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What's Up Doc?

Johnette Hassell
December 11, 2008 22:06

  I came across a prognostication from Mary Mack, Corporate Technology Counsel at Fios. She offers 20 predictions re e-discovery for 2009. Some are funny and some are scary. I will be discussing several of them in future posts, but for now, they are well worth reading. ...

A Model E-discovery Order

Johnette Hassell
November 11, 2008 15:37

  I’m always on the lookout for good templates for e-discovery documents and orders. In Star, Inc. v. QFA Royalties LLC, No. 07-cv-02223-WYD-CBS (D. Colo. Filed Oct. 10, 2007), Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer issues an excellent e-discovery order. In it, he calls for an...

When Business and Personal ESI Meet

Johnette Hassell
October 29, 2008 21:00

    Koosharem Corp. v. Spec Personnel, LLC, 2008 WL 4458864 (D.S.C. Sept. 29, 2008) has a well known “story line” but is very interesting in two respects.  Kenneth Fuston was a former employee of Koosharem who left to join SpecPersonnel.    The plaintiff...

Deleting Isn't Deleting

Johnette Hassell
October 21, 2008 18:46

Today’s blog is about deleting files and file slack space, a rich source of evidence for the forensic examiner—and a favorite topic of mine. Most people have heard the expression “formatting a disk.” Formatting a drive divides up the space on the drive into pieces...

The E-Discovery Maze and Other Musings

Johnette Hassell
October 14, 2008 20:39

I came across several interesting items this week so this post is going to be about a variety of things.  The Round Table Group, an expert services firm, approached me about writing an article for their newsletter. They wanted something different. I ended up writing about some...

Throwing Out the Baby with the Bath

Johnette Hassell
October 07, 2008 22:15

   I came across a case (Law Office of Douglas T. Harris, Esq. v. Philadelphia Waterfront Partners, LP, 2008 WL 4291319 (Pa. Super. Sept. 22, 2008)) in which an appeal court included a comment that greatly interested me. In this case, Harris requested certain email and documents from two...

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Johnette Hassell
September 30, 2008 21:13

  I had a client that was a small company. They were embroiled in some bitter litigation with an ex-partner who was demanding some Electronically Stored Information (ESI) as of the date of the dissolution of the company. Helping them respond to the discovery request taught them a lot...

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Johnette Hassell
September 30, 2008 21:13

  I had a client that was a small company. They were embroiled in some bitter litigation with an ex-partner who was demanding some Electronically Stored Information (ESI) as of the date of the dissolution of the company. Helping them respond to the discovery request taught them a lot...

Employee Blogs: The Risks and Rewards

Johnette Hassell
September 23, 2008 14:00

 Law.com has an interesting article “Work Blogs Take Off, and So Do the Suits” that discusses various approaches to the issue of employee blogging. Since blogging is so very public, an employer has a vested interest in the images its employees portray in their...

Employee Blogs: The Risks and Rewards

Johnette Hassell
September 23, 2008 14:00

 Law.com has an interesting article “Work Blogs Take Off, and So Do the Suits” that discusses various approaches to the issue of employee blogging. Since blogging is so very public, an employer has a vested interest in the images its employees portray in their...