Posts Tagged ‘E-Discovery’
Monday, September 19th, 2011
David J. Kessler and Emily Johnston from Fulbright & Jaworksi, L.L.P.’s e-Discovery and Information Governance practice have posted an article on Fulbright’s website about the Subcommittee’s recent Mini-Conference on perservation held on September 9, 2011. Ms. Johnston attended the conference as an observer and reports that the group met to discuss the possibility of FRCP rule changes to address preservation issues. While the article concludes that the meeting ended without any general consensus, it does provide good insight into particular judges’ views on the subject. Read the full article here.
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Maryland Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm has been at the forefront of e-discovery legal analysis and has published numerous judicial opinions related to the topic. His latest opinion comes with a new twist related to sanctions: jail time! Below is K&L Gates’ link to Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc., No. MJG-06-2662 (D. Md. Sept. 9, 2010). Also provided below is Judge Grimm’s very own e-discovery protocol. Following it is highly recommended for avoiding the sanctions ordered in Victor Stanley II.
http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/uploads/file/Victor%20Stanley%20II.pdf
Friday, September 17th, 2010
File metadata–often referred to as data about data–may function as evidence itself or may be used for authentication of other evidence. In addition, many of the fields populated in any given review platform are in fact metadata: Date Sent, Recipients, Author, Title, etc.
Download the .pdf for a paper by industry expert Craig Ball providing much more insight on metadata.
