Posts Tagged ‘Privilege Review’
Clawback – Trick or Treat
Many litigators do not employ the clawback trick. You just have to take a look at the circumstances surrounding J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc v. McDermott Will & Emery to bolster this point. Now, this may be the case because the clawback provisions appear in the Federal Rules of Evidence, rather than the Federal Rules of […]
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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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It is important that any document review team gets proper training. That means taking the time, prior to the start of the project, to prepare a document review protocol manual for the team members. This document will provide the reviewers with basic guidelines for the review. Although, each protocol must be suited to its particular case, there are some standard pieces of information […]
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