e-Lawyering Keeping You Informed: K&L Gates’ Third Annual “Under the Wire” January 15, 2015 by K&L Gates e-DAT Partner Julie Anne Halter will speak at K&L Gates’ Third Annual “Under the Wire” CLE Seminar in Durham, NC (with videoconference broadcast in Charlotte) on January 22, 2015. Julie Anne’s presentation will address the “Latest and Greatest on e-Discovery.” Other topics to be addressed include: FDA Inspections Update on the Affordable Care Act International... Continue Reading Read more » EVENTS
e-Lawyering E-Discovery in 2015: Will You Feel The Earth Move Under Your Feet? January 13, 2015 by K&L Gates By Daniel R. Miller, Bree Kelly The civil litigation landscape is constantly changing as new laws are passed, new rules are promulgated, and new opinions are issued. As in the natural world, some areas are more prone to change than others, and the bedrock of discovery has significantly shifted in recent years. The rumblings... Continue Reading Read more » NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering 2014 ABA Journal Blawg 100: We Won! (And Thanks for Voting!) January 8, 2015 by K&L Gates We are proud to announce that we received the most votes in the ABA Journal Blawg 100’s Legal Tech category this year. We were honored to make the list and are very excited to win in our category! As you may know, we have been blogging on the topic of e-discovery for more than ten years now,... Continue Reading Read more » NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering Frustrated Court Crafts “New and Simpler Approach to Discovery,” Identifies Search Terms to be Utilized by Plaintiff December 18, 2014 by K&L Gates Armstrong Pump, Inc. v. Hartman, No. 10-CV-446S, 2014 WL 6908867 (W.D.N.Y. Dec. 9, 2014) In this breach of contract case, the court granted in part Defendant’s motion to compel and, in light of Plaintiff’s piecemeal production (which the court had earlier cautioned against) and other discovery failures, fashioned a “new and simpler approach” to discovery,... Continue Reading Read more » CASE SUMMARIES
e-Lawyering Software Licensing Restrictions No Shield Against Production December 9, 2014 by K&L Gates Pero v. Norfolk S. Ry., Co., No. 3:14-CV-16-PLR-CCS, 2014 WL 6772619 (E.D. Tenn. Dec. 1, 2014) In this case, the court declined to require the plaintiff to view the at-issue video at Defendant’s counsel’s office or to obtain a license for the proprietary viewing software and ordered the defendant to either produce a laptop with... Continue Reading Read more » CASE SUMMARIES
e-Lawyering Court Declines to Preclude “Eyes On” Review for Privilege November 25, 2014 by K&L Gates Good v. Am. Water Works Co., Inc., No. 2:14-01374, 2014 WL 5486827 (S.D. W. Va. Oct. 29, 2014) In this case, the parties made an effort to “craft an agreement respecting the handling of attorney-client and work product information inadvertently disclosed,” but disagreed regarding the proper procedure for identifying privileged information. Defendants sought to “’encourage... Continue Reading Read more » CASE SUMMARIES