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Extract Maximum Value from e-Discovery Service Providers

Tom Seymour

The unfortunate reality is that companies regularly involved in litigation can expect to pay service providers (a.k.a., "vendors") a substantial sum of money for e-discovery services. Estimates indicate that companies will spend nearly $10 billion annually on e-discovery in the coming years. Are companies getting their money's worth for these services? What can companies do to extract maximum value from their e-discovery service providers?

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Manatt Blocks Phone Sexting Class Action Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Manatt Blocks Phone Sexting Class Action

Jenna Greene

A team from Manatt, Phelps &amp; Phillips rebuffed a would-be class action by people who got unwanted dirty text messages from a phone sex provider.

Features

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Uber Told to Pay $7.6 Million Fine for Dragging Feet on Data Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Uber Told to Pay $7.6 Million Fine for Dragging Feet on Data

Cheryl Miller

California's utility regulators last month fined Uber Technologies Inc. subsidiary Rasier-CA LLC $7.6 million for failing to submit operations records on time last year.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Spotify Faces Copyright Suit From Recording Industry Insider Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Spotify Faces Copyright Suit From Recording Industry Insider

Vanessa Blum

The lead singer of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven has filed a proposed class action against Spotify that accuses the music streaming service of an 'egregious, continuous and ongoing campaign of deliberate copyright infringement.'

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> The Anti-Social Network Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> The Anti-Social Network

Michael D. Goldhaber

In 2011, a 23-year-old student of data privacy law wondered how private his data was. Max ?Schrems of the University of Vienna asked Facebook for everything they had on him. Schrems sent two emails and got no response. A letter. No response. A phone call. No response. Then, as his lawyer, Wolfram Proksch of PFR in Austria, tells the story, ?Schrems received a mystery package in the mail with the data he had requested, perhaps from a secret privacy sympathizer at Facebook.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cybersecurity Services Lawsuit Introduces New Liability Exposure for IT Firms Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cybersecurity Services Lawsuit Introduces New Liability Exposure for IT Firms

Erin Harrison

A casino operator's recent lawsuit against an IT security firm it hired to investigate a data breach could pave the way for similar lawsuits to be brought by clients dissatisfied with the quality of IT security contractors' work.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Canadian Financial Regulatory Organization Releases Cybersecurity Guides Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Canadian Financial Regulatory Organization Releases Cybersecurity Guides

Zach Warren

Cybersecurity and an increase in data breaches isn't merely a U.S. problem. On Dec. 21, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), a self-regulatory organization that helps oversee the country's trading industry, released two guides to help investment dealers protect themselves and their clients against cyber attack.

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> SEC to Focus on Cybersecurity Compliance in 2016 Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> SEC to Focus on Cybersecurity Compliance in 2016

Marlisse Silver Sweeney

In 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will remain focused on assessing cybersecurity efforts by investment adviseors and broker-dealers.

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Case Notes

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A recent ruling from the United States District Court for the Western District of New York applied New York law in rejecting an insurer's attempt to deny coverage. Here's an analysis of the case.

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Case Notes

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

U.S. Judge Tosses Qui Tam Action Against Lockheed Martin A federal judge has dismissed a qui tam case in which would-be whistleblowers raised allegations that aerospace giant Lockheed Martin billed the government for cost overruns and failed to disclose shoddy work. U.S. District Judge Kim R. Gibson of the Western District of Pennsylvania gave one of the two relators leave to file an amended complaint, leaving the door open for further action in the case. &#133;

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