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In Dartnell Enterprises, Inc. v Hewlett-Packard Co., the Defendant Hewlett-Packard (HP) was ordered to produce responsive documents in their native electronic format despite its production of hard copies of those documents. The underlying action involved a business relationship between Dartnell and HP. Plaintiff Dartnell alleged that HP had engaged in bad faith and tortuously interfered with […]
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It has been six years since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to tackle the issue of electronic discovery. Now, the FRCP could change again. The Civil Rules Advisory Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference met in Dallas last week to discuss the changes. The amendments proposed would focus upon preservation of electronic […]
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You Get What You Deserve
I have discovered that at the center of every successful project is some form of trust. According to Stephen M. Covey, author of the book Speed of Trust ”[m]ost people don’t know how to think about the organizational and societal consequences of low trust because they don’t know how to quantify or measure the costs of such a […]
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The best strategy for minimizing the expense and the time expended upon a document review is to hire a project manager. A quality qualified project manager is essential to the success of a document review project. In fact, the project manager is the linchpin. Here are some of the tasks that a document review project […]
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Underneath the cloud, at the base of any electronic discovery project, are contract attorneys. Hopefully, they have been trained and armed with solid, objective criteria to make decisions regarding what is privileged. If they have not, J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc v. McDermott Will & Emery makes it clear that law firms and their vendors will be sued for […]
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