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Adapting E-Discovery Workflows to a Remote Work Environment

By Edward J. Jacobs, May Tal Gongolevsky, Victoria Rutherfurd and Joshua Satter on May 21, 2020 Posted in E-Discovery

As courts and litigants adapt to the new normal by instituting social distancing measures through remote hearings and depositions, how we preserve, collect and produce documents should not be an afterthought. While the practice of e-discovery may already be well suited to remote work given the advanced evolution of technologies available to address challenges, below … Continue Reading

Advocacy in E-Discovery More Important Than Ever

By Edward J. Jacobs and David Choi on March 23, 2017 Posted in E-Discovery Advocacy and Management

In this day and age, advocacy starts with competence in ESI issues. An effective advocate must be able to assess e-discovery needs and issues, implement appropriate preservation procedures, advise clients on options for storage and preservation, understand the client’s ESI systems and storage, and handle the management, review and production of ESI in litigation. But … Continue Reading

Judge Peck to Attorneys – Wake Up and Read Rule 34

By Edward J. Jacobs and Nichole Sterling on March 16, 2017 Posted in E-Discovery Rules

It has been more than a year since the update to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Judge Peck is losing patience with litigators who do not follow the “no-longer-new 2015 Amendments.” Recently, in Fischer v. Forrest, he took attorneys to task for not following the updates to Rule 34, and detailed three basic … Continue Reading