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Litigants Can’t Agree; Judge Entered an ESI Protocol;  Party Objected to It; Objections Overruled

E-Discovery LLC

The City Defendants objected to the ESI Order. The objection was overruled. As noted, after the court ruled, the City Defendants objected to the Magistrate Judges decision. The Hall court addressed each argument and overruled all of the City Defendants objections. In Rayome v. ABT Electronics , 2024 WL 1435098 (N.D.

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“Boilerplate” Objections Are Generally Condemned; Except When They’re Not

E-Discovery LLC

27, 2024), “boilerplate” objections were sustained on the specific facts presented. BOILERPLATE OBJECTIONS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN CONDEMNED Boilerplate objections have generally been condemned. See General Objections, Dracula, and “Whac a Mole” (Apr. In Jacobs v. The Journal Publishing Co., 2024 WL 4333199 (D. 168, 170 n.1

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Another Approach to Drafting and Discovery of Litigation Hold Notices

E-Discovery LLC

By definition, a litigation hold notice is a communication from an attorney to a client regarding the duty to preserve potentially responsive information. [1] 7, 2025), the court held that litigation hold notices were privileged. Defendants objected. DISCOVERY OF LITIGATION HOLD NOTICES HAS LONG BEEN AN ISSUE. Grimm (ret.)

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Project Management Tools for Attorneys

Attorney at Work

Offering a legal service is, of course, quite different from developing a new disinfectant, or building a software application or a material object. As law students, few litigators imagined themselves transitioning into project management roles after passing the bar. An Accidental Project Manager. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE.

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Patent Damages Laws Regarding Apportionment are Inapplicable to Breach of Contract (FRAND) Claims

IP Watchdog

In a previous article, we discussed the difference between a reasonable royalty for patent infringement and a FRAND licensing rate, both in terms of their origins and objectives: the former being a creature of statute and case law that seeks to compensate a patent owner for infringement, whereas the latter is rooted in contract and seeks, amongst other (..)

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Possession, Custody, or Control of Responsive Information by States Suing Meta

E-Discovery LLC

The September 6, 2024, decision in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, 2024 WL 4125618 (N.D. Therefore, “control” existed where a litigant had the legal right to obtain documents on demand. 2024), applies the “legal control” standard to Fed.R.Civ.P.

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What Judges are really saying about Technology Assisted Review

Discovery Advocate

And while some of the marketing efforts surrounding TAR make it seem TAR can replace attorney review wholesale, some attorneys considering the use of TAR in litigation or in response to regulatory inquiries are more focused on ignoring the “buzz” and instead have zeroed in on what judges have actually said (and held) regarding TAR.