An “American Style” eDiscovery Trap
The eDiscovery frenzy that has gripped the American legal system over the past decade has largely eluded our European counterparts. This is due in large part to the broad and fastidious protections of European privacy laws. Another reason is found in Europe’s narrower discovery rules, which forbid categorical document requests authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureBreaking News - Judge Scheindlin Withdraws Orders re Metadata Production in FOIA litigation
Judge Scheindlin has withdrawn her landmark opinions ordering the federal government to produce several categories of metadata in response to a FOIA request. See National Day Laborer Organizing Network v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (S.D.N.Y.Lions (Quick-Peeks), Tigers (Clawbacks), and Bears (Archiving & eDiscovery), Oh My!
The most comprehensive piece I have read to date on the differences between Quick-Peeks and Clawback Agreements was authored by Ralph Losey (http://bit.ly/kk1V5z). In a careful and thoughtful analysis, he succinctly outlines and clarifies the scope of these agreements, when they should be utilized, and how to draft them to safeguard privileged documents from potential waiver claims7th Circuit eDiscovery Pilot Program Launches National Outreach Committee
Every day that I talk to customers, I personally encounter the need to bridge the knowledge and political gaps to make policy and purchasing decisions within corporations regarding eDiscovery. The other side of the coin has been that judges and outside counsel, as well as industry experts are coming together to find solutions to deal with these eDiscovery challenges in the courtroom.Zubulake on Importance of Client Involvement in eDiscovery Process and Evolution of Information Governance
Pretty exciting time here in the eDiscovery world at the Carmel Valley Ranch this week! Not too long ago, we at Symantec had our annual off-site at the Carmel Valley Ranch and dug deep into our Enterprise Vault 10 launch as well as what our eDiscovery plans were for FY12. That was in April, and now in July, I am here at the same venue with Clearwell now part of Symantec, inClearwell Systems now part of Symantec
A big welcome to Clearwell, customers, partners and employees! Today, Clearwell Systems, a leader in eDiscovery, is now part of Symantec. This means our two teams are officially working together to provide both Clearwell and Symantec customers exceptional end-to-end information management solutions spanning archiving, backup and eDiscovery.