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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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Standard for Court-Ordered Forensic Examinations – When Does Misconduct “Cross the Rubicon”?

A motion for a forensic examination was granted in PlayUp, Inc. v. Mintas, 2025 WL 2017161 (D. Nev. Jul. 18, 2025). On movant’s third try, the court found that the opponent was trying to “gaslight” the court and it granted...more

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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies when the duty to preserve evidence begins

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In Terra Management Group v. Keaten the Colorado Supreme Court held on June 23 that a “court may sanction a party for the destruction of relevant evidence if the party knew or should have known that (1) litigation was pending...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: Sanctions for Loss of ESI | Guidance on Databases in Civil Discovery

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of July 6-12. Here’s what’s...more

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What Businesses Need to Know About Colorado’s New Pre-Complaint Preservation Standard

In a recent opinion, the Colorado Supreme Court set a new standard for preserving evidence even before litigation begins....more

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Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Two California Municipalities' Motion Alleges Spoilation of Laboratory Data by Environmental...

The Towns of Sunnyvale and Mountain View, California (collectively, “Cities”) filed a January 17th Pleading against San Francisco Baykeeper (“Baykeeper”) styled: Defendants’ Motion for Sanctions for Spoilation of...more

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Watch Out for Auto-Delete: Delaware Court of Chancery Sanctions Former Meta Officer for Deleting Personal Emails

In a recent decision, In re Facebook Inc. Derivative Litigation, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery imposed litigation sanctions on a former officer and director of Meta Platforms, Inc....more

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Going Mobile: Recent Mobile Device Case Law Trends, Part 2

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Disputes related to the relevance and accessibility of the data are one of the most common types of disputes regarding mobile devices. Another common type of dispute is typical with all sources of electronically stored...more

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Ready to File a Motion for Sanctions? Make Sure You Tell the Court.

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Filing a motion for sanctions under Rule 37(e) requires a strong evidentiary foundation. But there's another factor that's just as critical — timing. Courts have broad discretion in how they handle sanctions, and...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for March 2025 - March 20th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

No need for blarney, we have six great cases! In our March 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to sanctions over spoliated video evidence, quashing subpoenas of...more

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Failure to Maintain Legal Hold Leads to Spoliation, Sanctions, and Fee Shifting in Delaware Superior Court CCLD

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Huntsman Int'l, LLC v. Benelux, C.A. No. N17C-11-242 MAA CCLD (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 13, 2024). In the age of big data, discovery can extend beyond traditional documents and communications to myriad tools and databases....more

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Planting the Seeds of Accountability for Spoliation Sanctions

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When seeking sanctions for spoliated evidence, the nature of the evidence and your jurisdiction can play a pivotal role. Are you in state or federal court? Is the missing evidence electronically stored information or not? The...more

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September’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published September 25, 2024, 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...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: Case Studies on Reasonable Preservation and Hyperlinked Documents

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of September 16-22. Here’s what’s...more

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Antitrust Sanctions: The Duty to Preserve Chats

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On August 5, 2024, District Judge Amit P. Mehta (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia) ruled in United States v. Google LLC that Google violated §2 of the Sherman Act by monopolizing the internet search engine market....more

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Spoliation: When the Duty to Preserve Data Outweighs the Obligation to Delete

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Implementing and enforcing appropriate legal holds is essential to preventing the destruction of data related to current or anticipated litigation and avoiding inadvertent spoliation claims. Depending on the nature of the...more

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Spoliation, Sanctions, and Staying Social Media Savvy

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Social media has changed the way we share ideas, the way we get our news, the way we make purchases, and the way we conceptualize ourselves and our community. It has changed the way we keep in touch with our friends and...more

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Goldstein v. Denner: Delaware Court of Chancery imposes sanctions for spoliation of evidence

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In Goldstein v. Denner, the Delaware Court of Chancery imposed sanctions pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 37(e) in light of the defendants’ failure to preserve text messages. The court found that the defendants acted at...more

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When The Timing of Your Spoliation Motion Can Be As Important As Its Substance

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A motion for an adverse inference was denied in Pratt v. Robbins, et al., 2024 WL 234730, Case No. 5:20-cv-170-GCM (W.D. N.C. Jan. 22, 2024) where Defendants failed to preserve or produce a video that might have contained...more

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April’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published April 17, 2024 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 the...more

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Don’t Spoil Me: Oklahoma District Court Rules Against Spoliation Sanctions

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In Okla. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Omega Flex, Inc., No. CIV-22-18-D, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197755, the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (the District Court) determined spoliation sanctions...more

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The Saiber Construction Law Column: October/November 2023

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The duty to preserve litigation evidence arises when a party in possession of evidence knows that litigation by a party seeking the evidence is pending or probable, and the party in possession of the evidence can foresee the...more

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November’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published November 15, 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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October’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published October 18, 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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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for October 2023 - October 24th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

“We all go a little mad sometimes” – for eDiscovery case law! Our October 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses forensic protocol negotiation and scope, sanctions for plaintiff in Bob...more

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