What is e-discovery or electronic discovery? Perhaps before I tell you what e-discovery means, I should tell you what discovery means. Discovery is a term used to refer to the early stage of a litigation case whereby the two opposing sides are supposed to provide each other with all the information and supporting evidence or…
Florida finally receives much needed guidance on what triggers the duty to preserve relevant evidence in anticipation of litigation. In a surprising collateral ruling that resulted from The Florida Supreme Court’s decision in League of Women Voters of Fla. v. Detzner, 172 So. 3d 363 (Fla. 2015), Florida has finally received some much needed guidance…
If you’re asking yourselves whether I really think that having some sort of background in eDiscovery is the “only” way to succeed in the practice of law after law school graduation – well of course not. What I’m really saying is that the use of technology in the field of law today is simply unavoidable;…
Electronically stored information (ESI) continues to be a “hot topic” of discussion in the legal profession. As many attorneys struggle to make sense of the inevitable merging of the law they have always known and the technology they often fear, State Bar Associations are (at a slow but steady pace) trying to provide some meaningful guidance…
