Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:55:55 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert 5a01ce0d-3e0e-43a7-9fe4-1b8d5967cb12 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:55:55 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Federal-Court-and-Agency-E-Discovery-Rules-and-Guidelines e7d24549-e443-4ae0-88c7-e89d09c7c368 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:46:27 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Court-Invokes-FRE-502d-to-Permit-Intentional-Production-of-Privileged-Materials-Without-Waiver e81d119a-6e49-4e9f-b22a-f303922431ac Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:37:16 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Government-Forced-to-Waive-Privilege-For-Failing-to-Preserve-Documents-in-FCA-Case 9326520e-c9e8-41d2-8f6c-dc6787ce120e Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:42:51 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Spoliation-in-Civil-Litigation-Charged-as-Criminal-Obstruction-of-Justice 06c28b47-5f74-4e17-ae0b-4d22f0fb6b47 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:49:49 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/ITC-Publishes-Proposed-Rules-to-Limit-E-Discovery-and-Address-Privilege-Issues 1a0384aa-5ee0-401d-92d3-0ecaecdf4267 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:24:12 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/FTC-Finalizes-Changes-to-Rules-Governing-Investigatory-Procedures-Primarily-to-Address-Issues-Regarding-Electronically-Stored-Information b705a29f-a839-4b79-87d8-3b631650032c Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:47:26 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Appeals-Court-Finds-Encrypted-Data-Beyond-Reach-of-Government-Investigators 804913fd-7e26-4c2b-bb8c-d28fee2d09ca Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:41:52 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Federal-Court-Imposes-Broad-Preservation-Obligation-Regarding-Potential-Class-Members-in-FLSA-Action 3a408081-c2ad-41df-a8d6-5fc775269f56 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/FTC-Proposes-Changes-to-Rules-Governing-Investigatory-Procedures-Primarily-to-Address-Issues-Regarding-Electronically-Stored-Information 5be8be8e-b455-447f-a308-9f1835db8601 Fri, 27 May 2011 13:50:34 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Rambus-Redux-Federal-Circuit-Reconciles-District-Court-Split-Regarding-When-Duty-To-Preserve-Is-Triggered 34ea8ee8-bf47-4d92-91ed-fd8bf03c320f Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Ninth-Circuit-En-Banc-Panel-Affirms-Fourth-Amendment-Principles-But-Steps-Back-From-Required-Protocol-For-Computer-Search-Warrants In a September 13, 2010, ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an amended opinion that is likely to have a significant influence on the seizure of Electronically Stored Information ("ESI") by the government pursuant to search warrants. The court revisited yet again its prior decisions in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing Inc. ("CDT"), removing the explicit and controversial restrictions on search warrants that it previously adopted for ESI and instead demoting those rules to the level of suggested guidance in a concurring opinion. United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing Inc., 9th Cir., No. 05-10067, en banc amended opinion Sept. 13, 2010. 1534a345-c217-491f-a4c2-710c53a155c3 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Leading-Judge-Issues-Seminal-89-Page-Opinion-Imposing-Harsh-Sanctions-for-Spoliation In a sweeping 89-page ruling issued on September 9, 2010, Chief Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm of the District of Maryland granted a default judgment against defendants Creative Pipe, Inc. and its president Mark Pappas based on a finding that Pappas had intentionally destroyed electronic evidence. In addition, because of the egregious conduct that he found to have taken place, Judge Grimm imposed a civil contempt sanction on Pappas of up to two years in prison unless and until he pays the plaintiff's legal fees and costs associated with the spoliation and the ensuing motions practice. (Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93644 (D. Md. Sept. 9, 2010). 1f8e2f8b-2bff-4afa-b017-5e756aae2832 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Supreme-Court-Rules-that-Government-Search-of-Employees-Text-Messages-Was-Reasonable On Thursday the Supreme Court took a first step towards defining the rights of public employees in the digital age when it unanimously held that a police department's review of an employee's on-the-job text messages was "reasonable" within the scope of the Fourth Amendment. This decision has implications for practitioners across a range of substantive areas of practice, from privacy and e-discovery to employment law. 05326789-f172-4636-92a8-0922451979e3 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/US-Courts-Order-Discovery-Despite-Foreign-Privacy-Laws Two recent opinions by federal district courts in New York highlight the ongoing tension between U.S. discovery rules and foreign "blocking statues" and privacy laws. These two cases continue a trend of U.S. courts ordering parties to produce discovery materials located outside the U.S. even when such production might violate foreign laws. These cases have important implications for anyone who litigates in U.S. courts for or against parties that maintain documents or electronically stored information outside the U.S. f740b6d1-a239-48c9-b72e-a1b94e9427a0 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Spoliation-Sanctions-A-Tale-of-Two-Courts f74b216b-6c69-4a17-9e7d-be5b9d5d380f Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/European-Working-Party-Offers-Guidance-On-Discovery-For-Cross-Border-Civil-Litigation-1352184 Multinational companies with operations both in the U.S. and Europe are keenly aware of the conflict between European data protection laws and U.S. discovery requirements. Compliance with discovery rules are clear legal obligations for entities facing litigation in the U.S. However, the handling of European personal data to comply with these legal obligations may breach the national laws in Europe implementing the requirements of Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) (the "Directive"). 50be4185-2fc6-44fb-9ad5-99f9b67e8c04 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Proposed-FTC-Final-Interim-Rules-Regarding-Adjudicatory-Proceedings On January 13, 2009, the FTC issued interim final rules amending Parts 3 and 4 of its Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings (16 C.F.R. Parts 3 and 4) (FTC Rules). The Rules were drafted to improve the efficiency of Part 3 proceedings, and, among other things, address the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). The rules pertaining to ESI closely mirror the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Federal Rules) that went into effect on December 1, 2006. Although these are agency rules of practice, the FTC will likely seek guidance from the Federal Rules, the Committee Notes, and the evolving case law interpreting the Federal Rules. e86f6b39-d713-44ff-9686-b22a3c332801 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Newly-Published-SEC-Enforcement-Manual-Addresses-E-Discovery The Securities and Exchange Commission published on its website its new "Enforcement Manual." The Enforcement Manual specifically addresses E-discovery issues in § 3.2.6.2.3. The Manual "encourages" the Staff to request document productions in electronic format (on CD, DVD or hard drive media) and specifies that the Staff's requests should include the Division's technical data standards. def8ec4e-fc3f-410f-a975-da1b9cf8ab52 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Judge-Paul-Grimm-Weighs-In-on-Parties-Duties-to-Cooperate-in-Discovery There has been ongoing debate about the extent to which litigants actually will engage in earlier and more effective cooperation to control escalating e-discovery costs, versus the extent to which "discovery about the discovery" will continue to be a "gotcha" game of tactics that further drives up costs and distracts from the merits of litigation. Chief Magistrate Judge Paul Grimm put his finger on the scale in an opinion issued last week that is certain to gain notice. 33e03556-47ae-4aa5-811d-9d52813f6878 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:08:58 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Congress-Passes-New-Federal-Rule-of-Evidence-to-Address-Privilege-Issues Yesterday, the House of Representatives approved a bill that would amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to add new Rule 502, which addresses waiver of the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. The text of the new Rule is provided below. The House approved the same version of a bill unanimously approved by the Senate in February, and did so without amendment. The bill is now headed to the President's desk for signature and is expected to become law in December of this year. The new Rule would apply to proceedings commenced after the effective date and to proceedings pending on that date "insofar as is just and practicable," thus leaving the determination of retroactive application to the courts on a case-by-case basis. fc413d12-2b90-4fdb-8abc-81327ce47a23 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Electronic-Discovery-Information-Management-Alert/Supreme-Court-Approves-E-Discovery-Amendments-to-FRCP