Articles in Channel: Electronic Discovery

Data image by The Economist

March 13, 2010 23:15

The cover article in this week’s The Economist magazine is The data deluge, featuring a 14-page special report on information management entitled Data, data, everywhere. This article, and our collective situation of data overload, reminds me of one of my favorite Star Trek episodes, The Tr...

Do You Comply with the New Massachusetts Information Security Regulation?

March 11, 2010 16:32

By Bruce H. Nielson, K&L Gates Partner, Washington D.C. What Does the Regulation Require? Every business that “owns or licenses personal information” about a Massachusetts resident must “develop, implement, and maintain” a comprehensive written information security...

Hitler Explains Why RIM Matters

March 11, 2010 00:41

Yesterday, on the e-Disclosure Information Project blog, Chris Dale's post Hitler and Cloud Computing Security gives us a super discovery-related entry in the crowded and growing "Hitler and..." series of spoofs.  I can't get enough of these videos and was giddy <!-- That's right,...

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March 07, 2010 17:39

This three minute video is designed for view with a high-speed connection in high definition (HD), full screen mode. This video supplements last week’s blog on the keyword search debate at LegalTech. It is a video excerpt of a law school class where I respond to a question by co-professor ...

Fraud Lawsuits In Connecticut - Is A Promise of Happiness Fraud or Puffery?

March 06, 2010 22:02

Debra Cassens Weiss yesterday posted on article on the ABA's website about the psychic Sean Morton who is being sued for fraud for taking 6 million dollars from investors on the promise of piles of money and spiritual happiness.  The Securities and Exchange Commission is bringing the suit...

Knowledge Management Controls Your Destiny

March 04, 2010 21:29

In case you missed it, KMWorld recently announced its 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management.  Many of those on the list are familiar names, with offerings familiar to the eDiscovery world, but many are unfamiliar names with unusual offerings.  Among the 100 are at least a...

Plan Ahead: Proposed Amendments to Rule 26 Would Extend Work-Product Protection

March 04, 2010 18:08

One of the great things about the current rule-making process is the ability to see change on the horizon and adapt accordingly.  This year, absent any unforeseen objection or delay, Rule 26 will be amended to extend the scope of the work-product doctrine to encompass draft expert reports and...

Court Provides Detailed Analysis of Law of Spoliation, Orders Adverse Inference Instruction, Monetary Sanctions for Intentional Spoliation of ESI

March 02, 2010 18:11

Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. v. Cammarata, 2010 WL 645253 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 19, 2010) For intentional spoliation, the court declined to order terminating sanctions but ordered an adverse inference instruction and for defendants to pay plaintiff’s attorneys fees and costs. In this litigation...

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February 27, 2010 21:27

At LegalTech New York a few weeks ago, Jason R. Baron and I staged a debate over search strategies and cooperation ethics. As you probably already know, Jason is the Director of Litigation for the National Archives and Records Administration and Co-Chair of The Sedona Conference Working Group on...

Thank You to Hartford Business Journal and Advanced Copy

February 26, 2010 20:51

Thank you to Advanced Copy for nominating me for Best Use of Blogs for the Hartford Business Journal's Strateg E Awards for 2010.  Thank you to the Hartford Business Journal for selecting this Blog as a finalist and putting on a great event yesterday.  Congratulations to Thomas...