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FTC to update investigations, attorney misconduct allegations 

Published: January 26, 2012

Tags: attorney misconduct, e-discovery, electronic discovery, Federal Trade Commission, FTC

The Federal Trade Commission plans to both update its investigative process and clarify how it handles allegations of attorney misconduct, the agency has announced, seeking public comment on both issues.

Lawyers face new challenges with e-discovery in 2012 

Published: November 14, 2011

Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2012, e-discovery, electronic discovery

As electronic discovery continues to evolve, litigators are facing new challenges, including emerging technology and expanding amounts of data. Looking ahead to the coming year, lawyers should keep an eye on the following trends.

Preserving social media for electronic discovery 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: September 21, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, Facebook, social media, social networking, Twitter

As more and more individuals and businesses participate in social media, the amount of litigation-related information on sites like Facebook and Twitter is rising.

For lawyers, these sites can be an electronic discovery gold mine – or they can be the downfall of a case.

How can lawyers ensure that social media communications are preserved for trial? Conversely, how can they stop their clients from putting themselves at risk of sanctions for deleting information?

Judge pulls ‘landmark’ opinion on metadata e-discovery 

Published: July 19, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, electronically stored information, metadata, technology

A federal judge in New York has withdrawn what some commentators had hailed as a “landmark” decision on the disclosure of metadata during the course of e-discovery.

Judge approves $1.05 million sanction in e-discovery saga 

Published: June 29, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, electronic evidence, Sanctions, spoliation

A federal judge has approved a $1.05 million sanction in a bitter e-discovery battle that still has the threat of jail hanging over the head of a company president accused of destroying electronic evidence.

Recent opinion sets e-discovery standards 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: March 4, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, technology

In what attorneys are calling another standard-setting decision on electronic discovery, Judge Shira Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has authored an opinion addressing issues related to metadata and the form of production for electronic records.

Sanctions for e-discovery violations at ‘historic’ high 

By: Christina Pazzanese
Published: February 14, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, ethics, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Sanctions

Sanction motions and awards for e-discovery violations across the country have climbed dramatically in recent years and have now hit “historic highs,” according to a study published in the Duke Law Journal.

Report: E-discovery sanctions reach all-time high 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: December 15, 2010

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, electronically stored information, Sanctions

Sanctions in e-discovery cases are at an all-time high, according to a recent analysis published in the Duke Law Journal.

Judge reverses jail order in e-discovery spoliation case 

By: Brendan Kearney
Published: November 10, 2010

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, Sanctions, spoliation

The defendant in a recent e-discovery spoliation case will not go to jail after all for deleting e-mails and other electronically-stored information at the heart of a federal lawsuit over copyright and patent infringement. But the price of his freedom is high.

Sedona Conference releases new e-discovery glossary 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: October 7, 2010

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, Sedona Conference

The Sedona Conference recently released a new edition of its e-discovery glossary, which contains new terms and definitions since it was last updated in December 2007.