discovery
A History of How Technology Has Transformed the Legal Field
From computer automation taking on administrative tasks such as filing and invoicing to advances in artificial intelligence that streamline client intake and provide information on…
Defendant failed to establish that unpreserved evidence was irretrievably lost
In this contract dispute, the court denied the defendant’s motion for spoliation sanctions, finding that it had not conclusively established that the evidence in question…
Appellate court reverses exclusion of evidence about spoliation, remands
We’ve previously written about GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc. — a long-running antitrust matter involving egregious spoliation of emails — but the saga isn’t…
Two defendants admitted to having ‘wiped and discarded’ their phones without preserving text messages
In this case involving the alleged infringement of music created by the late artist Prince, the court granted in part the plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions…
Court glances past issue of lost passwords for protected documents
In this employment discrimination case, the court denied the plaintiff’s motions for sanctions involving both paper records and ESI. It found that the plaintiff failed…
Going Beyond Litigation
The essence of ediscovery is twofold: managing data and extracting useful information that can then be used to tell a story. Learning how to accomplish…
