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Fall 2020's Most Interesting E-Discovery Cases

In this Case Law Review, we'll take a look at recent rulings that cover the discoverability of ESI on sources other than a computer, whether social media posts offer any degree of privacy, and the importance of proportionality when attempting to compel production during litigation.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Remote Mediations: The Show Will Go On

If our clients are going to have a chance to resolve their cases during this time, remote mediations will be an important tool used by the courts and trial lawyers to keep their dockets moving.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Stands Its Ground in Construing 28 U.S.C. §1782

  Ever since the Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241 (2004) sanctioned a liberal interpretation of 28…
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court OKs 'Attorneys' Eyes Only' Discovery Order Compelling Law Firm Financial Docs in Dragonetti Case

"Courts can and should craft discovery orders that strike a proper balance between … privacy interests [of the parties disclosing information] and the rights of other parties," wrote the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in its opinion.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How the Pandemic Has Influenced the Growth of Digital Law

Depending upon with whom you are talking, when the subject of what the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the business and practical aspects of the practice of law is discussed, you will hear both that the pandemic has shut down the legal world by adding to the cost of obtaining solutions to legal problems, and that solutions to problems raised by the pandemic have made the legal world far more efficient.
10 minute read

Legaltech News

Terminating Sanctions Order Emphasizes the Need for Safeguards in Disposition Programs

Estate of Moreno v. Correctional Healthcare Companies shows that disposition initiatives that lack safeguards to ensure relevant information is preserved for litigation could leave an organization vulnerable to disaster.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Photographs of Accident Scene Are Not 'Communications' Protected by Privilege, Court Rules

The Superior Court panel agreed with the court's determination that the photos, taken by agents of the law firm representing defendant West Penn Power Co., were not protected by attorney-client privilege.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

How This Gibson Dunn Team Leveraged a Series of Government Discovery Gaffes to Score a Dismissal for a White Collar Client

"These massive cases are won on a thousand cuts," says Gibson Dunn's Joel Cohen. "Especially in a complex white-collar case, there's not a Perry Mason moment."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How E-Data Lawyers Leverage Process Engineering, Technology to Optimize Client Service

In this installment, we focus on the ways an e-data lawyer uses technology and process engineering to optimize client service across the law firm ecosystem.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

COVID-19 Force Majeure Legal Developments

An in-depth discussion of the major COVID-19 force majeure legal rulings, and analysis of how the law is developing in this context.
11 minute read

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