Weekly Top Story Digest – July 28, 2010

Provided for your review/use is this week’s snapshot update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News
Context for Applying Discovery

1. A Spectre of Future Discovery Conundrums – http://tinyurl.com/27ucdrn
2. Court Affirms Dismissal As Sanction For “Egregiously Improper And Abusive” Discovery Misconduct – http://tinyurl.com/2b2y7l6
3. Court May Block Executive’s Start Date at Competitor (Computer Forensics) – http://tinyurl.com/267424p
4. Court Orders Retention of 3rd Party Vendor to Assist w/Document Review & Production, Appoints Special Master for Future Disputes – http://tinyurl.com/2be42po
5. Cybercrime Costing Business $3.8 Million Annually – http://tinyurl.com/2bkd3yw
6. eDiscovery: Friction Between Legal and IT Groups Jeopordize Response - http://tinyurl.com/2334vgn
7. Digital Detectives: Current Issues in Computer Forensics – http://tinyurl.com/29yao8s
8. European Commission Receives Report on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies – http://bit.ly/91oMBH
9. FDA Inspections to Focus on Electronic Record Criteria – http://bit.ly/9dSlGI
10. Fishing Expeditions in Cell Phone & Hard Drive Collection – http://tinyurl.com/32g4zcr
11. Four Keys for Getting Employees to Change Their Document Retention Habits - http://tinyurl.com/24n9uvf
12. How Facebook Can Make or Break Your Case – http://tinyurl.com/27lkkjp
13. In Antitrust Blitz, FTC Targets Consummated Mergers – http://tinyurl.com/2f3tpmz
14. Is Privacy the KEY Information Governance component? http://bit.ly/cuD20O
15. LPO as a Driver of Law Firm Innovation – http://tinyurl.com/25bz77x
16. Managing the Lines of Client Communication During an Outsourcing - http://tinyurl.com/2u8kbud
17. “Permanence” of Social Media an Excuse for Refusal to Adopt? http://bit.ly/d7khlT
18. Piloting E-Discovery Rules in the 7th Circuit -http://tinyurl.com/28kdnzu
19. Recent Decision Discusses Accessing Someone Else’s Email – http://tinyurl.com/2fjhdvh
20. Records Management and Early Case Assessment (ECA) – http://tinyurl.com/2bzps9l
21. Tech Savvy Judges and the Challenge of Jurors Conducting Online Research - http://tinyurl.com/24vqmsy
22. The Legal Issues Around Cloud Computing – http://tinyurl.com/2c8obl4
23. Survival in a FinReg World - http://tinyurl.com/2agxuyn
24. TREC 2009  Legal Track Sheds Light on Search Efficacy in Electronic Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/2fbazk6
25. Using Information from Income Tax Returns as an Investigative Tool in Forensic Accounting – http://tinyurl.com/286dfzk

Content for Understanding Technology

• A Shortcut to Infection – http://tinyurl.com/2czmarn
• BlackBerrys Pose ‘Security Risk’ say UAE Authorities – http://tinyurl.com/2vfbvvp
• Cisco Warns Against Farmville Security Threats – http://tinyurl.com/23no8ly
• EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers - http://tinyurl.com/29q3dfe
• Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare – http://tinyurl.com/26zzzum
• Google Misses Deadline for L.A. City E-mail System – http://tinyurl.com/28s49al
• IDC: SaaS Momentum Skyrocketing - http://tinyurl.com/26hc5x8
• Infographic Numbers Demonstrate Need for Instant Message Archiving – http://hub.am/b5uZrB
• Software Delivery Quickly Transitioning To Software-as-a-Service: Report - http://tinyurl.com/2g2orgr
• Strike the Right Email Tone With ‘ToneCheck’http://tinyurl.com/24z4e44
• Radicati Group: Email Archiving Market to Grow to $6.1 billion by 2013 - http://tinyurl.com/24w6fbc
• Will Office 2010 “Make it Great” or Crash and Burn at Your Firm? http://tinyurl.com/2ahlbrq

Vendor Views
Industry Landscape

• AccessData Corporation and CT Summation Merger Closes – http://tinyurl.com/255pvyd
• CSC Releases New Cloud Solution – http://tinyurl.com/266ulqn
• Epiq Systems Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results Led by 38% Growth in Operating Revenue for eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/267ol9d
• EMC Seeking Acquisitions with $10.8 Billion Cash – http://tinyurl.com/2eyxys4
• Falcon Discovery Opens Discovery and Technology Management Facilities in Denver – http://tinyurl.com/243hf72
• Geminare Cloud Backup Adds Indexing, Auditing, Discovery – http://tinyurl.com/2fm6ofu
• IBM Merges Hardware, Software Units – http://tinyurl.com/2d9zthq
• Kroll Ontrack Inview Has GUI Workflow Designer – http://tinyurl.com/2cz3b9r
• Legal Industry Veteran Norm Mullock Joins IntApp as Vice President, Product Marketing – http://bit.ly/a0Zmz5
• Musings on Possible Autonomy OpenText Acquisition – http://tinyurl.com/2fw8bex
• New Enterprise Strategy Group Whitepaper Spotlights How StoredIQ Accelerates eDiscovery for the Enterprise – http://tinyurl.com/38jduho
• Open Text Boosts Social Experiences with Latest Release of Web Site Management Solution - http://tinyurl.com/2a6y7qu
• Ringtail Analytics – Moving Upstream in More Than One Way - http://tinyurl.com/2d43ot7
• Smarsh Provides Resources to Guide Organizations Through Social Media Compliance - http://tinyurl.com/3yr3ebn
• The 451 Group Issues New Market Insight Report on iCONECT Development LLC - http://tinyurl.com/22snonc
• X1 Professional Client, Version 6.7 – Computerworld – eDiscovery Search - http://tinyurl.com/23xxy84
• Xerox Q2 Net Income Increases - http://tinyurl.com/2g8emyj

Case Summaries
eDiscovery Case Law via DiscoverApplied (@discoverapplied)

• Whiteway v. Fedex Kinkos Office & Print, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56124 (N.D. Cal. May 17, 2010).  http://tinyurl.com/2ftv96m
• Moore v. Napolitano, “Moore II”, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70892 (D.D.C. July 15, 2010). http://tinyurl.com/23jch6n

eDiscovery Events

July Event Update

• Black Hat USA 2010 July 23-29, 2010 Las Vegas, NV Click here for more information.

August Event Update

• CBA Canadian Legal Conference & Expo August 15-17, 2010 Niagara, Ontario Click here for more information.
• ILTA 2010 August 22-26, 2010 Las Vegas, NV Click here for more information.

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