Mimosa NearPoint: Electronic Discovery for Litigation

eDiscovery News

Court Grants Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Re-Production of Particular ESI in Light of Discrepancies between Emails and Attachments, Orders Parties to Confer Regarding Request for Access to Hard Drives

Like any Ordinary Litigant, the Government Must Abide by the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure

Destruction of Documents Pursuant to Document Retention Policy Results in Dispositive Sanctions Where Policy was Created as Part of Litigation Strategy and Thus Litigation was Reasonably Foreseeable

Despite Document Retention Policy Allowing Individual Determination for Need to Preserve, Court Orders Board to Bear Recovery Cost of Deleted Emails in Response To Records Request

Court Holds No Expectation of Privacy on Work Computer, Even for "Personal" Information

Updated List: Local Rules, Forms and Guidelines of United States District Courts Addressing E-Discovery Issues

Current Listing of States That Have Enacted E-Discovery Rules

Court Denies Relief Where Party Ignored Court's Suggestions for Reducing Volume of ESI Captured by Keyword Search: "Defendants Must Now Lie in the Bed that They Have Made"

Court Orders Defendant to Re-Produce Documents Previously Produced as TIFF Images, Setting Out Three Format of Production Options

Adverse Inference and Other Sanctions Warranted for Plaintiff's Failure to Produce Damaging Emails that were Eventually Produced by Third Party

President Bush Signs into Law S. 2450, a Bill Adding New Rule 502 to the Federal
Rules of Evidence

In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion

Putting E-Discovery to the Test, Again

Tough e-mail archiving laws coming soon to Canada — and how to prepare

Smoking Guns — Companies deploy monitoring software to limit e-mail risks

Court Orders Tennessee State Agencies to Produce Responsive ESI, Including All Metadata and Deleted Information; Reserves Ruling on Sanctions for Failure to Implement Effective Litigation Hold

Electronic Communication Among City Officials: A Valuable Tool in Need of Careful Guidance

Local Rules of United States District Courts Addressing FRCP eDiscovery Issues

Lack of "Litigation Hold" Prevents Use of FRCP Safe Harbor for E-Data Issues

Rule 37(f) Safe Harbor Provision Requires a Routine System in Place and Some Affirmative Action by Party to Prevent System from Destroying or Altering Information

Server Transaction Log Files are Target of eDiscovery

Magistrate Judge Facciola Orders Production of Email from Backup Tapes in Light of Party's Failure to Suspend Email System's Automatic Deletion Feature

Court Sets Out Detailed Guidelines for Discovery of ESI, Adapting "Suggested Protocol" of the District of Maryland

Court Defers Ruling on Motion to Compel and Allows Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition of IT Designee Regarding Defendant's Email Deletion Policy and Procedures for Retrieving Deleted Emails

Court Orders Production of All Electronic Documents, Including Archived or Backup Emails and Electronic Files, for Key Players

eDiscovery Trends: A continuing Trend

10 Worst eDiscovery Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Defendant to Certify it Produced All Responsive Documents, Where Deposition Testimony Cast Doubt on Counsel's Diligence in Monitoring Production Efforts

Holding that Accessible Data Must be Produced at the Cost of the Producing Party, Court Orders Defendant to Conduct Further Email Search

Conclusory Statements About Costs Are Insufficient to Shield Information from Discovery Under FRCP 26(b)(2)(B)

Inadequate Legal Hold Measures, and Resulting Spoliation, Warrant Sanctions

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