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Requesting Parties Are Denied “Input” Into Producing Party’s Search Terms

E-Discovery LLC

Sedona Principle 6 is: Responding parties are best situated to evaluate the procedures, methodologies, and technologies appropriate for preserving and producing their own electronically stored information. The second request was denied.

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Golden Oldie #6 – Four Historical Search Decisions

E-Discovery LLC

Whether search terms or keywords will yield the information sought is a complicated question involving the interplay, at least, of the sciences of computer technology, statistics and linguistics. Equity Analytics made clear that search design was complex.

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Employer Erred by Downloading Former Employee’s Personal Email; But, Failure to Preserve it Was Not Spoliation; and, There Was a Gap in Employee Handbook Clause Permitting Employer Access Post-Termination

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Permitting employees to use a company’s information technology system for personal purposes has long been recognized as fraught with hazards. HHI explained that when Mr. Shapiro was employed at HHI, he asked Mr. Hughey [HHI’s technology employee] to help him add his personal Gmail account to his work computers. 19, 2021). [1]

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Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid

E-Discovery LLC

The police affidavit stated: Based on that information, the affiant requested permission to search Google’s business records for “anonymized DeviceID data” of cell phone users that reported a location within a 100-meter radius of the main residence of the [victim’s] Frederick Road property between April 3 and April 11, 2020.

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5 Ways to Take Control of Law Firm Management

MyCase

Whether it’s a retainer agreement, personal affidavit, or another type of legal document, signatures from clients, co-counsel, and experts are often needed. Next, let’s talk about a way to reduce the steps needed to complete documents in your firm.

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LegalWeek 2024 Special Part Two: Mollie Nichols and Mark Noel from Redgrave Data

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

In the second of a special series of interviews from Legal Week 2024 , co-hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer welcomed Mollie Nichols , CEO, and Mark Noel , Chief Information and Technology Officer of Redgrave Data. And it’s important that we’re a part of the conversation, and that we understand what technology is being talked about.

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Texas Upholds Narrow Geofence Warrant After Melee Resulted in Murder

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All are real life scenarios that illustrate a modern problem: new police technology has the potential to encroach on personal privacy. Radford, Back to the Future: Revising State Constitutions to Protect Against New Technological Intrusions, 81 Wash. & & Lee L. 1641, 1643-44 (Fall, 2024).