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November/December 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.
In this issue:
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A Library of Resources for using hyperlinked briefs
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EDD Bytes to Feed Your Firm's Knowledge |
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Link: Law.com
Last December's revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, addressing discovery of electronically stored information, underscored the fact that no lawyer today can afford to ignore e-discovery. No matter the case, no matter the court, digital data is likely to be implicated. That means lawyers urgently need to understand electronic data discovery and keep abreast of developments in the field.
Law.com looks at some of the more useful Web sites for learning about and keeping current with this essential area of practice.
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Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Time Machine |
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Link: AppleInsider
Backing up data is one of the most tedious and, often, most overlooked task in maintaining a computer network. It's like insurance. You don't really think about it until you need it. This article discusses and evaluates the back-up program built into Apple's new Leopard operating system.
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Fulbright's Litigation Trends Survey |
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Link: Fulbright
Learn what general counsel in the United States and United Kingdom are saying about litigation trends. An independent survey commissioned for the fourth time by Fulbright & Jaworski, canvases the opinions of more than 300 senior level executives.
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Local Rules of United States District Courts Addressing E-Discovery Issues |
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Link: eDiscovery Law
At least 32 United States District Courts have enacted special rules addressing electronic discovery. This helpful blog lists a current collection of United States District Court local rules, standards, guidelines and forms that specifically address e-discovery issues.
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Fair Use Advocates Issue Principles for Protecting Online Videos |
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Link: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Online video-hosting services like YouTube have ushered in a new era of free expression online, as well as vigorous copyright enforcement efforts. Recently, a coalitin of public interest groups led by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) issued a "Fair Use Principles" document advocating guidelines designed to protect video creators who stay within the law when excerpting copyrighted material as part of new video creations.
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eDiscovery for Dummies |
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Link: RenewData
RenewData’s eDiscovery for Dummies provides answers to key questions that come up during the e-discovery process, such as:
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* What are the basic principles and terminology of e-discovery? |
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* What should happen in a meet and confer session? |
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* What should you preserve and when should you start? |
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* How do you get your hands on the data? |
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* What are the fastest and easiest ways to review data? |
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* How do you produce the data to the other side? |
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* Are there any additional e-discovery resources? |
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Would-Be Comedian Struggles to Overcome Handicap |
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Link: The Spoof
Everyone at the comedy club knows that the moonlighting lawyer is not funny. But the club can't get rid of him. "I got an injunction," the attorney says with a sly smile. "They can't fire me."
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