The 4th Amendment and E-Discovery in Criminal Matters
Learn how the 4th Amendment in criminal cases intersects with electronic discovery. Our panelist for today’s show is Justin Murphy with Washington DC based Crowell & Moring who proposed this show when we met a month ago in Washington, DC. It is exciting to be able to take ESIBytes into new fields like criminal law so I appreciate Justin’s insights into criminal law.
Read MoreElectronic Discovery and Home Computers
Home computers are filled with lots of interesting ESI about custodians but they also raise unique privacy issues.
Read More100th Judge Signs The Cooperation Proclamation
We have the pleasure of speaking with the Hon. Joyce Flowers Conti from the Western District of Pennsylvania who recently became the 100th judge to sign off on The Cooperation Proclamation. Joining her on this show will be Richard Braman, the Executive Director from The Sedona Conference who will update the audience on the progress of The Cooperation Proclamation to date and to celebrate this milestone.
Read MoreQuon and the Supreme Court Tackling An E-Discovery Issue
Learn about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Quon and how it sheds light on the Supreme Court’s take on electronic discovery. Widely viewed as a punt, the Supreme Court did not talk much about electronic discovery and instead based its decision on whether the 4th Amendment was violated.
Read MoreLocal E-Discovery Tools
This show talks about “Friends of E-Discovery” as a local tool to foster best local practices when tackling E-Discovery issues. At these meetings, local lawyers from in-house and outside law firms show up and confidentially discuss their issues and ideas on how to better handle records management, legal holds, and e-discovery.
Read MoreAssociates’ Perspectives On Supporting Electronic Discovery Matters
This was a very interesting show from a perspective not covered at most e-discovery conferences. Yet for law firm management, understanding your resources and how to attack the management of electronic discovery matters is of huge importance.
Read MoreThe Truth about Metadata
We explore more deeply the burdens metadata productions place on defendants, how much metadata can improve review process instead of leading to a smoking gun piece of evidence (which is fairly rare), and other thoughts in this area. Metadata is like the DNA of electronic files. Find out more how it fits into the e-discovery process by listening to the show.
Read MoreAn Overview of Privacy Laws and ESI
Learn about the changing landscape of privacy laws involving ESI including social media, company owned hardware, email accounts, company owned PDA’s and other areas where employees blur the line between professional life and personal life.
Read MoreE-Discovery Lawyers Training Other Lawyers
Three different E-Discovery lawyers from three different types of law firms join us to discuss how they interact and “coach” other lawyers in their firm on the nuances of E-Discovery.
Read MoreLessons on E-Discovery in Canada
This is a useful show for legal professionals who might litigate cases in Canada as well as legal professionals who want to hear ideas of what works from our neighbors up North. Their system is far less adverserial and yes there are more privacy laws which differ from U.S. laws.
Read MoreLaw School Students on E-Discovery With Judge Grimm
We interviewed 8 law students who have been taking electronic discovery courses at three different law schools: The University of Florida, The University of Texas and The University of Alabama. On a number of podcasts we have heard from E-Discovery analysts and participants, such as Judge Scheindlin and Ralph Losey, that law students perhaps represent the future saviors of the Electronic Discovery field. Well now we give a group of students who have been studying this topic in their law schools a chance to weigh in on the topic.
Read MoreAdmissibility Pointers From The Bench Featuring Judges Grimm and Rosenbaum
Listen to a discussion on issues associated with the admissibility of ESI in litigation from two judges who have stellar backgrounds in this space.
Read MorePension Commitee, Rimkus Consulting and E-Discovery Appeals
Listen to our discussion about the split among federal circuit courts on the level of culpability required to result in sanctions in electronic discovery cases. In addition to analyzing this, we will also discuss the practical challenges of appealing any E-Discovery decision and whether common law principles are an effective way to create fluid and evolving guidance for e-discovery lawyers and their clients.
Read MorePension Committee Opinion and Legal Holds
During this podcast we talk about the Pension Committee opinion, analyze the major flaws in the plaintiffs legal holds, how pervasive the problem of poor legal holds are, the importance of written legal holds, any unusual fact patterns in this case which might cause this case to be an anomaly, other problems illustrated by the case, and a wrap up with some tips for doing effective legal holds.
Read MoreHow To Work With E-Mediation and Special Masters in E-Discovery Cases
Listen to Allison Skinner from the Birmingham, Alabama based law firm Sirote & Permutt, Peter Vogel, head of E-Discovery with the Dallas office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP and Karl Schieneman, Director of Legal Analytics and Review with JurInnov, discuss e-Mediation and Special Masters in electronic discovery cases.
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