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No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Videos and Photos of Prisoner Accident: eDiscovery Case Law

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8, 2018) , the California Magistrate Judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions, ruling that the defendants did not act with the intent to deprive there was no prejudice to the plaintiff from loss of videos and photos of an accident suffered by the plaintiff, a state prisoner at the defendant’s correctional facility. Case Background.

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No Bad Faith Means No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Video of Altercation: eDiscovery Case Law

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O’Hara denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions based on the defendant’s alleged spoliation of a surveillance video that shows an altercation between the plaintiff and her supervisor, stating that “plaintiff has failed to meet the requirements of Fed. Case Background. The plaintiff subsequently filed the suit in July 2017.

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Court Denies Plaintiff’s Request for Sanctions for Defendant’s Failure to Preserve Surveillance Video: eDiscovery Case Law

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Friedrich, denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions for allegedly destroying two surveillance videos, stating: “Because Ball has not proven—even by a preponderance of the evidence—that GW permanently stored the Lafayette Hall surveillance footage, the Court need not conduct further inquiry under Rule 37(e).”. Case Background.

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Why Process in eDiscovery? Isn’t it “Review Ready”?: eDiscovery Best Practices

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But, perhaps the best answer to this question lies in Craig Ball’s new primer – Processing in E-Discovery. In the Introduction, Craig says this: “Talk to lawyers about e?discovery discovery processing and you’ll likely get a blank stare suggesting no clue what you’re talking about. And, much more. So, what do you think?

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Mobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore, Part Two

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These are terrific resources that everyone who deals with discovery of mobile devices should be aware of. And , last but not least, Craig compiled all of his accumulated wisdom about mobile evidence (well, iPhone mobile evidence) into a white paper called Mobile to the Mainstream: Preservation and Extraction of iOS Content for E-Discovery.

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Craig Ball is “That Guy” Who Keeps Us Up to Date on Mobile eDiscovery Trends: eDiscovery Best Practices

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), discusses Google’s recently expanded offering of “cheap-and-easy” online backup of Android phones, including SMS and MMS messaging, photos, video, contacts, documents, app data and more. Or he’s providing us with an entire 24 page white paper on mobile device discovery titled Mobile to the Mainstream.

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Wal-Mart is Allowed to Clawback Inadvertent Disclosures, But Still Sanctioned Over What They Revealed: eDiscovery Case Law

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While arguing that some of the inadvertently produced documents were not privileged, the plaintiff also argued that the inadvertently produced documents demonstrated that defendant’s counsel acted in bad faith and engaged in discovery abuse. Rather, counsel merely kept repeating that video does not exist.” Judge’s Ruling.