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George Socha of BDO: eDiscovery Trends 2018

eDiscovery Daily

But first, this week’s eDiscovery Tech Tip of the Week is about The Importance of Metadata. Metadata is key to the management, tracking and retrieval of documents within the discovery process. If you don’t think metadata is important to a case, here are 10.8 million reasons why it is. : o ).

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

Historically, the scope of discovery under Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and its state law analogues was defined exclusively in terms of relevance, with privilege providing but a narrow exception. To be within the scope of discovery, an inquiry now must be both relevant and proportional.

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eDiscovery for the Rest of Us: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Two

eDiscovery Daily

The first formalized changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were made in December of 2006 as the culmination of a period of debate and review that started in March 2000. Also included in e-discovery is “raw data”, which Forensic Investigators can review for hidden evidence. Part One was published on Tuesday.