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EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for August 2025 - August 25th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Case law disputes are heating up! In our August 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to preservation of RAM data, forensic examination after discovery failures,...more

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California Federal Court Addresses Discovery About Discovery

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Aggressive litigation adversaries sometimes try to make a discovery sideshow into the main event. A party’s search for responsive documents occasionally triggers such an effort....more

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Texas Supreme Court Embraces Interstate Deposition Act

Texas and Missouri, two states that have long flirted with the idea of adopting the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, now appear poised to take action sometime this year. ...more

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Failure to Schedule Depositions Together Was Discovery Abuse

Recent amendments to the federal rules governing pretrial discovery encourage courts to be more aggressive in squelching wasteful discovery practices. Litigators should be mindful that judges are increasingly taking the rules...more

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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 305: Spotlight on Civil Procedure (Part 2 – Discovery)

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! This is the second of three episodes in which we review the substantive Civil Procedure law we've covered in our "Listen and Learn" series.  This time we're talking about...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for November 2024 - November 21st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Ready for more case law discussion? You’ll be thankful for the cases we’re discussing in our November 2024 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog! During the webinar we will discuss disputes related to...more

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Terminating Sanctions for Deposition-Related Misbehavior

The conclusion of the baseball season is an apt occasion to reflect on the wisdom of New York Yankee great Yogi Berra’s remark, “You can observe a lot by watching.” What Berra meant to say, we imagine, is that close...more

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Courts Sort Through Deposition Format Spats

The post-pandemic litigation environment has seen a rising desire to conduct depositions remotely and a diminishing opposition to remote proceedings. Where litigators do insist on in-person proceedings, those cases are...more

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Playing Nice in the Litigation Sandbox

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I think it’s fair to say that Commercial Division judges have little time for discovery disputes.  If one peruses the individual practice rules of many of the ComDiv judges, one typically finds language all but prohibiting...more

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Takeaways From Felder v. MGM National Harbor

​​​​​​​Felder v. MGM National Harbor, LLC, 2024 WL 3690779(D. Md. Aug. 7, 2024)(Simms, J.), addresses several important issues. First, in Felder, the Court ordered the parties to conduct a “meet and confer” session.  That,...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

December’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published December 21, 2023 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of...more

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Evasive Deposition Tactics by the CFPB Supported Dismissal as a Sanction, Affirmed by Eleventh Circuit

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On Monday, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed sanctions levied by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau due to its conduct during discovery. The CFPB...more

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Eleventh Circuit rules district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing defendants in CFPB enforcement action as...

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A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the district court’s order dismissing several defendants as sanctions for the CFPB’s continuation of “obstructionist conduct” in...more

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Appointment of a Receiver? The New Sanction in South Carolina?

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Sanctions for perceived shortcomings in document productions and corporate representative depositions have long been a real threat in asbestos litigation in South Carolina. The plaintiffs’ bar has regularly filed Motions to...more

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District of New Jersey Grants Broad Sanctions, Stops Short of Dismissal, for Willful Withholding of Relevant Photos

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On April 20, 2023, Magistrate Judge Ann Marie Donio of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a comprehensive opinion concerning the appropriate level of sanctions for discovery misconduct. ...more

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62-Hour Trek to Palau or Remote Deposition From Home? You Be the Judge

Palau is an island archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. The local economy depends on tourism, mainly from visitors interested in snorkeling and scuba diving along its beautiful barrier reefs. Tourism aside, the Palau economy is...more

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Five Significant eDiscovery Rulings from 2021

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At the beginning of every new year, it is important for legal teams to reflect on key eDiscovery case law from the year before that will influence future processes and case strategy. In 2021, the U.S. courts handled a variety...more

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NY Court Re-Affirms Privilege Protection for Personal Emails Sent by Law Firm Partner on Firm Email Account

Citing new deposition testimony, actor Justin Theroux in a recent motion asked the New York Supreme Court to reconsider its December 2020 denial of Theroux’s motion to compel production of emails that his neighbor, Norman...more

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Key Takeaways from the Amendment to Rule 30(b)(6)

This past year has brought lots of change, including an amendment to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 30(b)(6) governs the deposition of an organization (e.g., a corporation or a partnership) and...more

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Continues to Disrupt Discovery and Civil Litigation in Federal and State Courts

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Courts and parties across the country continue to figure out how to move civil litigation forward in pending matters given the current pandemic. As discussed in our prior updates, federal and state courts continue to take…...more

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New York Court Issues Sanctions For Overuse of “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Designations

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A recent decision from a New York state court should serve as a warning to parties litigating in New York: if you over-designate documents “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” in discovery, you face the risk of sanctions. The decision was...more

Brooks Pierce

The NC Business Court Deals With The Apex Doctrine (Again)

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I know that you haven’t heard from me in a while. I’m sorry, and I feel guilty. ......I’m not ready to abdicate my position as the original NC Business Court blogger, so I’m back at it again. My reentry point is the...more

Buchalter

Arbitrator: Produce Those Construction Documents . . . And Me: You Have No Authority!

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Construction disputes often involve voluminous amounts of discovery, including documents in the hand of third parties.  And if the case is subject to arbitration, it is likely that there will be a dispute about whether the...more

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Taking an Out of State Deposition in Rhode Island Just Got Easier!

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On July 15, 2019, the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act (the “Uniform Act”) was enacted in Rhode Island. R.I. Gen. Laws 9-18.1-1 et seq. It will simplify the process of taking a deposition in Rhode Island for...more

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Federal Magistrate Judge Tells Cautionary Tale About How Not to Conduct Discovery in Federal Court

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Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York, Judge Lois Bloom, issued a report and recommendation (“R&R”) that the ultimate sanction of default judgment be entered against certain...more

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