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How the Failure to Preserve Data from a Mobile Device Can Drastically Affect Trial Strategy

The importance of early planning and thorough preservation of electronic data cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to litigation. In a recent case, Two Canoes LLC v. Addian Inc. (April 30, 2024), the failure to...more

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Spoliation Sanctions & Summary Judgment Denial: A Wake-Up Call for Mobile Device Preservation

A recent decision in ediscovery case law, Maziar v. City of Atlanta from June 10, 2024, underscores the crucial importance of early preservation, particularly regarding text messages from mobile devices. This case, presided...more

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3 Takeaways from Amazon and Google: Preservation Challenges in Antitrust Cases in the Age of Ephemeral Messaging

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In the fast-paced world of digital communication, the legal landscape is constantly evolving. Recent cases involving tech giants Google and Amazon have brought to light critical issues surrounding data spoliation and...more

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November’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published November 15, 2023 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of...more

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How “Disappearing Apps” Entwine the Legal and Business World

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Imagine the excitement you might feel when you hear that your company has finally decided to rid itself of a frustratingly antiquated electronic data management and storage system. Not only is the current system outdated, but...more

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Premium on Preservation: Recent Delaware Rulings Underscore the Importance of Preserving Documents

Document discovery plays an essential role in litigation. Litigants and courts rely on documentary exhibits, along with witness testimony about such exhibits, to create a trial record. As a result, courts expect that parties...more

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Spoliation Is Spooky! Preserving Collaboration Content Can Help You Avoid These Scary Scenarios

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Lawyers are accustomed to slow, gradual changes that unfold over months, years, or even decades. Since our legal system depends on court precedents and democratic mechanisms for regulatory and legislative change, we typically...more

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[Webinar] SDPA and ACEDS OC eDiscovery Summer Refresher Session Three: In The Beginning - July 18th, 10:30 am - 11:30 am PDT

The duty of (identification and) preservation is a foundational concept in our legal system that grows out of the common law concept of “spoliation,” which is more than 200 years old. Essentially, if courts exist to make...more

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Ediscovery 101 For Collaboration: What happens if you don’t preserve Slack communications and someone asks for them in ediscovery?

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As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as how does legal manage the data...more

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[Webinar] Forensic Collection Best Practices: Achieving Accurate, Defensible and Proportionate Data Collection - February 24th,...

The success of any eDisclosure project, whether litigation, investigation or regulatory compliance, depends on the story that your data tells and often, how expeditiously you can acquire that data for analysis. Yet forensic...more

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Is eDiscovery Existing in a Post-Sanctions World?

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Is eDiscovery Existing in a Post-Sanctions World? The short (and obvious) answer is no. Rule 37(e) isn’t going anywhere. But recent case law indicates a trend where sanctions seem to be harder to come by, which may play...more

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5 Reasons You Need an eDiscovery Playbook for Managing Your Enterprise Slack Data

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The collaboration app Slack sounds, from its full name, like it should be designed for discovery in litigation—“Slack” is actually an acronym for “Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.” Isn’t that what we’re...more

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