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The “Best Time” to File a Spoliation Motion

E-Discovery LLC

.… Before ruling on a spoliation motion, a court may have to hold a hearing, and if spoliation is found, consideration of an appropriate remedy can involve determinations that may end the litigation or severely alter its course by striking pleadings, precluding proof of facts, foreclosing claims or defenses, or even granting a default judgment.

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Court’s Use of a Special Master to Assist EEOC in Obtaining Discovery from Defendant

E-Discovery LLC

The alleged facts of the case demonstrate risks of future psychological harm and repetition of the injury against which plaintiffs are litigating. Accordingly, the court allows LZ to proceed in this case anonymously using her initials. Opportunity Comm’n v. Genesh, Inc., 2025 WL 1884724, at *1 (D. Genesh, Inc.,

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Project Management Tools for Attorneys

Attorney at Work

As law students, few litigators imagined themselves transitioning into project management roles after passing the bar. Litigators rarely receive formal training in project management, but this does not mean they do not do project management. An Accidental Project Manager. A Powerful Project Management Panacea?

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Is There an AI Tool to Create Legal Documents?

Lawmatics

AI helps legal professionals find relevant case law, statutes, and precedents by searching and summarizing vast legal databases. Some of the tasks CoCounsel can potentially manage include document review, legal research deposition preparation, and contract review. Can AI predict the outcome of legal cases? Legal research.

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Conflicts Arising From Sanctions Motions: An Analytical Framework

WA Bar News

COLUMN > Ethics & the Law BY MARK J. FUCILE [R]equests for sanctions should not turn into satellite litigation or become a ‘cottage industry’ for lawyers.” — Washington State Physicians Ins. 26(g) (same), CR 30(d) (deposition misconduct), Fed. 1927 (expenses for “vexatious” litigation). Exchange v. Fisons, 122 Wn.2d

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ESI Protocol Should Define “Documents” and Address Redaction Based on Irrelevancy

E-Discovery LLC

The court began its analysis as follows: Text messages are an increasingly common source of relevant and often critical evidence in twenty-first century litigation. Litigants, and courts, are still in the process of figuring out how to answer these questions. 5, 2023); Relevance Redactions Rejected Rule 26(f) Resolution (Mar.

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11 ChatGPT Prompts to Transforming Your Legal Practice

Lawmatics

Platforms like Casetext harness AI to help legal professionals locate pertinent case law, statutes, and regulations swiftly. Blue J L&E reconsiders legal research and analysis, using AI to predict case outcomes and probe complex legal issues—analyzing factors and outcomes, not merely keywords.