Discovery Advocate

MAY 20, 2020

But we wanted to provide some concise guidance to help you think through the information governance and discovery challenges of unexpected large-scale remote access. Perfection in the discovery process is not required or possible. Don’t abandon your thoughtful discovery response programs. Reasonable and proportional efforts are.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

34 discovery requests propounded by defendant Meta Platforms, Inc., 34 discovery requests propounded by defendant Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta responded that Rule 34 requests were proper and it should not be forced to serve over 200 subpoenas under Rule 45. 2024), applies the “legal control” standard to Fed.R.Civ.P.

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E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 2, 2025

Plaintiff Spivey served a subpoena on non-party API. While Mr. Spivey asserted that the negotiated search terms defined the scope of discovery, and that they were narrowly tailored, API asserted that it need not produce nonresponsive or irrelevant documents. API allegedly had information about the process. They negotiated search terms.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The States and State Attorneys General “object[ed] to treating their respective state agencies as being subject to party discovery and insist[ed] that all of these agencies are third parties from whom Meta should seek documents by subpoenas under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45.” emphasis added].

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

non-party TEDCO’s blanket privilege and work product objections to a subpoena were denied; however, it lived to fight another day because the denial was without prejudice to file supported objections after a “meet and confer.” Singleton, issued several non-party subpoenas, including one to ImpactHR. In Singleton v. The plaintiff, Ms.

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Discovery Advocate

JUNE 8, 2023

Relying on an employee’s memory without an accompanying thorough discussion – informed by potentially relevant technical considerations of where data may reside and a more robust effort to locate it – is unlikely to constitute a “reasonable search” for purposes of defending a response to a request for non-objectionable discovery.

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Discovery Advocate

JUNE 7, 2023

Relying on an employee’s memory without an accompanying thorough discussion – informed by potentially relevant technical considerations of where data may reside and a more robust effort to locate it – is unlikely to constitute a “reasonable search” for purposes of defending a response to a request for non-objectionable discovery.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of a subpoena issued by Mr. Bonta in connection with a California investigation. Of course, as plaintiff, Plastics Industry Association needed to establish personal jurisdiction over Mr. “As part of that investigation,” Mr. Bonta sent preservation letters, and then subpoenas, to two Washington, D.C.

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Discovery Advocate

JANUARY 26, 2024

The updates reinforce the “longstanding obligation” to preserve and produce all responsive documents, including data from ephemeral messaging applications that allow messages to disappear or are designed to hide evidence.

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MyCase

MAY 7, 2024

Reading, reviewing, and crafting discovery responses isn’t just tedious—it’s downright time-consuming. MyCase has partnered with Briefpoint to help firms save time on discovery documents by eliminating repetitive work required for responses. What is Briefpoint? How Does the Integration Work? Top Benefits of MyCase and Briefpoint 1.

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Discovery Advocate

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Summary of the Case: The Supreme Court, which had initially agreed to consider a circuit split on a privilege issue that commonly arises in discovery, reversed course and dismissed the writ of certiorari as “improvidently granted”—meaning the Supreme Court will not resolve the circuit split this term. In re Grand Jury , 23 F.4th

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E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Plaintiffs said that SCA was served with a copy of the subpoena on March 27 th , two days prior to serving it on Dr. Fanning and well before the deposition. Plaintiffs contended that SCA did nothingsuch as objecting or filing a motion to quashsince it received notice of the Subpoena. Pursuant to Fed.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Defendant Kroger moved to quash a subpoena served by the plaintiff, Mr. Whitmore, on a nonparty claims investigator, Sedgwick Claims Service. Because Kroger did not rely on the subpoena rule, Fed.R.Civ.P. Mr. Whitmore issued a subpoena to Sedgwick for email, communications, and video footage regarding the claim. 22, 2023). [1]

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Percipient

DECEMBER 22, 2021

READ ARTICLE Oldies But Goodies Rounding out the 2021 list of most-read articles are a couple of oldies but goodies from years past: You Subpoenaed My Documents, Shouldn’t You Pay for Them?

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Industry News – Antitrust Beat Nvidia’s Antitrust Woes Spark Market Turbulence Amid DOJ Probe ComplexDiscovery Staff Nvidia Corporation, the eminent supplier of artificial intelligence (AI) computing hardware, has encountered substantial market turbulence following the issuance of a subpoena by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

OCTOBER 31, 2024

THREE PRIMARY DEFENSE CLAIMS __ __ __ PLAINTIFF PROOF OF CAUSATION __ DEFENDANT CAUSATION DEFENSE _ PRELIMINARY STATUS REVIEW  Review local rules regarding deadlines and requirements DISCOVERY REVIEW Interrogatories  Review defendant’s answers to interrogatories. Note incomplete answers for motion.

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Percipient

MARCH 24, 2022

Niches with common attributes such as high volume tasks that take up a disproportionate portion of lawyers’ time (think non-disclosure agreements or sales agreements), or legal processes that are amenable to documented process-driven workflows that can be automated by technology (like electronic discovery).

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Percipient

MARCH 10, 2022

” While ECA is often associated with electronic discovery and the early analysis of electronically stored information (ESI), its scope should not be so limited. One of the main purposes of assessing and evaluating e-discovery aspects of a legal matter early is to gauge the time, money, and resources it will involve.

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SW&L Attorneys Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

Then comes the process known as ‘discovery.’ Instead of formal discovery procedures like subpoenas or depositions, parties voluntarily disclose relevant information and documents to each other. Here, the couple is encouraged to be transparent and share information openly.

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Discovery Advocate

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

civil and criminal law to define a party’s requirement to produce evidence pursuant to a subpoena, document request, regulatory inquiry or similar. The CLOUD Act focuses on whether the recipient of a request has control over the data ‒ specifically, whether there is “possession, custody, or control,” as used in both U.S.

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Complex Discovery

AUGUST 20, 2024

Leveraging investigative tools and subpoena authority, the city attorney’s office aims to uncover and dismantle these networks. The lawsuit, now filed on behalf of Californians, asserts that these platforms violate multiple state laws, including those against fraudulent business practices and child sexual abuse.

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Percipient

JANUARY 12, 2022

As forensic and e-discovery technology continues its advancement, collection search precision increases. This means that legal teams must not overlook collecting data from these tools when gathering information for investigations , regulatory compliance, and subpoena compliance.

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Percipient

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This method is the least expensive because it collects the least amount of data and is best suited for civil matters with cost sensitivity considerations, eDiscovery proportionality concerns or for subpoena responses. Pros of targeted forensic collections: speeds up e-discovery process because of less processing time.

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Discovery Advocate

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

civil and criminal law to define a party’s requirement to produce evidence pursuant to a subpoena, document request, regulatory inquiry or similar. The CLOUD Act focuses on whether the recipient of a request has control over the data ‒ specifically, whether there is “possession, custody, or control,” as used in both U.S.

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Complex Discovery

JANUARY 18, 2025

A Model Community Models like the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and the CLOC Core 12 give the legal industry a shared understandinga toolkit for developing best practices and effective communication. Use cases include litigation, regulatory requests, third-party subpoenas, and internal investigations.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Their product suite now covers the entire litigation lifecycle, from intake to discovery to case management. And I mentioned earlier that we have the capabilities to intake complaints, or subpoenas, we can now with the release of this product actually generate a statement of facts from that specific complaint.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In doing so, FGH propounded discovery. In pertinent part, FGH served 20 subpoenas on third-party financial institutions. 2005); see also In re Grand Jury Subpoena John Doe, No. Defendants have not plausibly asserted any privilege, proprietary interest, or personal interest in the subpoenaed matter. United States v.

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