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Florida Law Update: Slack Messages May Be Privileged Communication

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Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal (6th DCA), which considers appeals from trial courts in an area running from Orange County down to Collier County, recently confirmed that discovery privileges apply to communications...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

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

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Google’s Union Campaign Strategy Documents Not Privileged, NLRB Administrative Law Judge

Google recently suffered a blow in its ongoing National Labor Relations Board litigation, when an Administrative Law Judge appointed to rule on a discovery dispute ordered the Silicon Valley company to turn over the lion’s...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Firm’s Computer Policy Doesn’t Undermine Claim of Privilege Over “Private” Communications With Counsel

New York City apartment living can spawn interesting legal disputes when neighbors fail to resolve their grievances amicably and resort to the courts. Sometimes these disputes bring fanfare as well as opportunities to...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

North Carolina Court of Appeals Addresses eDiscovery Protocols

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Hard to believe, but it took until August 29, 2019 for the North Carolina Court of Appeals to tackle the issue of eDiscovery for the very first time. But tackle it the court did....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Dual-Purpose, Patent Analysis Documents Found Immune from Discovery under Work Product Doctrine

In Limestone Memory Systems LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al., the Discovery Master ruled that, under 9th Circuit law, pre-suit, patent analysis documents qualified for immunity from discovery under the work product...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

When Is Pre-Acquisition Analysis of Patents Protected from Discovery During Litigation?

A Discovery Master in Limestone Memory Systems LLC v. Micron Tech., Inc. pending in the Central District of California recently provided additional guidance to practitioners and patent owners on this important question. The...more

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Work Product and Attorney-Client Privilege Concerning Documents Drafted Prior To Litigation: Eastern District Of New York Finds...

Insurers retain outside counsel during claim investigations for a variety of reasons, including, among others, providing coverage advice, assisting in reviewing and responding to communications with insureds that have legal...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The E-Discovery Digest - March 2018

The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Review

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Electronic discovery cases that made headlines in 2017 featured well-known names such as Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The E-Discovery Digest - June 2017

The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

First Department Finds Work-Product Protection Not Waived by Storage of Documents on Company Laptop

On June 6, 2017, the First Department had an opportunity to apply—and reaffirm—last month’s decision in Peerenboom v. Marvel Entm’t, LLC, where the Court held that use of a company email system for personal purposes “does...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The E-Discovery Digest - March 2017"

The sixth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The E-Discovery Digest - October 2016"

The fifth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses. ...more

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