A monthly round-up of industry news stories, useful publications, and notable cases of which you should be aware from the preceding month
Welcome to “Because You Need to Know,” XDD’s monthly news round-up. In these posts, we gather together interesting articles, new publications, noteworthy cases, and XDD materials from the preceding month. This post gathers items of interest from October 2017.
Industry News Stories
Interesting news stories from October include the results of the first annual review of the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield, upcoming changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence affecting ESI authentication, and continuing concerns about cybersecurity issues for legal services:
- First Annual Review of E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield Completed
- Upcoming Change in Federal Rule of Evidence 902
- Continuing Concerns About Cybersecurity for Legal Services
Notable Cases
New eDiscovery cases discussed in October include:
- Court Compels Search of Additional Custodians, Notes Defendant’s Failure to Provide “Even A Rough Estimate” of The Alleged Burden
- In the SDNY, a Party Is Sanctioned for the Preservation Failures of a Third-Party
- Citing Failure to Cooperate, Court Orders Use of Specific Keyword Search Terms
- eDiscovery Includes Electronic Vehicle Data and Possible Sanctions for Spoliation
- Potential Adverse Inference Instruction for Unintended ESI Spoliation May Suggest Limitations of Recently Amended Rule 37(e)
Useful Publications
New industry publications released in October include the long-awaited final version of The Sedona Principles, Third Edition: Best Practices, Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production:
XDD Materials
XDD published seven new blog articles and one new educational webinar in October:
- Blog Articles
- Mobile Device Discovery Series:
- Industry News:
- Program Management Series (ongoing):
- Educational Webinar
- Mission Impossible: How to Meet and Exceed Impossible Deadlines – In this free, one-hour webinar, XDD Vice President of eDiscovery Operations Bill Anderson discusses how to streamline your people, processes, and technology to meet and exceed seemingly impossible deadlines without sacrificing quality.
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About the Author
Matthew Verga
Director of Education
Matthew Verga is an electronic discovery expert proficient at leveraging his legal experience as an attorney, his technical knowledge as a practitioner, and his skills as a communicator to make complex eDiscovery topics accessible to diverse audiences. A fourteen-year industry veteran, Matthew has worked across every phase of the EDRM and at every level from the project trenches to enterprise program design. He leverages this background to produce engaging educational content to empower practitioners at all levels with knowledge they can use to improve their projects, their careers, and their organizations.
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