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What's New in E-Discovery and Spoliation?

January 13, 2008

Court Holds that E-Mails Converted to .pdf, Printed, and Produced in Paper Format Fails to Comply with Amended Rule 34.

Written by Steve Herman
January 13, 2008

Court Imposes Adverse Inference and Awards Monetary Sanction Against Parties Who Intentionally Destroyed Electronic Data.

Written by Steve Herman
January 13, 2008

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sitting in the District of Maryland Discusses the Use of Keyword Search Terms in Attempting to Filter Out Privileged ESI.

Written by Steve Herman
January 13, 2008

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in 1983 Action where Adverse Inference Due to Spoliation Would Not Be Sufficient to Visit Liability upon Relevant Defendant.

Written by Steve Herman
January 13, 2008

D.C. Circuit Holds Sharing of Information with the Government Destroys any Privilege.

Written by Steve Herman
January 13, 2008

Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of E-Mail Production Based on Unspecified “Burdens and Costs” that are “Well Known”.

Written by Steve Herman
January 7, 2008

Qualcomm Attorneys Sanctioned $8.5 Million for Discovery Abuses and False Representations to the Court.

Written by Steve Herman
December 5, 2007

Magistrate Judge in North Carolina Orders Forensic Examination of Plaintiff’s Home Computer which She Alleged Had “Crashed”.

Written by Steve Herman
December 3, 2007

Magistrate Judge in Colorado Denies Motion to Allow Access of Forensic Expert and to Compel Restoration of Back-Up Tapes.

Written by Steve Herman
November 29, 2007

District Court Overrules Magistrate’s Decision to Compel Restoration of Back-Up Tapes Created in Connection with Prior Litigation.

Written by Steve Herman