July 10, 2017
Discovery from in-house corporate litigation support staff is generally protected by the attorney work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege.
January 23, 2017
A conflict is brewing between state and federal courts involving in-house counsel, whistleblowers and the use of attorney-client privileged information.
December 5, 2016
We explain why cooperation is an important e-discovery concept and also provide some real-world suggestions about areas of cooperation.
November 21, 2016
E-discovery is a cooperative party-driven process. Agreement on search terms and methods is important, but that does not mean you get everything you want.
September 26, 2016
We take a deep look at FRCP 34 and its new rules to document request objections. What does it mean for your document review?
June 20, 2016
A federal court in Connecticut recently considered the age-old e-discovery question of how many custodians is too many? In this particular case, more than nine […]
May 19, 2016
The concept of metadata is often misunderstood by attorneys and courts alike. Used correctly, metadata provides insight about cases.
May 4, 2016
As detailed in prior posts (here and here), last year’s amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure emphasize discovery proportionality. Under revisions […]
February 29, 2016
If attorney work product material is used for business purposes does it lose its protected status? Maybe not if it satisfies the “because of” test. […]