e-Lawyering First Pittsburgh “Under the Wire” CLE Seminar Features Presentation on E-Discovery “Hot Topics” November 18, 2022 by Daniel Miller The Pittsburgh office of K&L Gates recently hosted its first “Under the Wire” CLE seminar on November 15th, 2022. The CLE seminar was the first of a new series of in-person CLE events hosted at the K&L Gates Pittsburgh office. At th... Read more » Adequacy of Search/Identification or Collection Data Preservation Deleted and Ephemeral Data Duty to Preserve ESI Collection Failure to Preserve FRCP 37(e) Preservation (effective Dec. 1, 2015) Slack Speaking Engagements & Publications Text Message Text Messaging and Other Real-Time Electronic Communications
e-Lawyering iMessages Are No Longer Immutable: The Ability to Edit and Unsend iMessages Provided by Apple iOS 16 Spurs New E-Discovery Questions September 23, 2022 by Daniel Miller On September 16th, Apple released iOS 16, which now allows users to edit or unsend iMessages. A sender can edit an iMessage up to five times within fifteen minutes after the message is sent. A sender can also unsend an iMessage within two minutes after... Read more » Data Preservation Duty to Preserve Failure to Preserve FRCP 37(e) Preservation (effective Dec. 1, 2015) Spoliation Trends & Emerging Issues
e-Lawyering Europe v. Equinox Holdings, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2022) March 21, 2022 by Robertson Noreus Key Insight: Plaintiff brought a motion for sanctions alleging defendants failed to preserve a key piece of evidence (the September 2019 managers’ schedule from the month when she was terminated) in her employment discrimination suit. The court c... Read more » Adverse Inference CASE SUMMARIES Failure to Preserve FRCP 37(e) ESI Spoliation Sanctions (effective Dec. 1 Motion for Sanctions Sanctions Spoliation