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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

Law 360

Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

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What is Ediscovery?

Paralegal Bootcamp

Electronic discovery (AKA eDiscovery/ediscovery/E-Discovery/e-Discovery) is in the more exclusive category of “Things that are both invaluable and tedious to learn/apply but necessary to stay relevant and effective professionally.”. a dictionary definition that starts by first defining the legal term “discovery;” and.

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Ediscovery Tool for Paralegals

Paralegal Bootcamp

The dates for any ESI to be preserved. The names and/or job titles or descriptions of custodians for whom ESI will be preserved. The number of custodians for whom ESI will be preserved. The list of systems that contain ESI (not associated with individual custodians) that will be preserved, such as network databases.

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Top Technology Trends for Transactional Lawyers

LawTechnologyToday

Litigation technology was born out of a need to manage the high volume of potentially responsive documents because of the shift from paper to electronic documents and communication. Electronically Stored Information (ESI) renders a 3D image of a document by introducing metadata, or data about data.

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A Path to eDiscovery Certification

Paralegal Bootcamp

Listen to this podcast interview of Michael Quartararo in its entirety here or read the highlights below to get important insights on getting your e-discovery certification. He is also the author of the 2016 book Project Management in Electronic Discovery , now in its second edition. Dive into what is e-discovery ?

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Top 7 Tips for Litigation Paralegals in 2024

Paralegal Bootcamp

Start by reviewing all of the motions, briefs, discovery responses, and pleadings. Extract any dates that you come across during that review and put them into a chronology. As you’re doing your review, create a master to-do list for that case where you can keep notes about the things that you come across.

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Women of Legal Tech: Dyane O’Leary

LawTechnologyToday

Topics such as security, mobile lawyering, document metadata, electronically stored information, legal research analytics, and automation aren’t merely “nice to know” topics as they might have been decades or even years ago. Research today means so much more than primary law.

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