Spoliation

Maybe Don’t Tweet That Destroying Evidence Subject To Lit Hold Is A Good Idea?

Former Jones Day lawyer offers thoughts on Google opinion and gets a little in over his head.

Lawyer Facing Ethics Probe Decides Maybe Destroying His Computer Will Help. It Does Not.

Oh, look! The consequences of my own actions.

You Know It’s Bad When The Court Decision Has A Table Of Contents: Part Deux

In this follow-up for Legal Operations readers, we explore another e-discovery disaster.

Morning Docket: 08.11.17

* President Donald Trump rejects reports that he's considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller, while offering a less-than-ringing endorsement of his relationship with Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "It is what it is." [New York Times] * Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, whose house was the subject of a predawn raid by the FBI, parts ways with WilmerHale and goes back to his former lawyers at Miller & Chevalier. [National Law Journal] * Meanwhile, the Trump administration files its opening brief in the Supreme Court in the travel ban litigation. [How Appealing] * Georgetown Law launches a new con-law center, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, led by star SCOTUS litigator Neal Katyal, former National Security Council official Joshua Geltzer, and former Justice Department official Mary McCord. [ABA Journal] * Some Democratic senators claim that the White House isn't consulting them enough about judicial nominations. [Politico] * The hype may exceed the reality on alternative-fee arrangements -- but not at pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, which takes an aggressive and innovative approach to AFAs. [Am Law Daily] * Settling the "pink slime" litigation cost Disney/ABC how much? [How Appealing] * Also not cheap: the costs of bad-faith discovery spoliation. [Big Law Business]

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