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May/June 2007
This monthly digest on litigating in an electronic age is brought to you compliments of TGL Media, a provider of hyperlinked briefs and other litigation support. For more information on TGL Media, please click on the links above.
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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Unlocking Keywords to Ensure Effective E-Discovery |
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Link: Legal Technology
When you plan your search through electronic data, are you using the
same techniques that you use in legal research? Misplaced confidence in the power of
word searches can seriously hamper electronic data discovery. Learn some of the tricks
and tips to quickly find the information that you're looking for.
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Google adding search privacy protections |
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Link: C-Net News
Google is changing its data retention practices to make it harder to identify the specific computers used in searches.
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Fiscal Year 2006 Caseloads Remain At High Levels |
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Link: U.S. Courts
Caseloads in the federal courts remain at high levels, according to
statistics released by the Administrative Office of the Courts. Only bankruptcy
pleadings dropped last year.
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Ninth Circuit Tightens Standards for Crime Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client
Communications |
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Link: Metropolitian New http://www.metnews.com
A party asserting the “crime-fraud” exception to the attorney-client privilege in a civil case must prove by preponderance of the evidence that the exception applies, and the opposing party must be permitted to present evidence on the issue, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. |
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Court Sets Out Imaging, Recovery and Disclosure Protocols |
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Link: E Discovery Law
The plaintiff alleged that its former employees improperly used
plaintiff's computers, confidential information and trade secrets to divert business from
plaintiff to defendant, and asked the court for permission to image and search the
defendant's computers. The defendant wanted to perform its own review. The court set
out a three-stage process to allow the plaintiff to have access to the relevant
information while preventing disclosure of confidential or privileged information.
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Apple Introduces "I-Don't" Digital Divorce Lawyer |
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Link: The Spoof
According to this website, Apple Computer's latest new gadget will allow
pro se litigants unparalleled access to courtroom technology. "With your 'I-Don't',
instead of losing half your assets to expensive silk suit wearing smarmy divorce lawyers,
you'll be able to purchase our system for under $600. It will be foolproof, and if need
be, can be plugged into a speaker system for all your court appearances."
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