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Cracking the Code on Modern Attachments in eDiscovery

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Modern attachments, in Google Workspaces and Microsoft Office, have long posed significant challenges in eDiscovery. They are not actual files attached to an email or message but are links pointing to files stored elsewhere....more

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Garden Variety: Byte Fed. v. Lux Vending

My esteemed colleagues, Kelly Twigger and Doug Austin, both posted about a recent discovery decision out of a federal district court in Florida, case no. 8:23-cv-102-MSS-SPF, styled, Byte Fed., Inc. v. Lux Vending LLC. and...more

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Optimizing the Remote Reach: Strategies for Secure and Efficient Data Collection

The digital revolution has irrevocably transformed the way we conduct business, and investigations are no exception. The surge in remote work models has rendered traditional on-site data collection methods increasingly...more

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June’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published June 18, 2024 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 the...more

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Navigating Hyperlinks in eDiscovery: Lessons from the StubHub Refund Litigation

Introduction - Each week on the Case of the Week I choose a recent decision in ediscovery and talk to you about the practical applications of that case and what you need to be thinking about as you conduct discovery of ESI....more

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More Evidence that the Continued Use of General Objections Risks Waiver in eDiscovery

United States Magistrate Judge Sean Flynn’s recent decision in Byte Fed., Inc. v. Lux Vending LLC, is another in a long line of cases enforcing the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules requiring specificity in objections to...more

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StubHub: Modification of ESI Protocol and Denial of Sanctions – Performance Was Impossible

In In re StubHub Refund Litigation, 2924 WL 2305604 (N.D. Ca. May 20, 2024), the court addressed important issues such as modification of an ESI Order and sanctions in the context of “modern attachments” a/k/a “pointers,”...more

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May’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published May 15, 2024 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 the...more

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Bad Things Can Happen When Company Officers Use Their Private Email Accounts for Work

It is generally unwise to use private email accounts for company business.  Clark v. Council of Unit Owners of the 100 Harborview Drive Condominium Association, 2024 WL 2155021 (D. Md. May 13, 2024)(Quereshi, J.), provides a...more

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ESI Protocol Dispute – “Modern Attachments” and the “Humpty Dumpty Issue”

In Re: Uber Technologies, Inc., Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation, 2024 WL 1772832 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 23, 2024), resolved a dispute over so-called “modern attachments” based on impressive and comprehensive technical...more

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Cloud Attachments: Versions and Purview

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on April 8, 2024.] Last week, I dug into Cloud Attachments to email, probing the...more

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What’s All the Fuss About Linked Attachments?

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on March 29, 2024.] In the E-Discovery Bubble, we’re embroiled in a debate over...more

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Failure to Show “Intent to Deprive” Leads to Denial of Rule 37(e)(2) Sanctions

A motion for spoliation sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(e) was denied in Boshea v. Compass Marketing, Inc., 2024 WL 811468 (D. Md. Feb. 27, 2024). The motion was argued and decided during trial. The suit by a former...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for November 2023 - November 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

It’s time to be thankful – for eDiscovery case law! Our November 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses permissive inference sanctions for destruction of video, sanctions for failing to...more

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Bob Dylan Awarded Discovery Sanctions After Dismissal of Tort Claims

“The Court awards sanctions in the amount of $5,000 against [Attorney No. 1] and $3,000 against [Attorney No. 2], payable to” Bob Dylan. J.C. v. Robert A. Zimmerman a/k/a Bob Dylan, 2023 WL 6308493, at *12 (S.D.N.Y. Sept....more

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What is ESI? A Lawyer’s Guide to Digital Records Management

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The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that by 2025, the world will have 175 zettabytes of digital data—which, if stored on DVDs, would create a stack tall enough to circle the earth 222 times. As organizations...more

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June’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published June 14, 2023 and EDRM is grateful to Robert Keeling, Chair of the EDRM Global Advisory Council and our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish.] This Sidley...more

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Authentication of a Disputed Email and Attachment

Boshea v. Compass Marketing, Inc., 2023 WL 2743333 (D. Md. Mar. 31, 2023)(Hollander, J.), involved authentication of disputed electronically stored information. “Authentication” is a necessary predicate to all uses of ESI:...more

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Redefining Document Production

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Discovery is the largest time and cost component of civil litigation. As the volume of documents in scope increases exponentially, teams need to manage them as “quickly, inexpensively, and efficiently as possible” (to quote...more

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Avoiding Pitfalls in Internal Investigations

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Internal investigations play a critical role in mitigating insider risks, and technology is making the job of investigators easier. Nevertheless, organizations can make missteps that jeopardize the effectiveness of...more

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Attorney-Client Confidentiality: Practical Tips for Protecting Privilege

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The volumes of evidence available for litigation are such that privileged documents – a small but important subset of any evidence collection – can easily be overlooked, commingled, misplaced, or simply lost. In addition, the...more

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Discovery of Text Messages, IMs, DMs

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Text-messages-as-evidence has been a hot topic in the popular press lately. The Secret Service apparently lost some volume of text messages surrounding January 6 events even after congressional committees had requested...more

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How Email Threading Speeds Up Your Review Process

Did you know more than 150,000 emails are sent every minute? That makes the number of emails sent on an average day over 200 million! That’s a lot of email. And a lot of data to go with it. It should come as no surprise,...more

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An In-Depth Look at the In re Actos End Payor Antitrust Litigation and Production of Non-Inclusive Emails in Threads

As I mentioned within recent in-depth coverage of one of the cases here, the May EDRM monthly case law webinar presented by Tom O’Connor (Director of the Gulf Legal Technology Center), Mary Mack (CEO and Chief Legal...more

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You Can Address the Inclusive Emails in Discovery Without Producing Them

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One of the biggest time savers in document review is the ability to identify email threads and review only the fully inclusive emails in the thread (i.e., the ones that include unique information). That’s not always the last...more

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