Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - December 9, 2009

Provided for your review/use is this week's snapshot update of key industry news and views highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News

Context for Applying Discovery

1. Admissibility of Email Strings and Co-Conspirator Emails - http://kuex.us/47c7
   
2. California's New E-Discovery Rules vs. The FRCP - http://bit.ly/4wUkLD
   
3. Court holds that Metadata is a matter of Public Record - http://kuex.us/4789
   
4. Canada - Case Report – Federal Court Comments on Confidentiality of Drafts - http://kuex.us/4540
   
5. E-Discovery Blog Roll - Where To Find More About E-Discovery, ESI, and Info Management - http://bit.ly/7FTnmr
   
6. E-Discovery Project Management: The Devil is in the Details http://bit.ly/3IobMP
   
7. ESI in 2010: Trash or Treasure? http://kuex.us/469f
   
8. European Competition Review Nov 2009 - Articles/Updates related to Competition Law from Europe http://bit.ly/6x93dB
9. European Union Agrees to Access by U.S. Anti-Terrorism Authorities to Personal Data in Europe - http://kuex.us/455c
10. European Union E-Discovery Rules: What Every Attorney Should Know - http://kuex.us/44ec
11. Failing to follow Rule 34 procedures can result in having to produce ESI a second time in different format http://bit.ly/5l1b8T
    
12. Finding Back-up Tapes "Not Reasonably Accessible" Court Declines to Compel Restoration of All but One Tape - http://kuex.us/44e1
    
13. Illinois Practice: Documents Produced by Your Opponent Must Still Be Authenticated - http://kuex.us/497a
14. Mistrial in Case of Blogger Accused of Threatening Judges - http://kuex.us/4873
    
15. N.J. Supreme Court hears arguments on the privacy of personal e-mails on work computers - http://bit.ly/6sVCmi
16. Privilege in Private E-Mail at Work - http://kuex.us/455e
    
17. Saving E-Discovery Money with Hit by Term Reports http://bit.ly/6F4AGT
    
18. Seventh Circuit Adopts Set of Principles and Standing Order for Handling E-Discovery - http://kuex.us/456c
    
19. The Cost of Silence in a Social World - http://kuex.us/4909
    
20. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency:  Spy v. Spy on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/yh4vr99
    
21. The e Discovery Goat Rodeo - http://kuex.us/478a
    
22. The Fourth Amendment and Email - http://kuex.us/46e4
    
23. The Search for Professionalism in the Changing World of Electronic Information - http://kuex.us/454a
    
24. Qwest GC: Alternative Billing Deals Have Been a 'Colossal Train Wreck' - http://kuex.us/4874
25. 2009 U.S./EU Safe Harbor Conference - http://kuex.us/4785

Content for Understanding Technology

• Another ESI Conduit:  The iPhone Finally Gets Live Video Streaming With Ustream Live Broadcaster http://bit.ly/6Uct0F
• Changing Definitions By Redrawing The Lines - http://kuex.us/4767
  
• Control Rationalization vs. Control Consolidation – Which First? http://kuex.us/469c
  
• Data Mining or Data Search – What is the Difference and Why Will it Make the Difference in the Future? http://kuex.us/4765
  
• Deduplication is the Big Success Story of 2009 - http://kuex.us/4560
  
• Do we need an addition to the EDRM? http://bit.ly/4Csv6d
  
• Expanded EDRM Enron Data Set Download Capacity - http://kuex.us/46b2
  
• Experimental Options for Analyzing Social Networks in Messaging Systems - http://kuex.us/4763
  
• Facets for Everyone: SharePoint and Metadata http://bit.ly/5dl2S0
  
• The Choice of Inline versus Post-Process Deduplication and How it Affects Business Objectives - http://kuex.us/44e9
  
• The CIO at NASA Gives an Overview of Their Open Source Nebula Cloud Computing Platform http://bit.ly/t8ukP
  
• The EVP at SAP Discusses Their Role in Cloud Computing & How It Will Shape the Technology Landscape http://bit.ly/i5zlp

Vendor Views

Industry Landscape

• Atmosphere, Images and Icons | Applied Discovery and Above The Law - http://kuex.us/46aa
  
• 7Safe Offers CaseLogistix in the UK for Accelerated Electronic Discovery - http://kuex.us/44e6
  
• AccessData® eDiscovery 3.0 is Now the Most Comprehensive Solution on the Market - http://kuex.us/48f0
  
• Atempo Delivers Support for Mac OS X Snow Leopard Across Data Protection and Archiving Suite - http://kuex.us/48f1
• Axcelerate eDiscovery V4.0 achieves industry's first completely defensible automated review - http://kuex.us/47b5
  
• Autonomy iManage Named Technology Provider of the Year at The British Legal Awards 2009 - http://kuex.us/4764
  
• Clearwell Systems Forecasts Top 10 Predictions for Electronic Discovery in 2010 - http://kuex.us/4762
  
• Collect Evidence With EnCase Portable - http://kuex.us/4541
  
• Coveo Tallies $8.2 Million in Funding - http://kuex.us/4966
• Dave Simpson's Cloud Storage Predictions for 2010 http://tinyurl.com/yhc9o2y
  
• Gartner Buys AMR Research for $64M in Cash - http://kuex.us/47c6
  
• Guidance Software and KPMG LLP Announce Alliance to Provide Customers With a Comprehensive eDiscovery Service Offering - http://kuex.us/4544
  
• iFramework Elevates Project Management - http://kuex.us/453a
  
• Integreon Names #Legal #Outsourcing Thought Leader Mark Ross as Vice President of Legal Services http://bit.ly/8SUYrU
  
• Intelligent Discovery Solutions (iDS) has become the newest member of the Relativity family. http://kuex.us/44f3
  
• Google Wave Pushes AppJet to Sell Out to Google - http://kuex.us/469d
  
• Kroll Ontrack Cleans Up Business Data With New Version of Degausser - http://kuex.us/476d
  
• Kroll Ontrack Enhances Trial Preparation Solution with Unique Graphic Manager and Venue Profile Applications - http://kuex.us/48ef
  
• Kroll Ontrack Releases Sixth Annual Top Ten Data Recoveries List - http://kuex.us/4542
  
• Mimosa Funding Challenges - http://kuex.us/44f8
  
• Mobile Mandate Becomes First Mobile Electronic Communication Compliance Solution to Achieve EDRM Compliance - http://kuex.us/4875
  
• Open Text Releases New Version of Connectivity Solutions Compatible with Windows 7 http://kuex.us/46a0
  
• The Future of Interaction Between the Legal Community and the Media - http://kuex.us/490e
• Xerox Litigation Services' New Secondary Data Center Protects Client Data In E-Discovery http://kuex.us/4561
  
• ZL Tech - amended complaint against Gartner, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of CA http://kuex.us/1934
• ZyLAB Rolls Out New Legal Collection Solution - http://kuex.us/440d

Case Summaries

Case Law and EDD via DiscoverApplied (@discoverapplied)

• Case Summary: A plaintiff motion for expedited discovery granted upon condition that plaintiff pay defendant $300K http://kuex.us/4980
• Case Summary: Plaintiffs who failed to request production of edocs with metadata intact until after defendants had...http://kuex.us/4808
• Case Summary: Plaintiff's forensic computer analyst permitted to make forensic images of defendant's database servers - http://kuex.us/4779
• Case Summary: The court rejected defendant's argument that the cost of production of ESI would be even greater if...http://bit.ly/673rjw
• Case Summary: Although defendants were ordered to pay their cost of producing edocs, plaintiffs were ordered to pay...http://kuex.us/4590
• Case Summary-Because of undue burden/cost, defendants not req to retrieve email from 2500 b/u tapes @ est. cost $1.5M http://bit.ly/5UbrcX
• Case Summary: A magistrate judge sanctioned plaintiff for delay in supplementing its initial disclosures on damages. http://kuex.us/44ea

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