Category Archives: Discovery Issues

Part 2 of 3: Fundamentals of Non Disclosure Agreements

Part 2 of 3: Fundamentals of NDAs Confidentiality/Non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”) discuss how and when non-public information can be shared between parties and how and when such information may be disclosed to third parties, if at all. Appropriately drafted NDAs focus on information that is valuable or protected and that is not already publicly available. The information should have commercial value (such as non-obvious…

Judge Orders Both Parties to Use Predictive Coding

In Global Aerospace Inc., et al, v. Landow Aviation, L.P. dba Dulles Jet Center, et al, Loudoun County Circuit Judge James Chamblin wrote: “Having heard argument with regard to the Motion of Landow Aviation … it is hereby ordered Defendants shall be allowed to proceed with the use of predictive coding for purposes of processing…

Kleen-ing Up Da Silva

by Daniel B. Garrie Many in the blogosphere and e-discovery community thought Da Silva (Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group. 11 Civ. 1279 (S.D.N.Y. Feb 24, 2012)) would lay the foundation upon which Kleen Products (link to most recently available transcripts) (Kleen Products LLC v. Packaging Corporation of America et al.,No. 10…

Goldman Execs: Just Managing Risk, Senators!

Goldman Execs: Just Managing Risk, Senators! By Dan Freed   NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Goldman Sachs (GS_) released the prepared testimony of the seven current and former executives who will appear before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday, and they all say pretty much the same thing. Six current and former Goldman big shots, including CEO Lloyd…

How Banks Should Manage Risk

How Banks Should Manage Risk They can’t do it alone. What’s needed is a regulator who can pull data firm-by-firm to better grasp systemwide exposure and identify hot spots. (Click to read more)

A Holiday Gift: Open Downloads of STATISTICAL STRING THEORY FOR COURTS

To our readers, subscribers, friends and supporters – the Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management would like to invite you to download Statistical String Theory for Courts: If the Data Don’t Fit… free for this sesason. In Statistical String Theory for Courts: If the Data Don’t Fit…, Professors David Babbel, Vincent Strickland, and Ricki Dolan…

A Holiday Gift: Open Downloads of STATISTICAL STRING THEORY FOR COURTS

To all of our friends, supporters, subscribers and readers – we’d like to give you a bit of a holiday present in the form of one of our most requested articles: Professors Babbel, Strickler and Dolan’s Statistical String Theory for the Courts: If the Data Don’t Fit… In Statistical String Theory, the Professors address the…

UK Financial Services Authority: Record Phone Calls From Traders…Despite Cost and Uselessness

The United Kingdom’s financial Financial Services Authority will now be requiring that “relevant communications made with, sent from or received on mobile phones and other handheld devices must be recorded and stored for six months.” The new rule is expected to cost banks at least 10,000 pounds ($16,000) per phone, per year. The banks, of…

What Every Attorney Must Know About City of Ontario v. Quon

By Daniel B. Garrie and Daniel K. Gelb Originally published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal According to Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory company, “[w]orldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9 per cent decline from 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. In the fourth quarter…

2010 Issue 5.1 (Part 1) is Now Available!

The Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management is pleased to announce that Issue 5.1 (Part 1), “When It Rains, It Pours (eDiscovery, Cloud Computing, and Bankruptcy” is now available. ISSUE 5.1 (Part 1) – AVAILABLE HERE