VW Scandal Drives Call for Source Code Access
Volkswagen’s clean brand was sullied last week when it was revealed that the carmaker had rigged the software in 11 million of its cars to cheat on emissions tests. In the fallout, VW
[Read More]Volkswagen’s clean brand was sullied last week when it was revealed that the carmaker had rigged the software in 11 million of its cars to cheat on emissions tests. In the fallout, VW
[Read More]We continue where we left off in the previous post, discussing familiar litigation concerns — rising eDiscovery costs, failure to preserve and increased spend — and highlighting Jay Tidmarsh’s “The Litigation Budget.” In
[Read More]See if these sound familiar: “rising eDiscovery costs,” “failure to preserve” and “increased spend.” Like a litigation playlist on loop, they have been repeated again and again over the last decade. In an
[Read More]When the plaintiff in Caputo v. Topper Realty Corp. filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law, the defendants responded with discovery requests for cell phone records, Facebook
[Read More]When does an international company have to comply with U.S. discovery demands? For the Australian corporation defendant in the case of Lunkenheimer Co. v. Tyco Flow Control Pacific Party Ltd., when it was
[Read More]Courtesy of the New York Law Journal comes news of discovery delays resulting in attorney fee sanctions in two Commercial Division cases: 135 East 57th Street LLC v. 57th Street Day Spa and
[Read More]College playoff basketball isn’t the only hot topic this month — so, too, is the matter of using technology-assisted review (TAR). U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck’s recent order in Rio Tinto Plc v.
[Read More]What happens when a company that is being sued by a former employee who has a J.D. files a protective order to prevent her from using privileged communications, claiming she acted as a
[Read More]At this year’s LTNY, Judges John Facciola (retired), Andrew J. Peck, Frank Maas and Elizabeth D. LaPorte treated eager attendees to their highly regarded opinions during the “What’s Wrong with Discovery?” session. The
[Read More]More than a decade ago, U.S. law firms were placing their Mandarin-speaking attorneys in offices in China. Now, as China’s investment in this country has ballooned into the billions, firms are keeping more of
[Read More]As Judge Paul S. Grewal stated in his order re: motion to compel in Venture Corporation LTD, et al., v. James P. Barrett, while many law professionals may not be familiar with the
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