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The Era of Mega-Case Litigation
The growth of electronic documents is astounding. According to an estimate by The Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association in “Titanic 2020 ' A Call to Action”, the total number of electronic records in the world could double every minute in the next 10 years (Lysakowski & Leibowitz, 2000, pg. 6). According to Gretel Johnson of www.infoworld.com in “You've Got Mail: 60 Billion a Day by 2006,” information technology and telecommunications advisory firm IDC estimates that 31 billion person-to-person e-mails were sent each day in 2002, and that number is expected to increase to 60 billion per day by 2006 (Sept. 26, 2002).
The era of mega-case litigation has arrived. In the last 2 years, mega-cases ' those with more than 500,000 pages for review ' have become commonplace according to leading law firms and litigation support vendors. Indeed, in high profile cases today, document collections can easily run over 50 million pages ' roughly a terabyte of data, or the equivalent of about 20,000 Banker boxes. The rapid growth of electronic documents presents significant challenges for corporations and law firms involved in litigation. Dealing with the challenges of document reviews across multiple, related cases is also becoming increasingly important for many corporations.
At the same time, the digital age has delivered a host of new tools for plaintiff lawyers that make it easier to identify documents produced in prior cases. As a result, monitoring document production histories both within a case as well as between cases has become increasingly important for corporations and outside counsel to avoid production mistakes.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?
The Benefits of Blockchain for e-Discovery and Data Preservation
As businesses across various industries increasingly adopt blockchain, it will become a critical source of discoverable electronically stored information. The potential benefits of blockchain for e-discovery and data preservation are substantial, making it an area of growing interest and importance.