Last Friday, Twitter’s battle with the Manhattan District Attorney over a subpoena for an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets came to an anti-climactic end as the New York appeals court dismissed Twitter’s appeal of a Manhattan Criminal Court’s order to produce the tweets as “academic.” Full Story
In the continuing patent infringement saga between Plaintiff Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) and Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively “Samsung”), Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal of the District Court of Northern California ordered third party Google, Inc. (“Google”) to produce a list of the search terms and custodians Full Story
In a recent order in Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., et al., United States Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal reinforced the importance of cooperation and transparency in the discovery process, especially when it involves electronically stored information. Full Story
In this ongoing patent infringement action, a major question has been whether Rambus’s destruction of documents constituted spoliation and, if so, what sanctions should be imposed. Full Story
We lawyers have a tendency to confuse our terminology when discussing technology. This is especially true when discussing the technical aspects of eDiscovery. Full Story
In Aerospatiale v. District Court of Iowa the United States Supreme Court admonished lower courts that international comity compels them to “take care to demonstrate due respect for any special problem confronted by the foreign litigant on account of its nationality or the location of its operations, and for any sovereign interest expressed by a foreign state.” Full Story
Previously, the court ordered the parties to “retain a single discovery vendor to be used by both sides” and to “conduct document review with the assistance of predictive coding.” (See summary, here.) Full Story
There is an epidemic of violent crime when stealing cells and tablets since the manufacturers apparently do little to protect make these devices inoperable if stolen. Full Story
The New Jersey State Bar Association 2013 Annual Meeting and Convention will be held May 15-17, 2013, at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Six Gibbons attorneys will be featured as speakers and moderators at this years convention. Full Story
The battle is underway in Pennsylvania regarding mandatory retirement for Judges. Article V Section 16 of the Pennsylvania constitution requires all Appellate Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justices of the Peace to retire at the age of 70. Full Story
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