E-Discovery LLC

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

19, 2025)(Emphasis added), the court wrote: Throughout his responses, Canales objects to OPWs requests on the ground that they are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. See Reasonably Calculated to Lead to Discovery of Admissible Evidence (Nov. citation omitted].

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Understanding how courts may handle AI-generated evidence will be crucial for those responsible for managing digital content, ensuring data integrity, and navigating complex litigation involving digital forensics. John Tunheim, delves into how the judiciary can prepare for the impact of AI-manipulated evidence. Grimm (ret.),

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Complex Discovery

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Editor’s Note: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the pharmaceutical industry, offering unprecedented opportunities to accelerate drug discovery, streamline clinical trials, and fortify intellectual property (IP) strategies. Maintaining a clear chain of custody for AI-involved processes becomes crucial.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 17, 2024

11, 2024), involved a request for discovery from a former Town attorney concerning an offer that he allegedly made to plaintiffs. The court: set out the governing standard for discovery from an attorney and, denied a request to depose the attorney; but, authorized a limited interrogatory to him. Albra , 2024 WL 4471672 (S.D.N.Y.

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Discovery Plan The ESI Protocol: Your Word is Your Bond Or, Is It? Is a Composite Video Admissible and Can a Police Officer Narrate It at Trial? Reasonably Calculated to Lead to Discovery of Admissible Evidence Is a Vehicles On Board or Dash Cam Video Protected From Disclosure as Work Product?

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 9, 2024

16, 2024)(citing cases: “Defendants included general and boilerplate objections in their responses to discovery, which are not acceptable in this circuit. Defendants’ responses are a perfect example of how not to answer discovery requests. See General Objections, Dracula, and “Whac a Mole” (Apr. Griffith Lab’ys, Inc.,

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 2, 2024

26(b)(1), “[r]elevant information need not be admissible at trial if the discovery appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.” The December 2015 amendments to Rule 26(b)(1) deleted the phrase “subject matter of the action” from the scope of discovery. 9, 2021). [2]

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

An issue arises when a privilege log entry states that a document is withheld from discovery as work product. 31, 2014), the court wrote that: LendingTree’s duty to preserve evidence arose no later than its assertion of the attorney work product privilege. Marking documents as “work product” may protect them from discovery.

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E-Discovery LLC

MARCH 6, 2025

3, 2025), the court issued another hyperlinked document discovery decision arising out of the parties ESI Protocol. Uber also presents evidence that currently the production of hyperlinked non-Google Drive documents is not technologically feasible at scale. Plaintiffs did not dispute the evidence. Lorraine v. 534, 538 (D.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Both the husband and wife sought discovery from TST. The Appellate Court agreed: “ Implicitly—as with all discovery—a request that a nonparty produce documents or other tangible things is necessarily confined by the bounds of Rule 2-402(a),” which defines the scope of discovery.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

One of three defendants contended that the discovery propounded on it was not proportional because it was the least culpable of the three. Plaintiffs sought discovery “relat[ing] to other incidents involving Wiegand mountain coasters at Wisp Resort and elsewhere.” 16, 2024)(Bredar, J.), The Bender Court disagreed. Wiegand objected.

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E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 25, 2024

There were several other discovery disputes and the parties submitted emails, exhibits, and a declaration. Defendants added: According to Defendants, while the parties conducted multiple telephone conferences thereafter regarding Plaintiffs’ complaints as to Defendants’ discovery responses, the privilege log issue was never raised….

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Therefore, in his view, the evidence was not sufficiently authenticated. This method allows for authentication by the presentation of evidence describing a process or system that produces an accurate result. see The “Silent Witness” Theory of Authentication of Video Evidence (July 5, 2024). Lorraine v. 534, 542 (D.

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E-Discovery Team

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The article - Part Two - discusses proposed modifications to Rule 901(b) concerning the authentication of AI-generated evidence. Judge Grimm and Professor Grossman suggest replacing "accurate" with "valid" and "reliable" to clarify the criteria for admissible evidence, as accuracy alone does not ensure reliability.

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Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

By John Patzakis The Best Evidence Rule, as codified in Federal Rule of Evidence 1002, provides that an original writing, recording, or photograph is required to prove the contents of the document. The plaintiff had deleted his Facebook account resulting in lost evidence critical to the case.

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 16, 2024

That before-and-after authentication, plus a few other facts, was sufficient circumstantial evidence to authenticate the entire video. First can video evidence be authenticated when the authenticating witness lacked personal knowledge of all of the events portrayed in it? The bar for authentication of evidence is not high.”

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 11, 2022

With billions documenting their life from the banal to the audacious, these services have become a treasure trove for discovery. It’s challenging to obtain a damaging admission during a deposition, but social media feeds and chat threads contain more admissions than a Taylor Swift confessional.

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Destination Articles Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In family law, how you handle digital evidence can really make or break your client’s case, especially in high-conflict scenarios. Texts, emails, and social media posts can significantly influence custody decisions, highlighting the need for attorneys to manage this evidence with great care. This situation impacts about 21.9

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Evidence at Trial

OCTOBER 3, 2022

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt Too often in jury trials, attorneys mistakenly think getting evidence admitted is a dry and mechanical process separate and apart from the task of persuasion. These thousands of pages were relevant and admissible. But would it be admissible? "Be sincere, Be Brief, Be seated.

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Joshua Gilliland

JANUARY 7, 2016

The City further argued that since the Plaintiff’s had overly broad discovery requests, they should not be sanctioned for failing to preserve relevant ESI. Life lesson: Just because the Plaintiff has overly broad scope for discovery requests, does not justify the lack of a litigation hold. The Court applied the elements from Chin v.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In litigation, they often take testimony from witnesses prior to trial as part of the evidentiary discovery process.[ii] They know that if they fail to obtain an admission from a witness, or fail to vigorously defend their own, those failures have consequences measured in dollars. It could be $100,000, or it could be in the millions.

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WA Bar News

JULY 10, 2024

Via Orders entered on March 15, the Washington Supreme Court took the following actions pursuant to its inherent power over admission to practice law: Adopted the NextGen Bar Exam, with first administration to be in July 2026. See Sidebar No. SIDEBAR No. Watch for continuing coverage in future issues of Bar News.

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WA Bar News

JULY 10, 2024

Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters), 8.4(b) The lawyer’s conduct violated the following Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.3 Diligence), 1.4 Communication), 3.2 Expediting Litigation), 3.3 Candor Toward the Tribunal), 8.1 (Bar b) (Criminal Act), 8.4(c) c) (Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation), 8.4(d)

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MyCase

APRIL 30, 2024

Paralegals Paralegals spend the bulk of their time on legal or case-related tasks, such as: Conducting legal research and discovery: Paralegals access databases and books to identify and document regulations and precedents that apply to a specific case. Their work frees up lawyers to focus on case strategy.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Discovery had been conducted for almost a year and the deadlines extended three times. Plaintiff seeks limited discovery regarding the missing documents and a negative inference jury instruction regarding the contents of Vanderpool’s and Dupree’s personnel files and the missing emails. 25, 2024)(Sullivan, J.),

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E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 5, 2024

While there were many issues on appeal, one was whether evidence of her internet searches related to termination of a pregnancy was properly admitted on the facts presented. The decision to admit that evidence was affirmed by the intermediate appellate court. See Case No. The facts were awful. Akers was pregnant. On appeal, Ms.

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E-Discovery LLC

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In this case, we must consider whether evidence of a criminal defendant’s internet searches on abortion in the early months of her pregnancy was relevant to show her intent to kill or harm her newborn several months later at birth, or, if marginally relevant, unfairly prejudicial. Akers contended that the baby was stillborn.

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Evidence at Trial

APRIL 7, 2023

To learn Tyler's version of events, it appears that discovery will be necessary. But does Noise provide the plaintiff with actual usable evidence? Tyler's Autobiography: An Evidentiary Analysis When it comes to analyzing the admissibility of evidence, having a methodical approach is imperative. Code § 210.

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E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 1, 2024

Stuart, “Privacy in Discovery After Dobbs,” 26 Va. As of this writing, undersigned counsel is aware of 45 unreported opinions in the 9 years since unreported decisions of the Appellate Court became available electronically where a criminal defendant challenged admission of video footage on authentication grounds. & Tech.

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Joseph, Hollander & Craft

MARCH 7, 2025

This admission came after 14 hours of questioning and being denied access to his lawyer. You may still need to move through the justice system before your Miranda rights lawyer can utilize the exclusionary rule in trial to petition to remove evidence that was obtained illegally. Finally, Miranda v. New York v. Quarles, 467 U.S.

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Complex Discovery

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Strategic Maneuvers and Key Challenges Key geolocated evidence reveals Russian forces capture of Novopustynka and progress near Shevchenko’s outskirts, signaling a concerted push along the T-05-15 highway towards Pokrovsk.

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Jury Analyst

MAY 22, 2024

A juror tasked with objective deliberation and verdict issuance based on evidence presented in court embodies the foundational aspect of a fair trial. Courts expect jurors to adhere to strict guidelines that ensure their decision-making process is impartial and based on the evidence presented in the courtroom.

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Jury Analyst

MAY 22, 2024

A juror tasked with objective deliberation and verdict issuance based on evidence presented in court embodies the foundational aspect of a fair trial. Courts expect jurors to adhere to strict guidelines that ensure their decision-making process is impartial and based on the evidence presented in the courtroom.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Marathe believes deep fakes have the potential to severely impact the integrity of evidence and the trial process if the legal system is unprepared. E-discovery professionals are on the front lines of detecting deep fakes used as evidence, according to Marathe. But progress on all fronts is slow while threats escalate quickly.

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