Reactions to the recent Am Law Tech Survey 2010 were dichotomous, with some feeling as though e-discovery is recovering and others predicting continued trouble for 2011. One thing all respondents seem to agree
[Read More]In August, Paul Allen brought suit against 11 e-commerce corporations for patent infringement. In a recent Am Law Litigation Daily article, Andrew Longstreth covers Google’s involvement in the suit. Google, Longstreth claims, has
[Read More]According to Gina Passarella’s article from Law.com, “the [legal] industry is moving away from a monolithic provider of legal services…to a fragmented service platform” made up of legal process outsourcers (LPOs). The LPOs
[Read More]In a recent case brought to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, the issue of metadata as a public record was discussed. This issue has only been previously mediated once, in
[Read More]In November of 2008, the Illinois Supreme Court mandated “codifying the law of evidence in the state of Illinois” in an effort to streamline and improve the trial process. Effective January 1, 2011,
[Read More]In a recent article, Law Technology News covers the amendments to the New York State Court’s e-discovery and electronic filing policies since the February 2010 Court Report (covered in this previous posting). These
[Read More]In “E-Discovery: Opt For Major Changes Rather Than Tinkering At The Edges of the Rules,” a recent interview in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Beth Rose, a Member at Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.,
[Read More]A recent case filed in the Southern District Court of Indiana dealt with the difficult issue of discovery of social networking site information on Facebook and MySpace. As discovery of social media is
[Read More]In this interesting Order, the Court makes a big swing from allowing five years back of ESI to be collected, to allowing eighteen years. This will definitely result in a large volume of
[Read More]The New York Supreme Court considered aspects of discovery of a hard drive for a recent marital dispute. In this opinion, the Court surpassed mere decision and instead, also outlined strict guidelines to
[Read More]On August 26, 2009, Mindy Olson brought a suit against Michael Sax and Goodwill Industries, claiming that Goodwill violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “by discriminating against her based
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