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The Supreme Court of Louisiana this week recognized the dangers of AI manipulated video and ruled that defendants have the right to assess purported videos and photographs to assess authenticity and test for manipulation. ...more
In Wilbert v. Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 873947 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 20, 2025), the court wrote: From the inception of this action, Counsel for the parties could not agree on the scope and methodology for ESI discovery…....more
In Reddick v. State, __ Md. App __, 2024 WL 4633506 (Apls. Ct. Md. Oct. 31, 2024), the intermediate appellate court addressed an important issue of authentication of surveillance video by a lay witness. That witness was...more
In civil litigation, depositions are a key pretrial discovery tool used to uncover facts, obtain admissions, gather evidence for motions, and assess witnesses. They prevent “trial by ambush” by revealing crucial information...more
What can we do to address the challenge of Deepfakes being presented as relevant and authentic evidence in the justice system? Deepfake technology poses a serious challenge to establishing and rebutting the authenticity of...more
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
In the case of Cherelle Matchet v. Karen Nelson-Hughes, Civil No. 2022-43 (USDC Virgin Islands 5/6/24), the Federal District Court addressed whether the plaintiff’s neuropsychological examination by the defendant’s expert...more
Our latest six eDiscovery case law rulings MAY be our best ever! See what I did there? Our May 2024 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses disputes related to prolonged lack of cooperation in...more
No one else can “eclipse” our coverage of eDiscovery case law! Our April 2024 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses disputes related to relevance and privacy of an unpublished autobiography,...more
As litigators know, the United States follows the so-called “American Rule” when apportioning the costs of litigation. Unless a statute specifically provides otherwise, parties in court are responsible for their own...more
Broadly speaking, most personal injury claims survive the death of the plaintiff. They live on as survivor’s actions or wrongful death claims brought by representatives of the deceased plaintiff’s estate....more
Time to “spring” – into more eDiscovery case law! Our March 2024 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses disputes over in camera review of privilege logs, waiver of privilege over failing to...more
Ever since the ABA advanced the principle that “competent representation” includes the duty of technology competence, lawyers have developed an understanding of the many ways in which technology affects law practice and the...more
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
Key Points: The distinction between security video and surveillance video is important. Preservation of all possible video is critical to avoiding spoliation claims....more
In several recent high-profile trials, defendants have sought to cast doubt on the reliability of video evidence by suggesting that artificial intelligence may have surreptitiously altered the videos. These challenges are...more
The COVID-19 pandemic augmented our increasingly virtual world. As such, the plethora of data at our fingertips has changed. Business Insider reported that Zoom meeting participants rose from 10 million in December 2019 to...more
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
Parties seeking to rely on video-link evidence should plan ahead and, where necessary, obtain local and foreign court approval. The COVID-19 pandemic has (albeit by necessity) ushered in a move towards remote justice. The...more
No longer is multimedia content – audio and video – a pending wave in the distance. With cell phone data, voice-prompt operating systems like Amazon Alexa, and all of the user-generated social media and chat platform content,...more
Ian Campbell, the President and CEO of iCONECT, has a design background and, prior to founding iCONECT, he worked in advertising and founded his own agency. In 2012 iCONECT launched its flagship review product, Xera, which...more
The volume of data stored as audio and video files has grown considerably in recent years. That growth has “mushroomed” in 2020, with so many meetings being conducted and recorded via Zoom and other web conferencing...more
Video surveillance is ubiquitous today and often sought in connection with injuries or litigation. As a result, courts are increasingly presented with disputes relating to the preservation and production of surveillance...more
A discussion of recent current events, including how a 2020 California State Supreme court decision effects the public release of body camera footage from law enforcement agencies in California, and other important updates...more
The California Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that analyzes the public disclosure of police body camera footage and demonstrates the overlap between e-Discovery processes and other records production schemes. The...more