Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.
Weekly eDiscovery Top Story Digest Update
eDiscovery Issues
- A Comprehensive Look at the Newly Proposed eDiscovery Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - http://bit.ly/15dW8ME (Philip Favro)
- A Hurdle To Obtaining Electronic Evidence | Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP – @JDSupra -http://bit.ly/12BCDiJ (Eric Mandel)
- A Judge Needs to Call Balls and Strikes on Discovery Motions - http://bit.ly/12tF0PU (Katherine Gallo)
- A Load (File) Off My Mind | Ball In Your Court – http://bit.ly/12JnGXj (Craig Ball)
- ABA Requires Lawyers to Understand Technology - http://bit.ly/15COfjT (Gina Sansone, Howard Reissner)
- Appellate Court Denies Sanctions for Routine Deletion of Text Messages – eDiscovery Case Law - http://bit.ly/15qWykT (Doug Austin)
- Avoiding Sanctions in E-Discovery When Producing Voluminous ESI | E-Discovery Law Insights -http://bit.ly/1b6Vxmb (David Cross)
- Build Better Relationships Between IT and Legal - http://bit.ly/1dqhBF8 (Marlisse Silver Sweeney)
- Can Native File Productions be ENF (Enough)? EDRM - http://bit.ly/12p3jTS (Wade Peterson)
- Court Refuses to Disqualify eDiscovery Vendor for ‘Switching Sides’ in Case - http://bit.ly/12BFU1G (Bob Ambrogi)
- ‘Da Silva Moore’ Goes to Washington - http://bit.ly/1dmo97K (Victor Li)
- Da Silva Moore: Plaintiffs Petition for Writ of Certiorari on Question of Recusal - http://bit.ly/15kph8N (K&L Gates)
- DC Lawyers, Police Officials Facing Calls For Ethics Probe Over Spoliation Scandal –http://bit.ly/15jaonh (@ACEDSonline)
- Decision Graphic: SEKISUI vs HART – No Prejudice, No Spoliation Sanction - http://bit.ly/15ja3RF (@LucidDataInc)
- Does Bad OCR Make for Good TAR? http://bit.ly/1dbH5G4 (John Tredennick)
- Don’t You Forget About Me: New Motion In Forced-Decryption Case - http://bit.ly/12tECAV (@ITLexOrg)
- eDiscovery: 7 Principles for Selecting Retained Counsel - http://bit.ly/12HnvvH (William Hamilton)
- eDiscovery: E-Storytelling Delivers Happy Trial Endings - http://bit.ly/18PzsI0 (William Hamilton)
- Grocery Shopping for Spoliation of Audio Evidence - http://bit.ly/1dAKcaQ (Josh Gilliland)
- Jackson Update: Some Useful Cases and Commentary | e-Disclosure Information Project - http://bit.ly/1dqpYAL (Chris Dale)
- Judicial Acceptance of Predictive Coding Highlights Need for Counsel to Consider Its Use - http://bit.ly/1daZe7a (Akiva Cohen)
- Internet ‘Data Scraping’: A Primer for Counseling Clients – http://bit.ly/15z9Xp5 (Anthony Dreyer, Jamie Stockton)
- Is This the End of Sanctions for Negligent Spoliation? http://bit.ly/156NPSy (Andrew Hinkes)
- Limitations Placed on Discovery by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 - http://bit.ly/1b31wIS (Michael Landis)
- McDermott and DOJ Embrace Predictive Coding – http://bit.ly/158pcFh (Geoffrey Vance, Alison Silverstein)
- Motion for Class Certification Filed in ‘Da Silva Moore’ Despite EDD Limits - http://bit.ly/12HvYyR (Victor Li)
- None of Your Beeswax! (Or, Do I Have to Invite Opposing Counsel to my Predictive Ranking Party?) http://bit.ly/15kubTr (John Tredennick)
- Party Sanctioned for Non-Specific Production and Excessive Use of Confidentiality Designation –http://bit.ly/12tFc1M (Brett Anders)
- Peck, Parties and Predictive Coding – An Update Of Filings - http://bit.ly/15mXW67 (@ComplexD)
- Plaintiffs Take the Supreme Step in Da Silva Moore – eDiscovery Case Law - http://bit.ly/1dqlkCx (Doug Austin)
- Predictive Coding, Pizza, and Presentations at the DESI V Workshop - http://bit.ly/13ecZQP (Jason Baron)
- Redefining Project Management In An Evolving Legal Landscape - http://bit.ly/1dmxk88 (Debra Rozier)
- Sanctions: Entry of a Default Judgment under Rule 37 for Discovery Violations - http://bit.ly/125gMva (Gregory Joseph)
- Search of Hard Drive Raises Fourth Amendment Issue, Circuit Says - http://bit.ly/12TLuvG (Mark Hamblett)
- Seeing With New Eyes - http://bit.ly/18SX2nc (Craig Ball)
- Taxation of Electronically Stored Information In Wine Case - http://bit.ly/1dmwisO (Cas Campaigne)
- Updated: Technology-Assisted Review: From Expert Mentions to Mainstream Coverage - http://bit.ly/1b4PxKT (@ComplexD)
- US and UK Rule Changes – Interview with US Magistrate Judge James Francis - http://bit.ly/12oBaro (Chris Dale)
- What We Talk About When We Talk About TAR - http://bit.ly/15vJomH (Cynthia Courtney)
Corporate Risk
- 5 Questions to Ask FCPA Due Diligence Vendors - http://bit.ly/12rCmic (Alexandra Wrage)
- Advisen Reports on Second Quarter 2013 Corporate and Securities Litigation - http://bit.ly/15CNKGF (Kevin LaCroix)
- Advising A Client Regarding Posts on Social Media Sites – Ethics Opinion 745, July 2, 2013 (PDF) - http://bit.ly/15ku2zk (NYCLA)
- Can Legal Project Management Succeed in the Unpredictable World of Litigation and Transactions? http://bit.ly/18TWtJQ (Samuel Goldblatt)
- Communicating With Customers After a Data Breach - http://bit.ly/1b31PmX (Catherine Dunn)
- Court Orders Company to Provide Privileged Communications to Dissident Director –http://hvrd.me/13eGsKB (Michael O’Bryan)
- Developing Issues in IP Law - http://bit.ly/15BvBJ6 (Yar Chaikovsky, Michael Barclay)
- European Court Adviser: Right to Be Forgotten Can Infringe Freedom of Expression - http://bit.ly/12oBEhe (Winston Maxwell)
- GPS Ruling by New York’s Highest Court Sets Guideposts for Tracking Workers - http://bit.ly/12EV01I (Philip Gordon)
- How to Disclose a Possible FCPA Violation – http://bit.ly/1duacou (Michael Volkov)
- In-House Counsel Seeing Increase in Litigation - http://bit.ly/12GfhUq (Sue Reisinger)
- In Times of Catastrophe and Routine: The Need for Forensic Accountants – AICPA Insights - http://bit.ly/190nYBy (Eddy Parker)
- IP: Bringing Outside Counsel In - http://bit.ly/1blo3R4 (Gideon Myles)
- Labor: The EEOC’s Guidance on Criminal Background Checks - http://bit.ly/18k5bSu (Marcel Debruge)
- Litigation & Corporate Compliance Survey (PDF) – July 2013 – http://bit.ly/1bjPbQz (Alix Partners)
- NIST Releases new BYOD Guidelines to Boost Data Protection - http://bit.ly/12rGXkI (@ProofPoint)
- Off-Label and Online: Social Media Communication for Prescription Drug and Medical Device Companies - http://bit.ly/1aYyR7C (Ed Brown)
- Ohio Federal Court Permits Case Alleging Employer’s Accessing Of Former Employee’s Personal Emails - http://bit.ly/12HzZU5 (Brian Hall)
- Pitfalls On Termination: Employer May Be Liable For Employees’ Loose Talk – @JDSupra - http://bit.ly/158s3hl (James Irving)
- Privacy: The Next Frontier in Consumer Class Actions? http://bit.ly/13eF3DI (Lawrence Gresser, Karen Bromberg)
- Private Funds on Social Media—Proceed with Caution | Socially Aware Blog - http://bit.ly/18k9ugD (Jay Baris)
- PTO Launches Global Patent Search Tool - http://bit.ly/12rDceV (Lisa Shuchman)
- Regulators Finding New Ways to Use DPAs, NPAs - http://bit.ly/1dqqq1O (Catherine Dunn)
- SEC Adopts Repeal of Ban on General Solicitation; Proposes New Reg D Requirements - http://bit.ly/1b4QsL2 (L&W Capital Markets Group)
- Stored Communications Act Can Apply to Personal Emails on Former Employee’s Company-Issued Device - http://bit.ly/18SzSxb (@Hunton_Privacy)
- Take Down, Stay Down: Paris Court of Appeal: Hosting Providers Have No General Monitoring Obligation – http://bit.ly/1dAHodS (Christine Gateau, Pauline Faron)
- Teacher’s Firing After Facebook Update Deemed “Shocking To One’s Sense Of Fairness” - http://bit.ly/12n9fb7 (@ITLexOrg)
- The State of Legal Pricing 2013 - http://bit.ly/15BUg09 (Toby Brown)
- The Stored Communications Act Protects Public Posts to Social Media Sites - http://bit.ly/157V254 (Jennifer Connelly)
- When Social Sharing Goes Wrong: Regretting The Facebook Post – http://n.pr/1aUfRXR (Elise Hu)
Technology Considerations
- Anyone Brushing Off NSA Surveillance Because It’s ‘Just Metadata’ Doesn’t Know What Metadata Is - http://bit.ly/157WvrX (Mike Masnick)
- Create An Intimate Map Of Your Life, Using Just Your Email Inbox - http://bit.ly/1dBUEyY (Mark Wilson)
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions (PDF) http://1.usa.gov/1d9UazZ (Eric Fischer)
- Florida IT Director Fired Over Zimmerman Trial - http://bit.ly/12BCsUF (Alison Diana)
- How to Succeed at Email Management if You’re a Midsized Organization - http://bit.ly/15Bw3Y6 (Richard Medina)
- IDC: Federal Cloud Spending to Rise Again in 2015 - http://bit.ly/12GeUJE (CJ Arlotta)
- Is Your Inbox a Treasure Box for the Bad Guys? http://bit.ly/18ZbmKW (Jeff Orloff)
- Junk Email Filtering and Deletion Options - http://bit.ly/1b3apSA (Jacob Rede)
- Passwords Are Not Enough: Without Two Factor Authentication Your Business Is At Risk - http://bit.ly/12rJkDY (Evan Daniels)
- PRISM-proof Your Web Searches - http://bit.ly/13eGhyV (Jack Newton)
- Text Analytics Key To Unlocking Big Data Value – Network Computing - http://ubm.io/12rEgzw (David Hill)
- The Death of IP Based Reputation - http://bit.ly/13eGJgo (Laura Atkins)
- The Limits of Facebook’s Search Tool - http://nyti.ms/12Tn3yG (Vindu Goel)
- The Ongoing Challenge Of Data Migrations – http://bit.ly/1aTXWAy (@ChuckHollis)
- The Perfect Storm for Archiving is Forming Right Now - http://bit.ly/18SD4sR (Jerome Wendt)
- Twitter Accepts Jurisdiction of French Court - http://bit.ly/12ESAAf (Peter Vogel)
- Whose Data is it Anyway? http://bit.ly/12oZGgB (Lynn Elwood)
- Your Metadata: Here’s What It Can Reveal About You - http://bit.ly/15qTTb1 (Mike Wheatley)
Vendor News
- Got Predictive Coding? An Updated Short List of Providers and Terms - http://bit.ly/15Kcnn5 (@ComplexD)
- Vendor Clips Weekly Update for Week Ending July 15, 2013 - http://bit.ly/17iu10e (@ComplexD)
2013 Events
JULY
E-Discovery for Corporate Market Conference
July 17 – 18, 2013
New York, NY
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July 17 – 18, 2013
New York, NY
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AUGUST
American Bar Association Annual Meeting
August 8-13, 2013
San Francisco, CA
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August 8-13, 2013
San Francisco, CA
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SEPTEMBER
E-Discovery for Corporate Market Conference
September 17 – 18, 2013
Houston, TX
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September 17 – 18, 2013
Houston, TX
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2013 Conference on Preservation Excellence
September 18-19, 2013
Portland, OR
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September 18-19, 2013
Portland, OR
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Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit North America
September 23 – 25, 2013
Las Vegas, NV
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September 23 – 25, 2013
Las Vegas, NV
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Fifth Annual Intermountain eDiscovery Conference – 2013
September 26, 2013
Salt Lake City, UT
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September 26, 2013
Salt Lake City, UT
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OCTOBER
ACEDS 2013 Corporate E-Discovery Summit
October 10-11, 2013
San Francisco, CA
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October 10-11, 2013
San Francisco, CA
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LawTech Europe Congress 2013
October 21 – 22, 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
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October 21 – 22, 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
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NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
E-Discovery for Corporate Market Conference
December 11 – 12, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
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December 11 – 12, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
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