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New York Courts Address Electronic Discovery Of Social Media Data
Litigants defending against personal injury and similar claims increasingly look to information stored on social media sites (“SMS”), which often memorializes the thoughts, feelings, and activities that are relevant to damages claimed by an injured party. Over the past year, New York...
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A New Avenue For E-Discovery Cost Recovery
E-discovery is often one of the largest expenses of litigation. In recent years, some prevailing parties in federal court have found a successful avenue for recovering those costs through a provision of the United States Code that provides for the reimbursement (known as “taxing”) of...
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Federal Court Approves The Use Of “Predictive Coding” Technology-Assisted Document Review
2012 continues to deliver seminal decisions from New York courts on issues of first impression relating to electronic discovery. The latest landmark decision is from Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, _ F. Supp. 2d _, No. 11-civ-...
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Social Networking Content: The Growing Challenge Of Authenticating Electronically Stored Information
Introduction: Discoverability As A Starting Point As social networking sites (“SNS”) – such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter – become more popular, courts increasingly are faced with challenges concerning both the discoverability of electronically stored...
Read MorePension Committee Revisited: Eight Months Later
Introduction Eight months ago, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York issued a notable opinion in Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan, et al. v. Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al. , 685 F. Supp. 2d 456 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2010 as amended May...
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