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May 2005
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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Discovering the Rules of Electronic Discovery |
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Link: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1113469509165
From: http://arkfeld.blogs.com/ede/
Email allows for near instant communication and creates a volumous record of potential evidence. However, the question remains: should the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure distinguish between traditional discovery and e-discovery? Emails are easy to generate and archive but they are just as easy to tamper with, hide or destroy. Does e-discovery require e-sensitive rules? This story deals with one of the most closely watched electronic discovery cases.
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Commentary: Preventing Spoliation of Electronic Data |
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Link: http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action
From: http://www.discoveryresources.org
It's never too early to bring up the hazards of spoliation of electronic discovery, according to Paul Sandler. "This responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of attorneys," he writes, and this applies not only during litigation but before it ever begins. To avoid sanctions, you must not destroy. You must produce and not even delay production.
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Smashing Your Digital Secrets Into Safety |
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Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-1487674-2,00.html
From: http://arkfeld.blogs.com/dpl/2005/03/destroy_your_us.html
We've all wanted to smash our computer with a hammer during moments of great frustration. However, according to this article, you would be much better off doing this rather than giving away or selling your computer with sensitive information still on the hard drive.
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Lawyers Were Meant to Blog |
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Link: http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/washington_lawyer/april_2005/blogs.cfm
From: http://www.denniskennedy.com/archives/cat_legal_technology.html
Blogs are everywhere these days. For lawyers who think they haven't tried the whole blogging thing, you probably have and didn't even know it. Lawyers were meant to be bloggers and will find that blogs offer companionship, marketing, networking, research and can turn you into an instant expert.
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Sleepy Juror Gets Rude Awakening |
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Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yawn
Next time you find you self in a jury box, you better not be sleepy, act sleepy or even look sleepy. This story tells us about a juror who wished he had never yawned in the courtroom.
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Emails and Cell Phones More Harmful than Marijuana |
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Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1465973,00.html
From: http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2354
According to a British survey, the constant bombardment of interruptions from email and cell phones apparently is doing more harm to our brains than smoking pot -- and it's a whole lot less fun. Ain't technology grand!
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