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An effective way The Daily Show's Jon Stewart unravels politicians is to play a clip of a politician adamantly declaring his "life-long, unwavering, and impenetrable belief" that the world is round, then playing five clips of the same politico... Read More
Earlier this year the ABA ESI in Bankruptcy Working Group issued interim guidelines on the "scope and timing" of a party's obligation to preserve ESI in bankruptcy cases. The group comprises both sitting and former judges, bankruptcy and... Read More
As long as there have been saws, carpenters have lived by this axiom- "measure twice; cut once." To do the reverse and "save time" by skipping that second measurement too often results in a waste of lumber, re-doing work or watching... Read More
Years ago, humorous writer Fran Lebowitz was asked about criticism of a judge overseeing one of the highest profile murder trials of all time. The jurist was taking heat for what people viewed as a laid back or merely observant role in the courtroom,... Read More
It's not unusual for a company to be involved in litigation where it is based in one country, its servers are in another country, the relevant subsidiary is in yet another, and its employees--all of whom are collaborating on that server--are in 10... Read More
Will your litigation hold meet a judge's expectations? And if not, what are the potential consequences? Are you looking at sanctions or millions of dollars' worth of forensic discovery? To get a glimpse of at least one federal court's view... Read More
OK, we realize that our headline sounds like something we pulled from a fortune cookie, but that doesn't change the fact that when it comes to technology we are dealing with a couple of irritating realities. One is that technological innovation... Read More
It's a wonder of nature. After spending week after week eating every green leafy vegetable in sight, a caterpillar forms itself into a chrysalis. Through the miracle of metamorphosis it emerges as a butterfly, just as delicate as it is beautiful.... Read More
When really broad neckties went out of style, one solution might have been to take a pair of scissors to them and snip them to a modern-day width. Smarter guys might simply have taken them to a tailor. Others might have made them into kites. But most... Read More
American folk hero John Henry was what was known as a steel-driver. Not an occupation for the meek, a steel-driver hammered and chiseled away at giant mountains of rock to carve out railroad tunnels. Carve out what you don't need, but leave the mountain... Read More
Any image of a judge luxuriating on the bench like a silent referee on the elevated sidelines of the proceedings quickly melts away like tiny birthday candles when it comes to electronic discovery. To use a boxing metaphor, judges are clearly the "third... Read More
With the exception of your most embarrassing emails or photographs from, say, a tequila bar in Cancun--which seem blessed with immortality--digital data are frequently and easily lost through error, deception or normal daily use, such as when files are... Read More
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the notion that a failure to institute a litigation hold constitutes the kind of per se gross negligence that warrants sanctions for evidence spoliation. By doing this, the court was clear in... Read More