On September 18, 2014, the Oregon District Court, issued an order in a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint against excessive flood insurance coverage. Among other matters, the order is interesting because it highlights the parties’ use of TAR. In this case, Plaintiff’s counsel reviewed more than 1.1 million documents produced in the case using “search […]
On August 6, 2014, the United States District Court, Southern District of California issued an order in a class action brought for Violation of Federal Securities Laws. Among other matters, the order is interesting because a party compels the use of TAR. The court denied Plaintiffs’ request to require the defendants to use TAR on […]
On July 22, 2014, the Tennessee District Court issued an order in a breach of contract dispute. Among other issues, the order is interesting because the Court permitted Plaintiff to switch to TAR after having previously agreed to use search terms and manual review. Defendant objected that the request was an “unwarranted change in the […]
On June 6, 2014, a Georgia District Court issued an order encouraging the use of TAR. According to the Court, “predictive coding has emerged as a far more accurate means of producing responsive ESI in discovery” and it ordered the parties to consider its use. FDIC v. Bowden,No. 4:13-cv-245, 2014 WL 2548137 (S.D. Ga. June […]
On May 12, 2014, a Pennsylvania District Court issued an order encouraging the use of TAR. The Court referred to the availability of predictive coding as a new search protocol aiding in effective searches of large volumes of documents. In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litig., 300 F.R.D. 228 (E.D. Pa. 2014) is available at http://www.paed.uscourts.gov… […]
The author discusses what is predictive coding and how it differs from other tools that are in the litigators’ technology tool belts. On the one hand the article defines predictive coding while on the other it describes some other TAR tools commonly used in e-discovery, such as keyword search, concept search, discussion threading, clustering, find similar, near duplicate […]
On January 28, 2014, an Illinois Circuit Court issued an order encouraging the use of TAR. The Court stated that the parties are encouraged to satisfy their discovery obligations in an “agreeable, efficient and effective” manner. “If the parties agree that predictive coding would be appropriate in this case, they are encouraged to use that […]
Date of publication not available. Paper presented at The 10th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, Nov. 21-22, 2013 The goal of this paper is to characterize the structural choices of Predictive Coding solutions so as to gain a clearer delineation of the range of systems available in principle and a clearer understanding of the different advantages and […]
From the article: “It is easy to become overwhelmed with information or want to use the newest, best, and greatest technology in the market. However, you must consider that the use of higher-end technologies come at a much higher cost. Consider the following while making your choice: (1) remember that sometimes the most cost-effective and […]
Inadvertent Production of Privileged Information in Discovery in Federal Court: The Need for Well-Drafted Clawback Agreements, 64 S.C. L. REV. 581 (2013), http://www.nathancrystal.com/pdf/ClawbackAgreements.pdf