Two weeks ago, U.S. District Judge David Campbell of Arizona issued an order imposing serious sanctions for discovery abuse against …Continue reading →
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Six Powerful Points for Better Presentations
I use PowerPoint in my law practice more often than Microsoft Word. Word processing tools are for preparing documents for …Continue reading →
Electronic Evidence Workbook 2022
I’ve released a new version of the Electronic Evidence Workbook used in my three credit E-Discovery and Digital Evidence course …Continue reading →
A Dozen Nips and Tucks for E-Discovery
Annually, I contribute to an E-Discovery Update presentation for top tier trial lawyers and annually I struggle to offer a …Continue reading →
Federal Court Rules on Whether Documents Containing Agreed-Upon Keywords are Responsive Per Se
Today, Doug Austin‘s splendid eDiscoveryToday blog featured O’Donnell/Salvatori Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. C20-882-MLP (W.D. Wash. Oct. 1, 2021), where a …Continue reading →
Did You Miss Tom’s Checklist Manifesto?
I don’t spend as much time in this space featuring the work of others as I like the blog to …Continue reading →
Then his head exploded!
In the introduction to my Electronic Evidence Workbook, I note that my goal is to change the way readers think …Continue reading →
Thanks for Stopping By
Today marks the tenth anniversary of this blog. It was born of frustration when years of essays I’d contributed to …Continue reading →
Why E-Discovery and Digital Evidence?
On the eve of each semester, I revise my E-Discovery Workbook to hasten my law students’ arrival at that glorious …Continue reading →
Is Pinpoint the Future of eDiscovery?
Like most, I mark time in milestones, and a milestone year for me is 1908. That was the year my …Continue reading →
Ten Tips for Better ESI Expert Reports
A lawyer I admire asked me to talk to her colleague about expert reports. I haven’t had that conversation yet, …Continue reading →
Final Exam Review: How Would You Fare?
It’s nearly finals time for the students in my E-Discovery and Digital Evidence course at the University of Texas School …Continue reading →
The Great Pandemic Leap
Much has been made of the “Great Pandemic Leap” by law firms and courts. Pandemic proved to be, if not …Continue reading →
Upping Your Game in Zoom
The pandemic forced countless tech-tardy lawyers to embrace work-from-home solutions, particularly videoconferencing tools like the easy-to-use Zoom. [i] It’s been …Continue reading →
Life Lessons from E-Discovery
Eight years ago, my old friends and Über-thought leaders Bill Hamilton and George Socha created an e-discovery conference targeting an …Continue reading →
Can a Producing Party Refuse to Produce Linked Attachments to E-Mail?
A fellow professor of e-discovery started my morning with a question. He wrote, “In companies using Google business, internal email …Continue reading →