Legal Research

Blawg of the Day -- e-discovery 2.0
I am heading to San Antonio today to take part in the TechLawSA conference, so I figured I'd feature an e-discovery blog today. e-discovery 2.0 is published by the folks at Clearwell Systems, an e-discovery provider...

Rees Morrisons Morsels #64 Additions to earlier posts
A partner in a law department who consults on e-discovery. Ralph C. Losey, Co-Chair, e-Discovery Group, at Akerman Senterfitt, wrote to me about his involvement in e-discovery. He handles e-discovery issues in litigation too, but prefers the services he provides...

California Discovery Motions -- This Just In: Judges and Attorneys Have to Follow the Law
As I've shown in my White Paper on discovery, California has a remarkably lengthy and convoluted set of discovery procedures, which differ substantially from the Federal Rules. Our discovery act addresses in a ponderous set of about 192 statutory sections...

RAND on Electronic Discovery
RAND's Institute for Civil Justice has released a report on electronic discovery: James M. Dertouzos et al., The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery (2008). Here's a description: Pretrial discovery ? the exchange of relevant information between litigants ?...

Sedona Canada E-discovery Principles Posted
An announcement that’s appropriate, given that this weeks Column is on e-discovery: The Sedona Canada E-discovery Principles [PDF] in English are now up on the Canadian E-discovery Portal, which is hosted by Lexum...

Moss on Electronic Discovery: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
Scott Moss (Colorado) has just posted an economic analysis on electronic discovery on SSRN entitled: "Litigation Discovery Cannot be Optimal but Could be Better: The Economics of Improving Discovery Timing in the Digital Age...