Category Archives: Courts

At what price is ‘Access To Justice’?

At what price is ‘Access To Justice’?  Taming e-disclosure via costs management by the court?
When parties are in disputes, do they think about the costs of getting their differences resolve? If they do they will think twice before going to court and/or litigate. Thinking about the costs associated with civil litigation is further aggravated with […]

Viacom v. YouTube - ESI re-definition ?

A mix bag of copyrights, privacy, databases, ediscovery and the judge being accused of “lack of tech cluefulness,”
read on…Viacom v youTube

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US cases & CREDO

In looking for articles on the Qualcomm v. Broadcom, 2008 WL 66932 (S.D.Cal. Jan. 7, 2008) and the Columbia Pictures v. Bunnell, No. 2:06-cv-01093 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2007) cases, I came across CREDO - Case Review and Enforcement of Discovery Obligations programme.
I do not know what CREDO programme entails and wondered if there is […]

where disclosure of document is not a breach of confidentiality

My lawyer friend, John (thanks!) e-mailed me a piece of news posted at thelawyer.com site
Not related to electronic disclosure (from the news report) but still worth noting.
Confidentiality in arbitration not to be taken for granted. According to the Court of Appeal, ‘any future disputes on the disclosure of documents should be resolved by agreement’.

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Zubulake v. UBS Warburg (2003)

The landmark case of Zubulake v UBS Warburg. Zubulake which highlights the issues with electronic discovery.
Articles and links available on the site krollontrack

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