“The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether prosecutors in a drug-trafficking case can call a government witness to provide expert testimony to rebut the defendant’s assertion that she did not know that she was carrying drugs, a so-called “blind mule.”” – Read full article by Amy Howe below in SCOTUSblog
“This December, a significant Amendment to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure goes into effect that enlarges the expert disclosure obligations of both the Government and Defense where invoked.” article by Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP in JD Supra
The amendment intends to bring the rule of expert disclosure for criminal cases more in line with that of civil cases and clarifies when and what needs to be disclosed.Coming Soon! New Podcasts – sign up here: https://lspdata.com/podcast-3/
Read full article: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/making-expert-disclosures-live-up-to-1681682/
Companies need to have a plan to protect eDiscovery Data when an employee exits. This article by EDRM – Electronic Discovery Reference Model outlines 5 steps to follow.
“There’s always a risk that terminated employees will take or destroy sensitive data, but custodians that leave may also delete or damage important evidentiary data—and that can have a huge impact on the outcome of pending litigation.” – Drew Lazzara
Read Full Articlehttps://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/5-steps-to-protecting-ediscovery-data-3893705/
Early case assessment (ECA) can help Legal narrow their focus to the most important ESI to guide better decision-making. With a strong ECA process, companies can also cut down on the costs of eDiscovery, including:
- Data storage costs that result from over-collection of data
- Third-party review of needlessly large volumes of ESI
- Time spent by IT in collecting and preserving
Article by EDRM – Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Read full article in JD Supra: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-3-c-s-of-early-case-assessment-and-1884969/
This blog post from Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), reprinted by SC Media, will answer the question “Does a return to the office mean a return to traditional e-discovery?” Like many instances in which one might seek advice on legal matters, the answer is, of course, “It depends.”
Read full article: https://www.scmagazine.com/native/incident-response/does-a-return-to-the-office-mean-a-return-to-traditional-e-discovery
Whether legal teams are handling review 100% in-house, sending 100% to outside counsel, or handling some review in-house and outsourcing the rest, cutting down data volumes before review starts is critical. One of the fastest ways to do this is by DeNISTing and deduplicating document sets. – Article written by Meg McLaughlin, EDRM – Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Read full article: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/how-denisting-and-deduplication-5586799/
Welcome to SPOLIATE THIS! The show where we discuss interesting topics related to eDiscovery, computer forensics, legal technology and cyber security.
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Privilege Logs in eDiscovery are not frequently discussed, but still cause much stress during discovery. Our conversation with Justine Kelly, Esq. of Womble Bond Dickinson aims to rectify this. Justine shares her extensive expertise on eDiscovery and privilege logs, specifically. We will discuss the timing and content to be considered when developing your privilege logs, and share tips for implementing better practices.
Click the links below for more information on Justine and her work with Bulldox, a division of Womble Bond Dickinson.
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