E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Among them were: general principles of discovery; the role of counsel in self-collection; discovery on discovery; the date that the litigation hold was triggered; whether reasonable post-trigger steps were taken; curative sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. It insists that it is not conducting unchecked discovery.” See The Hon.

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In response to the Taylor plaintiffs, Google challenged unreasonably broad demands for discovery on discovery, [that] are unsupported by any showing that relevant evidence is missing or that Googles production is deficient or otherwise improper. In my opinion, that omission was dispositive almost by itself. at *2 (cleaned up); cf.

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E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 16, 2025

10, 2025), the issue was whether an electronic discovery services vendor, DFC, could compel its former client to arbitrate a breach of contract claim. They alleged that they had hired DFC to perform electronic discovery services. The Supreme Court of Alabama held that arbitration was compelled. Plaintiffs sued DFC.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

9, 2024), provides a succinct summary of the scope of discovery under the December 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” It – surprisingly – sustained boilerplate objections. The case involved a loan gone south.

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E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 4, 2025

17, 2024), the court rejected a demand that opposing counsel state under oath that counsel had properly conducted discovery. 26(g) (the stop and think rule regarding discovery) or Rule 37(a)(4) (evasive and incomplete discovery responses) to, or instead of, Rule 11. Trivest Partners L.P., 2024 WL 514015 (E.D. 6, 2024).

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

District Court for the District of Maryland as the “ESI Discovery Supervisor” in a complex commercial case, with the task of “oversee[ing] the negotiation of an ESI protocol.” Then, the process led to the filing of a “Stipulated ESI Protocol and Discovery Plan.” Discovery Plan” (Jan. It was an honor to be appointed by the U.

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E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Sterling court wrote that this court certainly does not want to issue rulings that encourage parties to file hair-trigger discovery disputes. 26, 2024)(serving party should not run to court); Discovery on Discovery (Apr. 26, 2024)(serving party should not run to court); Discovery on Discovery (Apr.

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E-Discovery LLC

JULY 9, 2024

I have come across cases in which a Court’s law clerk conducted an informal conference with parties to resolve a discovery dispute. June 26, 2024), counsel “ participated in an informal discovery conference with the undersigned’s Judicial Law Clerk regarding the dispute. ” [emphasis added]. For example, in Hipschman v.

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 16, 2024

26, 2024)(unreported), dismissals for discovery violations were affirmed. Nguh, one owner, propounded discovery on Mr. Etame, the opposing owner. The Appellate Court wrote: Mr. Etame failed to respond to discovery, and on March 3, 2022, Ms. Nguh’s discovery requests, including requests for his address and phone number.

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E-Discovery LLC

MAY 27, 2024

In response, “the prosecutor proffered that Sandhu was named in the supplemental discovery documents, which had been disclosed several weeks before the start of trial, but candidly acknowledged that the State had not indicated its intention to call Sandhu as a witness at that time. He asserted self defense. Standford v. State , 416 Md.

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Law Sites

JANUARY 14, 2025

Epiq Global announced today the launch of Epiq AI Discovery Assistant, an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aims to automate significant portions of the document review process, along with the formation of Epiq AI Labs, a research initiative focused on developing advanced AI technologies for legal applications.

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Law Sites

AUGUST 7, 2024

For at least two decades, artificial intelligence has been used in e-discovery to help surface and prioritize review of potentially responsive documents from large document collections.

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E-Discovery LLC

JULY 3, 2024

June 28, 2024)(unreported), the intermediate appellate court affirmed a discovery sanction in a divorce action. Mrs. Ferko alleged that Mr. Ferko’s discovery responses were inadequate on the issue of marital property. Ferko then filed two more motions to compel asserting that the discovery responses were deficient.

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E-Discovery LLC

MAY 25, 2024

May 15, 2024), in a “recently filed” case, “the Court issues the following Order to provide instructions to the parties regarding their initial discovery obligations and to institute initial case management proceedings.” Instead of an “ESI Protocol,” the court ordered the parties to submit a “discovery plan.” Discovery Plan” (Jan.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it came to discovery, it wasn’t. RFP 1: “NO SUCH DOCUMENTS EXIST” Generally, when an attorney signs a discovery response under Fed.R.Civ.P. Discovery is the Lawyer’s X-Ray; However, an MRI May Not Be Reasonable (Sep. Discovery is the Lawyer’s X-Ray; However, an MRI May Not Be Reasonable (Sep. Lain’s entity.

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The court described the request as rolling discovery. You may guess the result from the following statement by the court: This is not the first time the Court has admonished the parties for seeking second and third bites at discovery cherries in this case. Rolling discovery differs. The court had made two prior rulings.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

29, 2024), rejected “oceanic” discovery requests, while permitting reasonable ones. The court wrote: “Not surprisingly, discovery in this case, like ‘the course of true love, [has been anything but] smooth.’ The court wrote: “Not surprisingly, discovery in this case, like ‘the course of true love, [has been anything but] smooth.’

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Despite several extensions of time, the defendant essentially told the court that it had been too busy to respond to discovery. Plaintiff Orlando sought discovery from defendant HKS. All objections to the discovery at issue, other than privilege, have been waived by the failure to timely respond to the discovery.”

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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.

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Law Sites

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Recently, the Everlaw Summit, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, convened in San Francisco. I was […]

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Because the discovery requests were so “overly broad,” the court held that no privilege log was required on the overbroad requests. July 17, 2024), the court held that no privilege log was required until scope of discovery objections were resolved. See No Privilege Log Is Needed While Scope of Discovery Objections Are Pending (Aug.

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 3, 2024

July 17, 2024), the court held that no privilege log was required until scope of discovery objections were resolved. The general rule is that a privilege log is due at the time discovery responses are filed. The District Judge warned the parties of the risk involved in failing to raise discovery issues early in the case….

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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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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 31, 2022

Multilingual E-Discovery . This is where multilingual e-discovery comes in. Electronic discovery is the process of identifying, collating, organizing and classifying electronically stored information needed for a court case or legal investigation. When it comes to e-discovery, there’s no debate.

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E-Discovery LLC

JULY 1, 2024

Frequently, courts deny motions presenting a discovery dispute due to the failure of the moving party to engage in a good faith, pre-filing “meet and confer.” 19, 2024) (“If two sides are battling over nine separate discovery issues for at least five months, a single phone call does not meet their Local Rule 37.2 obligations….

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E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 20, 2024

Life is Short It is also a red flag when the court notes: “Since February of 2023, there have only been rare and brief occasions when the parties did not have some discovery dispute before the court.” There is nothing wrong with a little humor to provide a break in the monotony of this long and tedious discovery war.” June 17, 2024).

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Dale court explained: “The present discovery dispute is about whether three custodians – out of a list of fifty – must be included as part of the defendant’s discovery inquiry. 15, 2024), the court wrote: “Courts have vast discretion in resolving discovery disputes and that often means there’s no right or wrong answer.”

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Law Sites

OCTOBER 28, 2024

At the Everlaw Summit in San Francisco last week, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, founder and CEO AJ Shankar delivered a keynote address in which he announced the general availability of three generative AI features the company first introduced last year and had been developing in beta ever since.

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 17, 2024

26(a)(2) governs discovery of expert testimony. The Jackson court cited Ninth Circuit authority for the proposition that the non-testifying expert rule is not intended to impede discovery about testifying experts. Tesla moved to compel the whole ball of wax identity, a deposition, all documents and communications, invoices, etc.

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Law Sites

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Dave Lewis, a data scientist whose four-decade career has established him as a pioneer in artificial intelligence and data analytics in law, has joined the e-discovery and litigation management company Nextpoint as chief scientific officer, where he will lead efforts to develop the next generation of machine learning and generative AI tools throughout (..)

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 9, 2024

This blog was initially posted on Electronic Discovery Reference Model. Having balanced the competing interests, the court ordered that the surveillance video be produced within seven days after plaintiff is deposed.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Third , the court wrote “[t]hat leaves Target’s request for documents about the relationship between Design and Validity and discovery about Validity itself. In sum: “Discovery requests can reach only so far.” 9, 2024); Privilege Logs: New Techniques to Achieve Proportionality – The “Certification Log” (Mar. Fed.R.Civ.P.

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The publication selects five top articles to keep legal, business, and technology professionals informed about key developments in cyber discovery, data discovery, and legal discovery. Grossman weigh in on the potential for LLMs to revolutionize legal discovery. Industry leaders like Maura R. Baron Gordon V. Grimm (ret.)

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Law Sites

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Everlaw for Good is a program run by the e-discovery company Everlaw, through which it makes its software available at no cost to legal aid organizations, nonprofit organizations, and investigative journalists.

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Law Sites

AUGUST 16, 2024

When Eric Friedrichsen stepped into the role of chief executive officer of e-discovery company DISCO four months ago, he was taking the helm of an enterprise that had faced turbulent waters in recent years.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Second, Rule 45(d)(2)(B)(ii) protects a nonparty from any “significant expense” incurred in complying with an order to produce discovery. This blog was initially posted on Electronic Discovery Reference Model and JD Supra. __ [1] The OPLC court wrote that Rule 45(b)(1) attendance and mileage fees are set by 28 U.S.C.

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WA Bar News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They will require a material change in the way many attorneys practice discovery. EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE It was the Work Group’s impression that many litigants tactically withhold discovery of testifying expert witnesses on the ground that no disclosure is required until a case schedule deadline. e) Supplementation of Responses.

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