Discovery Resources

by Conrad J. Jacoby, Esq.

e-Discovery is not a natural disaster, but in some ways, it has more than a little bit in common with some of the flooding we recently experienced in the American Midwest. Floods are deceptive in appearance. From a distance, floodwaters’ calm surface looks uneventful and even serene. It’s only when you continue…

Interview with Mary Mack, Esq., Corporate Technology Counsel at Fios, Inc.

1. What was the dispute between Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S. Ct. 1955 about?

William Twombly sued Bell Atlantic for violating Section One of the Sherman Antitrust Act, found in 15 U.S.C. § 1. The class action complaint was made by Twombly on behalf continue…

By Conrad J. Jacoby, Esq.

Miscommunication is a constant problem within the field of electronic discovery. Legal practitioners, e-discovery service bureaus and corporate IT staff each have distinct and long-standing professional vocabularies that use different terms to describe similar information repositories and data management procedures.

Worse yet, a common word like “backup” may at times continue…

This month’s featured expert:

Joel Bennett, Esq.
Member, Dykema Gossett, PLLC

Background:

Joel Bennett is a member of Dykema Gossett, PLLC, practicing in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on litigation matters. He has substantial experience as lead counsel in jury trials involving antitrust law, intellectual property, sham exceptions to the Noerr-Pennington defense, antitrust/intellectual property continue…

By Dennis Kennedy, Evan Schaeffer and Tom Mighell

Dennis Kennedy (DK): We’ve been resisting the urge to write about the December 1, 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because it seems as if hundreds of others have written on that topic. However, all the attention seems to have limited effect. We’re already hearing analogies between continue…