Is Metadata Important in eDiscovery? You be the Judge….
Many of us involved in eDiscovery take for granted the belief that metadata is an important part of eDiscovery and should always be collected. However, there is still a lot of push-back from attorneys who think it is a waste of time and effort, mostly because they don’t understand how it can […]
Flexible and Customizable Document Grids Improve eDiscovery Productivity
Part 1 of our series on Document Display flexibility focused on the advantages of being able to quickly change the basic settings so that the document grid would display the columns of information that would be helpful in your current task. (Part 1). Part 2 focuses on the features of sorting and filtering within a […]
An eDiscovery Best Practices Lesson: Specify Desired Data Format in the First Request for Production
The plaintiff sent discovery requests in Allison v. Clos-ette Too, LLC, No: 14 CV 1618 (LAK)(JCF) (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2015) without specifying the preferred document format. The problem was further exacerbated by the fact that no objection was raised at any point in the rolling production to the delivery of non-native format data. After Defendant’s […]
Metadata is Important – It Should be Part of Every eDiscovery Data Request
For a long time attorneys have been telling those of us in eDiscovery that Metadata is “just not worth the effort, it complicates eDiscovery productions and no one ever uses it”. I think we all understand that Metadata will not always be used in a case and may not be probative, but when you need it, […]
Metadata is Important – Do you Remember David Petraeus?
For a long time attorneys have been telling those of us in eDiscovery that Metadata is “just not worth the effort, it complicates eDiscovery productions and no one ever uses it”. I think we all understand that Metadata will not always be used in a case and may not be probative, but when you need it, […]