It’s not how it used to be. E-discovery is becoming more run of the mill with even small law firms working on small matters accepting that the contents of their… [more]
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Recently I’ve had discussions with several lawyers at big firms and at litigation boutiques, all of whom have a clear understanding of their obligations and their clients’ obligations to preserve,… [more]
The traditional rule in common law provinces is that that the producing party is responsible for the immediate costs of the production of its documents to the other party. While… [more]
The Federal Rules of Evidence have now been amended to include a new Rule 502 [PDF], which should represent a sea change in the law of waiver in the United… [more]
I am always very surprised to see and hear that there are still some lawyers, judges, CIOs and other officers who don’t know what Electronic Discovery is. Actually, this is… [more]
Legal Minds Gather in Toronto for Inaugural E-Discovery Conference
by Karen B. Groulx
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Litigation counsel and their clients have long been put on notice that electronically stored information may become the subject of requests for production. The scope of the duty to preserve,… [more]
Electronically Stored Information: A Reality Check
by Jean-François Legault
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Huge volumes of business data are nothing new. But the ways data can hurt you these days – well, that’s a different story. In an age when your company can… [more]
Law firms struggling with e-discovery tend to lack leadership, not technology. Litigation clients deserve to be represented by knowledgeable litigators who can provide good strategic advice, follow well-defined practices for… [more]
There is little doubt that eDiscovery presents a challenge to lawyers.
Identifying exactly what kind of a challenge it is has proven to be a little harder to define. Some… [more]
According to a recent article in The Economist… [more], the advent of e-discovery may be the single most significant change to the legal system in the last half century. This
For many of us, E-Discovery has become a thorn in our side as we attempt to ensure that our organizations are able to be compliant with the court’s demands –… [more]
One of the most controversial electronic discovery cases in the U.S. in 2007 involved the preservation of ephemeral, or transient, electronically stored information ("ESI") stored in Random Access Memory ("RAM").… [more]
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