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A New Jersey appellate court applied federal rulings from other jurisdictions and held that the employee had no “legitimate expectation of privacy” in information he stored on office computers, even if that information was personal in nature and protected by confidential passwords erected by the employee.  This article by Patrick T. Collins, Fernando M. Pinguelo continue…

Weekends are anything but restful these days for those watching the financial sector and financial markets. Lehman declared bankruptcy, with the hopes that counterparty trades will be unwound neatly.  Merrill, like Bear before it, was snapped up by a competitor. The government, shutting the door to assuming more risk in favor of the buyers, scared continue…

Old-school attorneys, lawyers who have been practicing for 10, 15 or 20 years, are now facing a changing legal landscape as technology takes a larger place in the world of law, specifically in the area of electronic discovery. Indeed, back in the day it was “not something that the bar spent a lot of time on training,” continue…

TechRepublic recently conducted a Web-based survey of 711 TechRepublic members to better understand how companies are supporting e-discovery. Just how important it is for IT leaders to prepare for e-discovery requests through policies & procedures, archiving e-mail and IM, and employee training? The results may surprise you. The survey results are found here. 

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This Sedona Conference® Commentary focuses on the decision making process relating to the preservation of sources of electronically stored information that may contain discoverable information that is “not reasonably accessible.” 

The ranks of electronic discovery and computer forensics consultants have multiplied in recent years. This article by Keith Jones and Mauro Wolfe in The National Law Journal discusses the need for e-discovery and forensics expertise, which has grown exponentially.

This article, from The Legal Intelligencer, looks at recent court decisions which now seem to demand a standard of near perfection from in-house and outside counsel in managing e-discovery. Indeed, courts are showing little patience for preservation, privilege review or production mistakes and are not hesitating to hold parties and their counsel responsible for such mistakes.  Read more….

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Keyword search is deemed “good enough” for identifying responsive electronically stored information; yet when privilege is on the line, lawyers insist on page-by-page review.  Continue reading

Judicial tolerance for shortcomings in e-discovery is on the decline, and litigants, their counsel and e-discovery vendors are facing direct liability for such failures. Read more….