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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. The Mia Aesthetics court cited precedent that a defendant must make a reasonable effort, assisted by a vendor, to recover or restore relevant and responsive ESI that was lost or deleted. Zubulake (Aug. 18, 2012). [1]

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SCOTUS Saves Obamacare's Preventive Care Mandates

Practice of Law

The Task Force assigns letter grades to preventive services based on the strength of evidence for their benefits (such as "A" and "B" for services with strong evidence of benefit and recommended for routine use). Even for those without religious objections, the mandates could be controversial. Preventive Services Task Force.

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Tightening the Noose: Russia’s Military Encirclement Strategy and Wartime Statecraft in Ukraine

Complex Discovery

For cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals, this piece offers insight into how hybrid warfare increasingly merges battlefield maneuvers with economic manipulation and information control—raising important implications for threat intelligence, risk management, and digital evidence verification.

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An Offeror Controls the Terms of the Offer

E-Discovery LLC

Two Justices dissented: The Majority cites no case – and I am aware of none – in which a court has set aside a fully executed, integrated agreement based solely on a purported condition precedent found in an extrinsic document. Yet that is precisely the result the Majority reaches…. In my view, the trial court got it right.”

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The Essential Purpose of Legal Writing: Importance, Types & Strategies

Legal Writing Launch

We will address: The Importance of Legal Writing in the Legal Profession Understanding the Types of Legal Writing Key Objectives and Functions of Writing Essential Legal Writing Skills and Techniques Strategies for Effective and Persuasive Legal Writing Legal writing stands as the cornerstone of the legal profession.

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Deposition Misconduct: Rules, Risks, and Remedies

WA Bar News

should not be considered as evidence. In this column, we’ll address a narrower, but more common, subset of deposition misconduct that the ABA opinion touches on: improper “coaching” during depositions and improper objections intended to impede the questioner. Irwin (E.D. Washington RPC 4.4(a)

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Discretionary Stay of Discovery Pending Decision on Dispositive Motion

E-Discovery LLC

Plaintiffs responded that: they would be hampered in gathering critical evidence of fraudulent conduct by Defendants and others; discovery would not impose undue prejudice on Defendants; and, there is a public interest in resolving fraud claims. In summary: In the end, the undersigned finds that good cause for a stay exists here.