As inside counsel are often painfully aware, the escalating costs of electronic discovery has to be a major factor in formulating a litiga- tion strategy. Unfortunately, they must contend with the fact that state and federal courts are far from uniform in the way they assess and allocate the costs of electronic discovery after a party prevails...
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In today’s world companies are looking for ways to control costs and reduce risk. As often as not, computer technology is identified as one of the prime candidates for addressing both. Whether it’s better access to information, archiving data subject to regulatory obligations, or improving efficiencies through computer enabled business process...
Financier Worldwide moderates a discussion on e-discovery in corporate disputes and investigations between Neal Lawson at iDiscovery Solutions Inc., David L. Stanton at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and Kambiz Larizadeh at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP.
iDiscovery Solutions (iDS) was called upon to help a pharmaceutical client investigate the suspected theft of intellectual property after several employees left to start a competing business. In addition to providing analysis of digital data, iDS was called upon to provide someone from their team to serve as an expert witness to help translate...
Recently, a law firm hired iDiscovery Solutions (iDS) on behalf of an electronic component manufacturer. The manufacturer had been accused of hiring an employee who had allegedly stolen trade secrets when they departed their last employer, a competitor of the manufacturer. The experts at iDS were retained to perform a comprehensive IT...