John Facciola was one of the first e-discovery expert judges to consider the adequacy of a producing parties keyword search efforts in United States v. O’Keefe, 537 F. Supp. 2d 14 (D.D.C. 2008). He first observed that keyword search and Read More …
Tag: computer assisted review
Disproportionate Keyword Search Demands Defeated by Metric Evidence of Burden
The defendant in a complex commercial dispute demanded that plaintiff search its ESI for all files that had the names of four construction projects. Am. Mun. Power, Inc. v. Voith Hydro, Inc. (S.D. Ohio, 6/4/18) (copy of full opinion below). Read More …
Document Review and Proportionality – Part Two
This is a continuation of a blog that I started last week. Suggest you read Part One before this. Simplified Six Step Review Plan for Small and Medium Sized Cases or Otherwise Where Predictive Coding is Not Used Here is Read More …
Judge Facciola’s Successor, Judge Michael Harvey, Provides Excellent Proportionality Analysis in an Order to Compel
U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey is the court successor to the position held by e-discovery famous Magistrate Judge John Facciola (shown here). Judge Harvey’s latest Order on e-Discovery is his best so far. Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC v. Read More …
TAR Course Expands Again: Standardized Best Practice for Technology Assisted Review
The TAR Course has a new class, the Seventeenth Class: Another “Player’s View” of the Workflow. Several other parts of the Course have been updated and edited. It now has Eighteen Classes (listed at end). The TAR Course is free Read More …