The Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute

The Advanced eDiscovery Institute A continuing education program by Georgetown Law School This year the program was held December 6 & 7 The agenda and roster of speakers can be found here. This conference is considered one of the most highly regarded e-discovery learning events of the year.  Learn something new about e-discovery today by … Continue reading The Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute

Employment Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Privacy Rights in Employee E-Mails

Employment Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Privacy Rights in Employee E-Mails. Earlier this year in the Quon case, we learned that if you're sending personal messages via your company-issued PDA or cell phone, you do not have any right to privacy. It's their phone. Interestingly,  this case from March 2010 (decided prior to Quon) … Continue reading Employment Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Privacy Rights in Employee E-Mails

A Search Term Turkey « Bow Tie Law’s Blog

Lawyers who are new to electronic discovery may assume things are “impossible.” Moreover, some attorneys argue “undue burden” without consulting with a third-party expert based on the assumption e-Discovery is inherently cost prohibitive. Consulting with a third-party expert, or even performing a Google search, may prove the “impossible” is actually a common practice in many … Continue reading A Search Term Turkey « Bow Tie Law’s Blog

Failure to Test Keywords by Sampling a Prominent Consideration in Court’s Finding of Waiver : Electronic Discovery Law

Keyword searching is a task which requires using technology. As a best practice you should make sure you allow enough time in your project management plan to test and perform quality control measures on your search results. You must have a methodology in place to which you apply the technology you have available. Not the … Continue reading Failure to Test Keywords by Sampling a Prominent Consideration in Court’s Finding of Waiver : Electronic Discovery Law

e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2010 Part II | Fios, Inc.

e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2010 Part II | Fios, Inc.. Vendor sponsored educational webinar highlighting current trends, issues and cases in e-discovery including: Sanctions Social Networking Collection Text Messaging (registration for the Aug. 4th event is required. Fios usually offers their webinars on-demand for those who miss the event so don't worry if … Continue reading e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2010 Part II | Fios, Inc.

Citing its Inherent Authority to Sanction, Court Grants Motion for Sanctions Against Non-Party : E-Discovery Law Review

Citing its Inherent Authority to Sanction, Court Grants Motion for Sanctions Against Non-Party : E-Discovery Law Review. This case summary discusses an extreme scenario where a non-party was sanctioned for discovery misconduct. The lesson here for all of your non-extreme scenarios is that you'll need to have adequate documentation of your ESI collection methodologies to … Continue reading Citing its Inherent Authority to Sanction, Court Grants Motion for Sanctions Against Non-Party : E-Discovery Law Review