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Big Talent for Large Casework – The PD Advantage (Updated)

Planet Depos

Large cases involve many moving parts – tight deadlines, fast-paced and ever-evolving schedules, seas of exhibits, rosters of witnesses, etc., You’re looking for evidence that this firm is well-versed in large cases, and you want to see that firms go back to them again and again for their work.

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Standard for Court-Ordered Forensic Examinations – When Does Misconduct “Cross the Rubicon”?

E-Discovery LLC

The scales tip in favor of compelling forensic imaging where there exists evidence of either discrepancies in a discovery response or a failure by the responding party to produce requested information. 667, and a motion to seal an exhibit, Dkt. Mintas’ counsel is right. The PlayUp court explained the misconduct in great detail.

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When AI Conversations Become Compliance Risks: Rethinking Confidentiality in the ChatGPT Era

Complex Discovery

Altman emphasized the distinction between AI interactions and privileged communications, highlighting the risk that such digital exchanges may become court evidence. C-suite executives and legal practitioners must navigate this landscape carefully, treating AI interactions as possible exhibits in court. The new reality?

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“Diligent Search,” But No Responsive Data, is Insufficient Response

E-Discovery LLC

Interestingly, this is the same type of evidence produced two decades ago in the seminal Zubulake case. And while Defendants have filed an exhibit containing search terms they used, it is not clear from that exhibit whether those search terms were used in searching Outlook, another application or set of files, or both ….

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The Bright Legal Future

WA Bar News

Beyond the time and financial strains on our judiciary, AI-generated evidence (both demonstrative visuals and falsified evidence), is beginning to appear in court proceedings, and our judges lack the support to easily address the issues AI creates in their cases. These evidentiary issues will similarly slow court proceedings.

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Have We Been Wrong About ‘Psychopaths’?

The Marshall Project

But Larsen examined the research literature and found that people who scored high were not, as many believe, entirely unable to exhibit empathy or benefit from treatment. We should end the use of the “psychopathy” diagnosis and the checklist because they are not based on sound evidence and can inflame biases. In the U.S.,

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Defendant’s Prejudice From Plaintiff’s Failure to Disclose Photographs Taken by Defendant Was Insufficient to Support an Exclusionary Discovery Sanction

E-Discovery LLC

The Court affirmed the holding that the asserted prejudice from the failure to produce was insufficient to support exclusion of the evidence. Johnson] intended to introduce the photos into evidence’ at trial.” The Hagerstown Court wrote that exclusion of evidence based on a discovery violation is not favored. Rule 2-433(a)(2).