Last week, facebook announced many new features. For those too busy to try to figure out where to find what on facebook, I have made a powerpoint presentation, outlining the major changes in simple graphics. It goes without saying that I included some caveats for the privacy conscientious and some pointers for ediscovery professionals. Enjoy! […]
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“Embedded Devices: How Electronic Conveniences Affect Privacy and Discovery” at the Masters Series for Legal Professionals in NYC
This panel was presented at the Masters Series for Legal Professionals, recently held in NYC on July 19, 2011. The panel was moderated by Steve Akers, CTO and Founder of Digital Reef, Inc. Panelists included Daniel Garrie, ESQ, Special Master and Mediator in eDiscovery and Daniel K. Gelb, Gelb & Gelb LLP. The panel […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on August 11, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/08/embedded-devices-how-electronic-conveniences-affect-privacy-and-discovery-at-the-masters-series-for-legal-professionals-in-nyc/
Privacy, European Union Data Protection and EDiscovery
Ediscovery in US Civil Litigation and EU Data Protection EDiscovery in the US Electronic Discovery (or “Ediscovery”) is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, preparing, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information (“ESI”) in the context of the legal process. Some examples of ESI are: emails, word documents, power point presentations, excel sheets, social media posts, […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 6, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/03/how-to-conduct-ediscovery-in-the-european-union/
How to recover your data from the cloud
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 14, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/12/how-to-recover-your-data-from-the-cloud-the-new-super-mario-game/
Ediscovery, Cloud Computing and EU Data Protection: Cloud Nationalities Do Matter
Cloud Computing With Borders May Be On Horizon in Europe by Jennifer L. Schenker A proposal to build a national federation of interconnected computing clouds in France, funded in part by government in order to protect the country’s sovereignty, data privacy and local jobs, is gaining favor. Some fear that the idea, which is in part […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on May 25, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/05/ediscovery-cloud-computing-and-eu-data-protection-cloud-nationalities-do-matter/
E-Discovery Challenges in China
by Kevin Lo A complicated international anti-dumping case brought several U.S. lawyers and a team of e-discovery experts to a large industrial town in northeast China. They had come to interview senior executives and conduct a search of paper and electronic records at a major pharmaceutical company. During negotiations for the trip, the company said […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on April 14, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/04/e-discovery-challenges-in-china/
US District Court’s Desicion Based on Inaccurate Interpretation of EU and German Data Privacy Laws
US District Court Requires Production of Overseas Data Notwithstanding Applicable Foreign Data Protection Law by Joseph Baker, Andrew Nicely and Tim Wybitul Mayer Brown, LLP Many foreign countries have enacted privacy laws and “blocking” statutes that limit the disclosure of personal data and other information maintained within their borders. Violation of these statutes can result […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 9, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/03/us-district-courts-desicion-based-on-inaccurate-interpretation-of-eu-and-german-data-privacy-laws/
Musings on The Deep Cultural Divide between The US Ediscovery Tradition and The EU Privacy Protection Principles
by Chris Dale I expressed puzzlement recently at the high proportion of page views from the US over a period when most of my focus has been on the UK draft practice direction. I know, of course, that there is much US interest in developments in other jurisdictions, particularly the UK, and there is an […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 2, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/03/musings-on-the-deep-cultural-divide-between-the-us-ediscovery-tradition-and-the-eu-privacy-protection-principles/
Cross Border EDiscovery
New French Case Removes Automatic Privacy Shield From Employee E-Mails, Making Them More Amenable to US Discovery by Trevor Jefferies and Alvin F. Lindsay: A new decision released on 8 January 2010 from the French high labor court (the Cour de Cassation Chambre Sociale) may provide some grounds for arguing that a party in France […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on February 19, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/02/crossborder-ediscovery/
Legal Hold
JUDGE SCHEINDLIN OF ZUBULAKE ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL HOLD OPINION by John Jablonski The Judge that brought us the now famous Zubulake series of legal hold decisions has weighed in on the state of litigation holds in the United States. In particular, Zubulake IV requires a corporation to issue a litigation hold to preserve relevant evidence […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on February 15, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/02/96/