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Should Discovery be Stayed Pending Ruling on Dispositive Motion?

E-Discovery LLC

31, 2025), the court denied defendants request to stay discovery pending a ruling on defendants motion to dismiss the complaint. In denying the request to stay discovery, the Hernandez court first noted that it had wide discretion in controlling discovery. The stay was presented by plaintiffs motion to compel.

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Project Management Tools for Attorneys

Attorney at Work

Instead, in the past decade, the popularity of legal project management has grown exponentially. Offering a legal service is, of course, quite different from developing a new disinfectant, or building a software application or a material object. A client intake staff member can create a new board for each potential client.

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Legalweek 2025: Judges Signal New Competency Standards in AI-Era Discovery

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Courts are sending a clear message: technical fluency is no longer optional in the world of modern discovery. The consensus was clear: the gap between technical capability and legal practice is narrowing, with significant implications for case outcomes, professional responsibilities, and judicial patience.

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Top 8 Legal AI Companies to Watch in 2024

MyCase

MyCase MyCase is the leading case management software designed for legal professionals. By leveraging MyCase IQ, you can benefit from the best legal AI software while seamlessly integrating with the rest of your case management workflows. EsquireTek EsquireTek leverages AI to automate legal discovery processes.

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Proportionality is like The Force

Joshua Gilliland

There are those who fear eDiscovery, thus feel the new Rule 26 empowers them to object to every request for production on the grounds the request is not proportional to the merits of the case. The Defendants claimed it would take “4,000 hours of lawyer review time over several months” to identify responsive discovery.

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Proportionality and Labeling ESI Productions

Joshua Gilliland

The Court noted that many of the Defendants’ discovery requests were improper omnibus requests where no effort was made to tailor the discovery request to the issues in the case. The Plaintiff rightly objected to these requests, but made only improper boilerplate objections. Kissing Camels, at *5-6. ” Id.

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Top 8 Legal AI Tools: Improve Firm Productivity

MyCase

CLM tools are designed to make traditionally static contracts more accessible and valuable, enabling the use of datasets to inform decision-making and support key business objectives. Who uses them: In-house counsel; sometimes larger law firms.