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Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Rules Against Hospital in Medical Records Fight

UF Health Jacksonville, also known as Shands Jacksonville, contended that handing over patient records would violate a 2005 federal law that provides confidentiality protections for certain medical records and could subject it to penalties.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

The Case for a Comprehensive Information Governance Policy

If you're outside counsel and you've been hired because of the possibility of a future lawsuit, you need to seriously consider if your client's preservation obligations have already been triggered.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

More Firms Turning to Remote E-Discovery, But In-Person Collection Isn't Going Anywhere

While remote data collection is applicable for most matters, contractual, regulatory and technical restraints mean it can't be a viable alternative all the time.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Nixes Technophobic Litigant's Attempt to Avoid Remote Deposition

The remote deposition ruling is also another indicator that those who resist the New Jersey judiciary's measures to keep court proceedings moving during the coronavirus pandemic can't expect sympathy from the courts.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Relativity Fest to Move Virtual for 2020 Conference

The flagship Chicago conference for e-discovery provider Relativity will move to online-only following the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping its same dates of Sept. 21-23.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Agencies Bear Costs of Redacting Electronic Records, But Questions Remain in Recent PRA Decision

A recent California Supreme Court decision offers guidance, but no a bright line rule for a crucial issue in the case: What agency processes do, and do not, qualify as "data extraction," the costs of which agencies may permissibly shift to requesters?
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Staggering' Spoliation Leads to Case Terminating Sanctions

A district court recently found some actions taken while under a duty to preserve indicative of intentional spoliation, including the company and CEO's use of ephemeral messaging, the failure to disable auto-deletion of emails, and the reformatting and other spoliation of devices allegedly used to transfer trade secret information. In their Federal E-Discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss how the clearly frustrated court issued case terminating sanctions for this "staggering" discovery misconduct.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bail, Discovery, and Speedy Trial: The New Reforms

In the midst of an historic pandemic, the Legislature enacted amendments to sweeping legislation it had enacted last year: limitations on monetary bail; expansion of discovery in criminal cases; and the enhancement of the right to a statutory speedy trial. In his Criminal Law and Procedure column, Barry Kamins reviews the most significant aspects of the changes.
13 minute read

The Recorder

Abundant Access to Electronic Information at (Remote) Depos: Where Does It Start and End?

How far can a deposing attorney go in requesting the deponent to reveal the world of information at the deponent's fingertips?
7 minute read

Legaltech News

As Bankruptcies Grow, E-Discovery Counsels' Work May Become More Challenging

E-discovery lawyers caution that, while the discovery process is similar across any litigation, bankruptcy proceedings require quicker turnarounds and more challenging data handling procedures.
3 minute read

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