Discovery
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Small Law Firms, Technology, Women's Issues
alt.legal: Hanging Out The Alternative Women-Owned Shingle
This woman-owned boutique firm encapsulates so much about courageous lawyers executing their own vision of practice.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Holy Early Discovery, Batman! You’ll Want To Know About This
A new pilot project taking root requires lightning-fast ediscovery.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Don’t forget about instant messaging and collaboration platforms in your ediscovery planning.
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alt.legal: The Age Of Congressional eDiscovery
It all makes for good wonky perusing, especially for lawyers, and it helps put into perspective the work of government.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
eDiscovery Is Big Business — And Worth Fighting Over For Providers
Two major players in the ediscovery space duke it out in federal court.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Stop Equating eDiscovery With Data — It’s Not That Simple
Discovery is still strategy — it’s still finding the facts you need — but the game has changed.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Litigators, don’t let your storytelling get lost among a sea of documents and other information.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Successful, Cost-Effective eDiscovery Requires A Team Approach
The invisible wall between lawyers and staff makes ediscovery slower, more expensive, and just generally worse.
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Let The Rules Guide You In eDiscovery
No matter how long you’ve been practicing, sit down and read the rules on electronic discovery, comments included.
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Document Review, eDiscovery, Technology
Time To Change Your eDiscovery Mindset
New columnist Kelly Twigger dispels a few myths about ediscovery.
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Federal Judges Sound Off On Discovery
Federal judges are sick and tired of having to resolve all your discovery disputes because you can’t settle them on your own like grown-ups.
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5 Tips For In-House Lawyers To Make Discovery Less Painful
Discovery doesn’t have to suck (well, at least as much as it so often does).
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Biglaw, Document Review, Email Scandals, Goldman Sachs, Screw-Ups, Technology
Which Biglaw Firm Accidentally Released Embarrassing, Unredacted Documents About Goldman Sachs?
A Biglaw firm accidentally released an unredacted version of documents it had previously spent lots of time and money intentionally trying to keep sealed. Oops!
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Attorney Misconduct, Deaths, Facebook, Legal Ethics, Patton Boggs, Screw-Ups, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Trials
Facebook Spoliation Costs Widower and His Attorney $700K in Sanctions
When a tipster sent us an e-mail with the subject, “Court awards $700,000+ in sanctions for destruction of FB page,” Chris Danzig thought it sounded like it might be interesting. Because hey, that’s a lot of money. He didn’t realize it would also be one of the most depressing legal news stories he’d read since the tragic Friedlander murder-suicide….