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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for July 2025 - August 5th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Expect fireworks with this month’s eDiscovery case law disputes! In our July 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog we will discuss disputes related to improper boilerplate objections,...more

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How the Failure to Preserve Led to Production of the Legal Hold Notice

In EEOC v. Formel D USA, Inc. (September 12, 2024), the U.S. District Court’s ruling underscored a critical lesson for litigators: failure to preserve electronically stored information (ESI) can lead to severe sanctions,...more

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How the Failure to Preserve Data from a Mobile Device Can Drastically Affect Trial Strategy

The importance of early planning and thorough preservation of electronic data cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to litigation. In a recent case, Two Canoes LLC v. Addian Inc. (April 30, 2024), the failure to...more

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Spoliation Sanctions & Summary Judgment Denial: A Wake-Up Call for Mobile Device Preservation

A recent decision in ediscovery case law, Maziar v. City of Atlanta from June 10, 2024, underscores the crucial importance of early preservation, particularly regarding text messages from mobile devices. This case, presided...more

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Do You Have a Plan in Place to Preserve Video? You’ll Want to in California.

[Editor’s Note: This article has been republished with permission. It was originally published October 19, 2023 on the eDiscovery Assistant Blog] In Episode 121 of Case of the Week, Kelly Twigger, CEO and Founder of...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for November 2023 - November 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

It’s time to be thankful – for eDiscovery case law! Our November 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses permissive inference sanctions for destruction of video, sanctions for failing to...more

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Order’s Up: No Spoliation Sanctions for Cook’s Failure to Back-up Stolen iPhone – Case Law Update

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A recent decision declined to find the requisite “intent to deprive” that would merit sanctions under Rule 37(e) when a plaintiff was unable to produce text messages because his phone had been stolen and he had not taken...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for June 2023 - June 27th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Break the summertime blues with some red-hot eDiscovery case law disputes! Our June 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including a case where discovery is “like watching...more

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The Duty to Preserve Evidence May Begin Before Formal Notice of Litigation

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The preservation of, or failure to preserve, ESI in a litigation context provides ample opportunities for counsel to stumble and is a fertile area of case law. In this blog we will look at Hollis v. CEVA Logistics U.S., Inc.,...more

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“You Can’t Heal What You Never Reveal”: Plaintiffs Are Entitled To Sanctions And Adverse Inference At Trial Because Jay-Z And S....

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The duty to preserve potentially relevant evidence – documentary or electronic – arises when a lawsuit is reasonably anticipated. Although this is a subjective standard, Parlux Fragrances, LLC et al v. S. Carter...more

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Court Dicta in Paisley Park v. Boxill Foresees Expansion of Discoverable ESI

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Parties “Do Not Get to Select What Evidence They Want to Produce, or From What Sources” Are you preserving all of the electronically stored information (ESI) that’s relevant to your litigation matters? What about...more

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GDPR and U.S. eDiscovery - Who Will Win the Game of Chicken

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Well, it has now happened. The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. In the lead up to G-Day, commentators published a voluminous amount of materials in legal...more

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If Evidence In Its Original Form Is No Longer Available – But A Copy Of That Evidence Is – Are Spoliation Sanctions Appropriate?

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In Barcroft Media, Ltd. et al. v. Coed Media Grp., LLC, No. 16-CV-7634 (JMF) (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2017), Plaintiffs – providers of entertainment-related photojournalism and owners of celebrity photographs – interposed various...more

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