As the legal profession changes over time, so must those who practice law. No longer can law firms – from solo practitioners to Big Law – rely on print advertising and word of mouth to inform the public of their ...

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As it becomes more common to store information electronically, and as the volume of electronic data increases, electronic discovery service providers and the legal profession are looking for new ways to help attorneys find and sort information quickly and intuitively. Michael ...

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Five years after the Maryland Court of Appeals first set the standards for gaining access to electronically stored information (ESI) during civil lawsuits, the Rules of Criminal Procedure remain silent on the topic.

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To many lawyers, the entire electronic discovery process is inimical to Federal Rule 1, that the federal rules “should be construed and administered to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.” When confronted with thousands ...

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California businessman Mark T. Pappas might have avoided jail time once again for civil contempt of court on Friday when, just hours before a court deadline, he filed affidavits saying he was living up to the terms of the ruling ...

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My previous column in this series discussed how organizations use backup tapes, and some implications for electronic discovery. This column will look at some representative decisions involving backup tapes in e-discovery. As I mentioned last month, many firms use backup ...

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If backup tapes were used by companies for the purpose for which they were intended, they would never be involved in e-discovery disputes. Backup tapes were originally designed for the reconstruction of computers (usually file servers) when their hard drives ...

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