From Law.com: The results of the first phase of a closely watched federal court pilot program on electronic discovery show that having a set of fair-play rules at the outset of a case helps quell pretrial brawls between parties. The goal of the program, launched in May 2009 and spearheaded by James Holderman, chief judge of the [...]
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e-Discovery News You Can Use
Three articles have come out this week that I really like. The first was posted yesterday from Zuzana Ikels, partner at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, entitled When E-Discovery Is Used as a Weapon. It’s about the dangers in using e-discovery tactics in order to find ways to break attorney-client privilege with your opponent. Ikels [...]
Justice Recognizes e-Discovery in a Court That Does Not Allow Video or Recording Devices of Any Kind
From Ralph Losey: In a major coup for The Sedona Conference and electronic discovery specialists everywhere, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court has weighed in on e-discovery and written the preface to a special supplement of the Sedona Conference Journal, The Sedona Conference Journal, Vol. 10 Supplement, Fall 2009. Here is an excerpt from the Preface by Justice [...]
Jeez, now they want the discovery plan to be “meaningful” too
From Electronic Discovery Law: Mirbeau Geneva Lake, LLC v. City of Lake Geneva, 2009 3347101 (E.D. Wis. Oct. 15, 2009) In this litigation over the attempted development of land in the City of Lake Geneva, plaintiff sought to compel production of all of defendants’ “computers and other electronic storage devices” for forensic examination. In support of [...]
Sedona Aims to Address Peace Problem Between Lawyers, Dogs/Cats, Middle East…
From Jennifer H. Rearden and Farrah Pepper in the New York Law Journal: The Cooperation Proclamation asks a timeless question: Can’t we all just get along? Although this pronouncement by The Sedona Conference is only a few pages long, its drafters seek no less than a “paradigm shift for the discovery process.” Specifically, the Cooperation Proclamation [...]
Let’s be honest: cooperation kills
Must read post from the infamous “Real Litigator near you, Bill E. Boie” on Ralph Losey’s Blog: I want to thank Ralph Losey for the opportunity to respond to the tidal wave of good-intentioned drivel that appears week after week on this blog. Its been going on for two years now. I just can’t take it anymore. All [...]