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!

Document Review, Email Scandals, Media and Journalism

Judge’s Turn To Hate On News Of The World

It might have seemed impossible, but things have gotten worse for those involved in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. In addition to all the other evidence against the now defunct newspaper, which was run by James Murdoch, the son of everyone’s favorite terrifying Australian media baron, new email evidence — that investigators […]

Airplanes / Aviation, Disasters / Emergencies, Email Scandals, Technology

Airline E-mails Could Play a Big Part in Buffalo, NY Plane Crash Lawsuit

I’ve been writing about electronic discovery for almost three years now. I’ve learned that most of the time, it’s not worth trying to interest non-attorneys in the subject. My friends’, family’s, and girlfriend’s eyes glaze over pretty quickly when I started mentioning the EDRM model or document review. So when I saw the story early […]

Contracts, Document Review, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Technology, Trials

Prominent Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Ordered to Pay Up After Losing Breach of Contract Trial

Last week, more than a dozen high-profile mass torts attorneys lost a San Francisco jury trial against a small technology company. The jury decided the attorneys had illegally breached a document review contract during the high-profile Chinese drywall class-action litigation. Tempers are still running hot, and we’ve got more from both sides of the dispute….