Defendants’ Request for 502(d) Order Granted by Court: eDiscovery Case Law
In City of E. St. Louis v. Monsanto Corp., Illinois District Judge David W. Dugan, finding “Defendants have demonstrated good cause for a Rule 502(d) order”, granted the defendants’ request for a 502(d) order to protect the parties against waiver of privilege, over the objections of the plaintiff.
Five Compliance Archiving Features You Should Expect: eDiscovery Best Practices
Jim Gill of Hanzo is back with another post on what to expect from compliance archiving solutions! This time, he’s discussing five compliance archiving features that you should expect!
More AI Talk, This Time with a Government Perspective: Artificial Intelligence Trends
This seems to be my week for listening to podcasts about AI! This one was hosted by EDRM, and it involved more AI talk, this time with a government perspective in mind with two thought leaders from Deloitte!
Six Planning Items to Address BEFORE the Case is Filed: eDiscovery Best Practices
I’m back with another guest post for the Avansic blog! This time, I’m discussing six planning items you need to address before the case is filed!
Slow Down to Go Faster in Recruiting
If you are a leader in a company or Law Firm of any size, talent has become one of the critical components to your success. The pressure you feel to go faster than the competition is real, but it creates demands on employees to move just as quickly and for some parts of your business faster isn’t always better.
Four in Ten Consumers Say Personal Data Has Been Compromised or Worse: Data Privacy Trends
According to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), about four in ten consumers say their personal information has been stolen, compromised or misused in the past year.
Add Incident Response to the List of Use Cases for eDiscovery: eDiscovery Trends
I’ve said numerous times that eDiscovery isn’t just about litigation anymore – eDiscovery workflows can be used for an increasing number of use cases. You can add Incident Response to that list of eDiscovery use cases.
Third Annual Hanzo + ACEDS Collaboration Data Survey: eDiscovery Trends
With the recent ruling in this case, discovery of data from collaboration apps is more important than ever. With that in mind, Hanzo and ACEDS have launched the third annual Hanzo + ACEDS Collaboration Data Survey!
eDiscovery Today Enters Educational Partnership with UnitedLex
NEW YORK and HOUSTON, September 20, 2022 – Doug Austin and eDiscovery Today, the only daily blog for electronic discovery, information governance, cybersecurity and data privacy trends, best practices and case law, announced a partnership with UnitedLex, a leading data and professional services company for legal.
Common AI Misconceptions and How to Address Them: Artificial Intelligence Trends
A recent podcast involved a discussion of common AI misconceptions in the legal industry and how to address them with some great tips for legal professionals out there.
Weak Password Dooms Intercontinental Hotels Group to Cyberattack: Cybersecurity Trends
Major corporations fall victim to cyberattacks all the time, but this one was evidently hacked because of an obvious and weak password.
Google Rule 502(d) Order Request is Granted by Court: eDiscovery Case Law
In the case In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litig., California Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi granted the Google Rule 502(d) order request after noting the parties’ track record in handling other discovery disputes gave the Court reason to be doubtful that the Rule 502(d) would be unnecessary.
10 eDiscovery Defining Trends in 2023: eDiscovery Trends
Here’s a terrific blog post from Jeffrey Wolff of IPRO, who was terrific yesterday in the ACEDS webinar that he and I presented about Early Data Assessment, on 10 eDiscovery defining trends in 2023!
Trump Case Gets its Special Master: eDiscovery Trends
Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon appointed a Special Master in the Trump case involving the Justice Department probe of documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home Mar-a-Lago last month.
No Time for Just Kiddings When Negotiating Slack Custodians, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law
In Twitter, Inc. v. Musk, Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick stating that “[i]n this highly expedited case, there is no time for just kiddings”, resolved the dispute between Twitter and Elon Musk regarding the number of custodians for which Twitter needed to produce Slack messages by ordering Twitter to produce Slack messages from two additional custodians over the six they originally proposed, not the 42 custodians sought by the defendants.
Automating Privacy Compliance: Data Privacy Best Practices
The regulatory landscape for protecting data is constantly evolving. As Cimplifi discusses, there is technology available for automating privacy compliance!
ProSearch Fall Events to Explore Chat in Discovery, the Metaverse, and the Future of Work
There are some interesting educational events coming up for ProSearch this fall, including Chat in Discovery, the Metaverse and the Future of Work!
Early Data Assessment Is Changing! Here’s Why It Matters: eDiscovery Webinars
Join us for this ACEDS webinar tomorrow, sponsored by IPRO to find out how Early Data Assessment is changing and why it matters!
More Alex Jones Discovery Misconduct: eDiscovery Trends
Are you “jonesing” for more Alex Jones discovery misconduct stories? See what I did there? 😉 Well, here you go, this time in Connecticut!
Facebook Has No Idea Where They Keep Your Personal Data: Data Privacy Trends
At least according to two veteran Facebook engineers being deposed over the Cambridge Analytica scandal – Facebook has no idea where they keep your personal data.
The September 2022 EDRM Case Law Webinar Will Not “Fall” Short!: eDiscovery Webinars
It may be fall, but there is no fall off with new and interesting eDiscovery case law disputes! So, come join us as we discuss some great new cases in our September 2022 EDRM case law webinar!
“Clear Deficiencies” in Production Leads to Sanctions for Elon Musk: eDiscovery Case Law
In Twitter, Inc. v. Musk, Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick stating that the plaintiff “identifies clear deficiencies in Defendants’ document production” granted two of the plaintiff’s four requests for relief: to suspend third-party discovery deadlines for the plaintiff, and for defendants to obtain and produce phone company records concerning the text messages that Elon Musk and (his right hand man) Jared Birchall sent or received during the relevant period.
Smoking Gun Slack Exchange Among Reasons for Default Judgment for Defendants: eDiscovery Case Law
In Red Wolf Energy Trading, LLC v. BIA Capital Mgmt., LLC, Massachusetts District Judge Mark L. Wolf granted the plaintiff’s Second Motion for Sanctions and awarded a default judgment sanction against the defendants for “repeated” discovery misconduct, including failing to produce a smoking gun Slack exchange.
Ten Big Data Statistics: Information Governance Trends
What do you do when you’re slammed and need a quick post on a Friday afternoon? Link to a great resource you discovered! Here are ten Big Data statistics that illustrate some of the information governance, compliance and cybersecurity we all face today!
Five Healthcare Litigation Trends for 2022: Litigation Support Trends
Healthcare is a highly innovative, lucrative, and regulated industry, which also makes it a highly litigious industry. Which is why you need to attend the upcoming Hanzo webinar on five healthcare litigation trends for 2022!
Reduce Your eDiscovery Costs by Half with These 5 Things to Do EARLY: eDiscovery Best Practices
Cost is the driving factor behind so many eDiscovery decisions, and quite often, we reactively review matters to see where costs could have been saved. If that’s you, Avansic and ACEDS have a webinar for you that will show you how to reduce your eDiscovery costs by half by doing 5 things EARLY!
Uber Data Breach Trial Getting Started Almost Five Years Later: Cybersecurity Trends
Cybersecurity and court rooms collide! The Uber data breach trial is getting started almost 5 years after Uber announced the breach – which was concealed for more than a year.
HaystackID Acquires Business Intelligence Associates (BIA)
Wow! Congrats to HaystackID® with this announcement – that HaystackID acquires Business Intelligence Associates (BIA)!
eDiscovery Challenges with Gmail Data: eDiscovery Trends
This week’s Hanzo post comes from Dave Ruel, who provides the second part in his series on Gmail. This post discusses eDiscovery challenges with Gmail data!
Authentication of Evidence in Cases is Happening More Often: eDiscovery Trends
My latest blog post for IPRO’s blog discusses how cases involving authentication of evidence are happening more often and why.
E-Discovery Day 2022 is December 1st!
E-Discovery Day 2022 is December 1st and eDiscovery Today is one of the partners participating this year! Here’s a portion of the press release!
Beyond Meritless and Utterly Frivolous Defendant Objections Rejected by Court: eDiscovery Case Law
In Miloedu, Inc. v. James, California Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman, noting that the defendants’ arguments were “beyond meritless” and “cannot be characterized any way other than utterly frivolous”, granted the plaintiff’s request to compel production of discovery, as well as attorneys’ fees.
The Timeline for Notification for Some Data Breaches Can Be Very Long: Cybersecurity Trends
According to IBM, it takes an average of 287 days for security teams to identify and contain a data breach. Apparently, the timeline for notification of customers potentially affected can be even longer.
Take Data Protection to Another Level with These Six Programs: Cybersecurity Best Practices
Earlier this week, Cimplifi continued its “between a rock and a hard place” series with this post to show you how to take data protection to another level with these six programs!
Ron Godier of Intalegence Thought Leader Interview: Legal Career Trends
Time for another thought leader interview on eDiscovery Today! This time, I’m interviewing Ron Godier, the Founder and CEO of Intalegence!
How Early Data Assessment Is Changing and Why It Matters, an ACEDS Webinar: eDiscovery Webinars
What to do after two days of back-to-back webinars? Promote the next one! 😉 Join us for this ACEDS webinar to find out how Early Data Assessment is changing and why it matters!
Renewal of ISO 27001 Certification Announced by ProSearch
Congrats to ProSearch, for the announcement of their renewal of their ISO 27001 certification! Here’s a portion of the press release.
Retain Everything In Slack? Here’s Why you Shouldn’t: eDiscovery Best Practices
Jim Gill of Hanzo takes a break from eDiscovery by the numbers this week to ask a simple question: Why Not Just Retain Everything In Slack?
Commentary on Managing International Legal Holds from The Sedona Conference: eDiscovery Best Practices
The Sedona Conference® (TSC) and its Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery, and Disclosure (WG6) has announced that The Sedona Conference Commentary on Managing International Legal Holds (“Commentary”) has been published for public comment.
Data Mining in Incident Response Webcast by HaystackID: eDiscovery Webcasts
Data mining has increasingly become one of the largest expenses during a cyber incident. Tomorrow’s webcast from HaystackID will discuss data mining in incident response!
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