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The Knotty Issues of e-Discovery

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Url:http://www.bowtielaw.com
Author(s):Facebook User
Language:English
Tags:law, technology, litigation
Description:A blog about e-Discovery issues in litigation, including the application of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure & Federal Rules of Evidence to technology, Web 2.0, text messages, instant messages and applying traditional legal principles to 21st Century realities.
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Extra! Extra! No Tweeting in Court!
In United States v. Shelnutt, a member of the press requested the right to “Tweet” a criminal trial on Twitter.  The court denied the request pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 53....more
2009-11-07
BlackBerry Boo-Boos: How to Get the Judge to Text You Adverse Inference Instructions
Southwestern Mechanical Services, Inc., v Brody, et al., is the story of how wiping the data off your BlackBerry can result with the Court having you drawn and quartered.  Not with horses, but with...more
2009-11-05
In the Eye of the Beholder: The Relevance of Facebook Evidence
Social networking litigation will be written by the end users of those websites.  In Bass v Miss Porter’s School, the Defendant school sought from the Plaintiff discovery of her alleged teasing and...more
2009-11-02
If It is Lost, It’s Not in Your Possession, Custody or Control under Rule 26(a)
In a prison medical treatment case, the Plaintiff brought a motion to exclude medical records pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(c) after the files were not identified in the Defen...more
2009-10-30
Things to Think About for Your Rule 26(f) Meeting…
In a case management hearing, the parties were directed to consider the following electronically stored information (ESI) issues at their Rule 26(f) conference for drafting their proposed Rule 16(b...more
2009-10-22
Out of the Holding Pattern: Preservation Best Practices and Recent Litigation Hold Cases with John J
Please join D4 on October 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm Pacific Time and 3:00 PM Eastern Time for the webinar “Out of the Holding Pattern.” To register, please click here.     Recent case law has highlighte...more
2009-10-19
Speedy Delivery: Compelling Imaging & Searching of Everything
In a contract dispute regarding a shipping vendor, the Plaintiff brought a motion to compel the collection and processing of the entire contents of Defendants’s hard drives, network drives, and use...more
2009-10-15
Proving Up Destroyed ESI is Favorable to Your Position is Hard to Do
In an ADA employment case, the Plaintiff sought spoliation sanctions and an adverse inference instruction for the destruction of electronically stored information (ESI). Scalera v. Electrograph Sys...more
2009-10-14
The Titan Killer: Mandatory Exclusion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(c)(1)
Oracle and SAP are at war.  They have exchanged bayonet charges in discovery for two years in a case where Oracle has accused SAP (TomorrowNow) of “systematic and pervasive illegal downloading of O...more
2009-10-06
A Helicopter Parent’s Weapon of Choice: Facebook Photos
Laningham v. Carrollton-Farmers Branch Indep. Sch. Dist., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86305 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 17, 2009) is a factual intense case of a cheerleader claiming unconstitutional gender bias on ...more
2009-10-02

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