Compiled by @ComplexD from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.
Weekly eDiscovery Top Story Digest Update
eDiscovery Issues
- A Look at Predictive Coding: The ‘Not Me’ Factor – http://bit.ly/1bQLg9U (Craig Ball)
- Adverse Inference Sanction for Defendant who Failed to Stop Automatic Deletion – http://bit.ly/13XvBlZ (Doug Austin)
- Another Federal Court Considers Predictive Coding – http://bit.ly/1bQT7nS (Joey Chindamo)
- Automatic Deletion Leads To Adverse Inference Instructions – http://bit.ly/14yuBr3 (@ITLexOrg)
- Benefits of Early Discovery in Defending Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims – http://bit.ly/19uufVW (Brent Gurney, Joshua Ferrentino, Alexander White)
- Comparative Efficacy of Two Predictive Coding Reviews of 699,082 Enron Documents – http://bit.ly/19K4UHO (@RalphLosey)
- Court Decisions, Cost Concerns Drive Growth in Business for eDiscovery Firms – http://wapo.st/14FsqC2 (Catherine Ho)
- Court Uses “Traditional Relevance Analysis” to Order Production of Plaintiff-Employee’s Social Media Postings on Emotional Distress and Alternative Potential Stressors – http://bit.ly/17WdRgJ (Jay Yurkiw)
- Default Judgment Granted, Monetary Sanctions Imposed Against Plaintiff Tech Company and Counsel for Misconduct – http://bit.ly/11XNMtd (Lauren Winchester)
- eDiscovery Vendors Are Not Immune to eDiscovery Sanctions – eDiscovery Case Law – http://bit.ly/1bz10xS (Doug Austin)
- eDiscovery: Why You Should Go Native! | @LegalTalkNet – http://bit.ly/16jWCTc (Sharon Nelson, John Simek)
- Email Evidence: Kept in Routine Course of Business Does Not Render It Admissible as Business Record – http://bit.ly/10SCVkp (Gregory Joseph)
- Four Considerations in Selecting and Implementing New Legal Holds Technology – http://bit.ly/11j8dRV (John Martin, Allan Crawford)
- Gartner Announces eDiscovery Leaders in ‘Magic Quadrant’ – http://bit.ly/1bQOxpv (Sean Doherty)
- Hanging Out and Chatting About Information Governance – http://bit.ly/11ec1DM (Barclay Blair)
- Insight versus Hindsight: the DLA Piper Billing Scandal – http://bit.ly/11XNbrw (Bob Krantz)
- It is Not Impossible to Produce Native File Gmail | Bow Tie Law’s Blog – http://bit.ly/13ZGELF (Josh Gilliland)
- No Sanctions for Failure to Preserve Where Deleted Call Recordings “Would Not Have Been Supportive of Plaintiff’s Claim” – http://bit.ly/13Ii7dL (K&L Gates)
- Predictive Coding and Scientific Research – eDiscovery Law Today – http://bit.ly/17Jl57D (Ralph Losey)
- Predictive Coding has its Detractors – http://bit.ly/1bQO8n4 (Richard Weiner)
- Push or Pull? Deciding How Much Oversight is Required of In-house Counsel in eDiscovery – http://bit.ly/17kEegX (@PhilipFavro)
- Self-Incrimination Asserted in Battle on Court Ruling Ordering Decryption | @ACEDSonline – http://bit.ly/1bzW8IV (Robert Hilson)
- Still No Rummaging Through Social Media in Discovery – http://bit.ly/11B6Uch (Josh Gilliland)
- Stricter Authentication Standards for Facebook Messages Than for Email – http://bit.ly/14yBSHc (Gregory Joseph)
- Technology Assisted Review Case Summary: In re Biomet – http://bit.ly/172zvjT (Julie Romero Peter)
- The Federal Judicial Committee’s Proposal To Break The Discovery Rules – http://bit.ly/17WAG3H (Max Kennerly)
- Think Global, Litigate Local: Handling the Demands of E-Discovery in Asian Countries – http://bit.ly/11GScR1 (Rachel Teisch)
- Top 5 eDiscovery Risks for 2013 – http://bit.ly/13C6WDl (Mike Warnecke)
- Twenty-three Vendors Selected in 2013: The Gartner Magic Quadrant for eDiscovery Software – http://bit.ly/19rw1Ho (@ComplexD)
- Understanding the Value of Database Discovery beyond Unstructured Data – http://bit.ly/1bMOGdK (@LegalIT)
- Using Predictive Coding “Might” Require Negotiation between the Parties Involved – http://bit.ly/16jWXoM (Mike Hamilton)
- You Have The Right To Conduct Discovery!! http://bit.ly/11K2W18 (@KatherineLGallo)
- Warning: E-mails with Attorney Transmitted in Violation of Employer ”No Personal Use” Policy will NOT be Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege or Work Product Privilege – http://bit.ly/11agis0 (Edvie Clark)
Corporate Risk
- 3-D Printing: New Dimension for IP Law? http://bit.ly/17WAmSC (@MoFoTech)
- As More States Implement Social Media Password Laws, There’s Still Some Blind Spots – http://bit.ly/11uSoTz (Colin O’Keefe)
- Avoiding Social Media Will Cost Banks Customers – http://bit.ly/13XALOX (Sudeep Nadkarni)
- Corporate Cyberattacks Come Out of the Shadows – http://bit.ly/11H9cXm (Craig Newman, Daniel Stein)
- Cybercrime Needs to be Better Defined in Order to Protect Privacy Rights, says Watchdog – http://bit.ly/1bQV6bI (Pinsent Masons)
- Cyber Security Risks Present Threat to UK Financial System, Say Growing Number of Companies – http://bit.ly/14IITpc (Pinsent Masons)
- DHS Guided By “Intuition or Hunch” When Conducting Border Searches – http://bit.ly/16GvA8B (Christopher Britt)
- Employees Have Accepted Their Big Brother – http://bit.ly/13KTjBN (Michael Schmidt)
- Enforceability of a Noncompete Agreement will Often Depend Upon Context – http://bit.ly/13B1elh (Jason Shinn)
- Federal Cybersecurity Initiatives Demand Vigilance of Communication and Energy Infrastructure – http://bit.ly/15XwoFj (Robert Scott)
- FTC Issues New Red Flags Rule Guidance – http://bit.ly/1bQSnz0 (Michael Epshteyn)
- Google Defends Efforts Against Rogue Pharmacies – http://ubm.io/11K9JYA (Thomas Claburn)
- How Well Do You Know Your Shareholders? http://hvrd.me/13ZI2O6 (Mary Ann Cloyd)
- Human Trafficking Concerns for 7-Eleven in Wake of Payroll Scam – http://bit.ly/14IO0FH (James McGrath)
- In ERISA, Do It NOW!!! http://bit.ly/1bQUmn5 (Michael Quiat)
- Scrutiny of Databases that Track Private Records of Employee Wrongdoing – http://bit.ly/11afYJI (Joshua Davis, Andrew Ferren)
- Seattle Limits Inquiries Into and Use of Criminal Records for Employment Purposes – http://bit.ly/19MwbJD (Littler)
- Seven Components of an Effective Social Media Risk Compliance Program – http://bit.ly/19yJVaV (Leslie Paul Machado)
- Social Media: Does Eagle v Morgan Apply in Canada? http://bit.ly/11afTFM (Lisa Stam)
- Snowden Actions Shine Light on Insider Threat – http://bit.ly/13XuIK7 (Michael Denning)
- Stop Insider Tweeting! http://bit.ly/13B1sIW (@MoFoTech)
- The Do-or-Die Questions Boards Should Ask about Technology | McKinsey & Company – http://bit.ly/17HF7ze (Paul Willmott)
- The Flurry of New Employment Laws Regulating the Use of Criminal Records Continues with Expanded Restrictions in Indiana, North Carolina, Texas, and Buffalo, New York – http://bit.ly/11IuHai (Jennifer Mora, Rod Fliegel, Sherry Travers)
- The Problems of GCs Thrust Into the Media Spotlight – http://bit.ly/11G3k0J (James Haggerty)
- Too Early to Tell if Dodd-Frank Ends “Too Big To Fail” – http://hvrd.me/11G3aGx (Bradley Sabel, Donald Lamson, David Portilla)
- Value Edges Out Cost-Cutting in Survey of In-House Counsel Priorities – http://bit.ly/11AjTLh (Patrick Lamb)
- What General Counsel Can Bring to a Company’s Board – http://bit.ly/1bzbWf9 (Victoria Reese, Lee Hanson)
- What to Look for in a Risk Director – http://bit.ly/11wk4Y8 (Catherine Dunn)
- YouTube (Part III) Notice and Take Down Safe Harbor Under the DMCA – http://bit.ly/17iXhIw (Martin Kratz)
- You’ve Got the Job, Details Will Follow – Employment Offer Letters & Non-Compete Agreements – http://bit.ly/1bMJVRj (Adam Santucci)
Technology Considerations
- 7 Tips To Avoid NSA Digital Dragnet – http://ubm.io/1bwJbzE (Mathew Schwartz)
- Capturing Memory and Obtaining Protected Files with FTK Imager – http://bit.ly/11G3R2y (Doug Austin)
- Checklist for a Watertight Cloud Computing Contract – http://bit.ly/16Dv7nR (Charlotte Erdmann)
- Encrypting Your Email Works, Says NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden – @TechCrunch – http://tcrn.ch/11Iunsj (Colleen Taylor)
- Facebook Discloses Basic Data on Law-Enforcement Requests – http://nyti.ms/19IJLh5 (Vindu Goel)
- Federal Agencies Graded On Cybersecurity – http://ubm.io/1btvtO3 (Elena Malykhina)
- Forrester Rates Public Cloud Choices For Developers – http://ubm.io/17iTlHw (Charles Babcock)
- FTK x Summation: Meet Me at the Crossroads – http://bit.ly/11j8nsd (Trey Tramonte)
- German Court Holds Google Responsible for Its Search Suggestions – http://bit.ly/1bQVsz8 (Karin Retzer, Alja Poler De Zwart)
- Google Calls U.S. Data Request Disclosures a Step Backward for Users – http://nyti.ms/17Sp9lZ (Claire Cain Miller)
- How Much Data has the U.S. Government Pulled with PRISM? http://bit.ly/17gQFu3 (Andrew Hinkes)
- How to Turn On “Compatibility View” When Viewing Your Blog in IE – Please Advise – http://bit.ly/17WAgKT (Christopher Rachal)
- Inside Exchange 2013, Part 13 – Securing Your Servers – http://bit.ly/11K1gos (Casper Manes)
- IT’s Time for PaaS Is Here – http://bit.ly/14FuNom (Jeff Kaplan)
- Journey of a 1000 Miles: Raising the Bar for Medical Device Security – http://bit.ly/11laOuv (Billy Rios, Terry McCorkle)
- Medical Devices Vulnerable to Remote Cyber Tampering, FDA Warns – http://bit.ly/16DDJL1 (@EnCase)
- Nine Tips to Avoid Starring in a Spreadsheet Horror Story – http://bit.ly/11JV27Y (Sherry Kappel)
- NIST to Launch Big Data Working Group | @InfoLawGroup – http://bit.ly/11jPOEo (Richard Santalesa)
- Privacy Concerns: Big Data’s Biggest Barrier? http://ubm.io/17kEGf3 (Jeff Bertolucci)
- Sharing Electronic Medical Records Still Too Hard – Healthcare – http://ubm.io/17iTxqg (Chris Murphy)
- Snowden Struggles Against Tech Giants’ Denials – http://bit.ly/11K1vzI (Kim Davis)
- Software-Defined Storage — Where Are We? http://bit.ly/13XvkQa (@ChuckHollis)
- The Obstacles Flash Must Yet Overcome to Become the Predominant High End Storage Medium Part I of II – http://bit.ly/11j87K0 (Jerome Wendt)
- What is Data Mining? http://bit.ly/13DDVaw (Sam Conforti)
- Will the PRISM Surveillance Lead to EU Lawsuits? http://bit.ly/17LN9Hn (@ProjectCounsel)
Vendor News
- Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players: Gartner Magic Quadrant for eDiscovery Software – http://bit.ly/19rw1Ho (@ComplexD)
- Vendor Clips Weekly Update for Week Ending June 18, 2013 – http://bit.ly/11IJIZS (@ComplexD)
2013 Events
JUNE
The 5th Annual Sedona Conference International Program On Cross Border Discovery and Data Protection
June 19 – 20, 2013
Zurich, Switzerland
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The 3rd International Litigation Support Leaders Conference
June 20 – 21, 2013
Miami, FL
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San Diego eDiscovery Retreat
June 30 – July 1, 2013
San Diego, CA
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JULY
6th Annual Forensics and Incident Response Summit
July 9 – 10, 2013
Austin, TX
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E-Discovery for Corporate Market Conference
July 17 – 18, 2013
New York, NY
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Laguna Beach eDiscovery Retreat
July 28 – 29, 2013
Laguna Beach, CA
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AUGUST
American Bar Association Annual Meeting
August 8-13, 2013
San Francisco, CA
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ILTA 2013 Annual Conference
August 18-22, 2013
Las Vegas, NV
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SEPTEMBER
E-Discovery for Corporate Market Conference
September 17 – 18, 2013
Houston, TX
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2013 Conference on Preservation Excellence
September 18-19, 2013
Portland, OR
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Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit North America
September 23 – 25, 2013
Las Vegas, NV
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Fifth Annual Intermountain eDiscovery Conference – 2013
September 26, 2013
Salt Lake City, UT
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OCTOBER
Relativity Fest
October 6-8, 2013
Chicago, IL
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Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
October 6-10, 2013
Orlando, FL
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EDRM 2013-2014 Midyear Meeting
October 9-11, 2013
Saint Paul, MN
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ACEDS 2013 Corporate E-Discovery Summit
October 10-11, 2013
San Francisco, CA
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2013 EDI Leadership Summit
October 15 – 17, 2013
Santa Monica, CA
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Innovate
October 17-18, 2013
Orlando, FL
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LawTech Europe Congress 2013
October 21 – 22, 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
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ACC 2013 Annual Meeting
October 27-30, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
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NOVEMBER
KMWorld 2013
November 6-8, 2013
Washington, DC
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The Advanced eDiscovery Institute
November 21-22, 2013
Washington, DC
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DECEMBER
E-Discovery for Corporate Market Conference
December 11 – 12, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
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