federal courts, says Quentin Brogdon, a partner at Crain Brogdon Rogers.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Threshold Issues in Judgment Enforcement Proceedings When Prosecuting a Non-Party Witness for Contempt

Many judgment debtors ignore post-judgment subpoenas. Whatever the reason, when there is non-compliance the judgment creditor must be ready and willing to commence a contempt of court proceeding.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

The E-Discovery Identity Crisis

The race to stay competitive in the e-discovery market is testing the boundaries of what it means to be a law firm—and how much disruption attorneys will tolerate.
9 minute read

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