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Mar 08, 2023 Compounded E-Discovery Mistakes Result in Seven Figure Sanctions By Eric Chir The e-discovery community has been monitoring DR Distribs., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc., (N.D. Ill. Oct. 6, 2022) with interest,...
Feb 24, 2023 Bald Allegations of Prejudice Insufficient to Warrant Sanctions in Hair Products Case By David Cohen In EBIN N.Y., Inc. v. SIC Enter., Inc., No. 19-CV-1017 (PKC) (TAM) (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2022), the plaintiff alleged that the defendant...
Nov 22, 2022 Spoliation Sanctions Highlight the Importance of Automated Deletion Awareness By David Cohen In Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Brandtotal Ltd., No. 20-cv-07182-JCS (N.D. Cal. May 27, 2022), a Magistrate Judge granted the plaintiff’s...
Oct 31, 2022 Deliberate Data Deletion Leads to Default Judgment By David Cohen In Atalian US New England, LLC v. Navarro, No. C.A. No. 20-00133-JJM (D.R.I. July 12, 2022), a Magistrate Judge recommended default...
Jul 07, 2022 Failure to Preserve Evidence Leads to Remedial Evidentiary Ruling By David Cohen Preserving data that is relevant and proportional in litigation is imperative to reduce the risk of spoliation sanctions. In Europe v....
Jun 01, 2022 Rule 37(e) in Action: Reducing Sanctions Risks for Unintentional Loss of ESI By David Cohen Prior to the 2015 amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, parties in litigation sometimes faced exposure to sanctions for loss...
Feb 04, 2022 Legal Holds Revisited By David Cohen Most companies now have adopted some form of “best practices” to properly handle legal holds. Have you refreshed your legal hold policies...
Feb 02, 2022 Another Case of a Plaintiff Fabricating Evidence? By David Cohen Unfortunately, we periodically see cases of litigation parties fabricating evidence. Fortunately, forensic analysis can frequently unmask...