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6 Factors Help Avoid an E-Discovery Disaster

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:38:51 +0000

The starting point for any e-discovery is the rule of proportionality — a party should not be compelled to spend more to produce electronically stored information than the case is worth.

Full 1st Circuit Rules Prospectus Statements Are Not Attributable to Executives for 10(b)(5) Purposes

Master — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:29:38 +0000

The 1st Circuit recently issued an en banc opinion that rejected the U.S.

FRE 502: One Year Later

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:15:09 +0000

By limiting the consequences of inadvertent production, Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence aimed to reduce the burden of conducting expensive preproduction privilege reviews. While the rule provided greater protection against waiver, it failed to deliver large cost savings.

Court Lays Down Law on Jury Internet Use

Master — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:00:56 +0000

A new rule proposed by San Francisco Superior Court would remind potential jurors not to blog, Tweet or conduct Internet research about cases. The need for the rule became clear to the court during a jury selection in a criminal trial, when an entire panel of 600 jurors had to be excused.