Recent General Commercial Litigation Case Studies and Other Resources

Case Study: Preparing for Future Litigation in the Energy Industry

During a period of relative quiet on the litigation front, the legal department of a large utility company decided to conduct a comprehensive review of its internal processes for responding to electronic discovery production requests. The company was considering the purchase of a new content management system and needed a detailed evaluation of that system's functionality for e-discovery purposes. The general counsel was also uncertain about the company's ability to respond effectively to more s

Case Study: Litigation, FRCP and Preparing for the Inevitable

Uncertain about the adequacy and defensibility of its response practices relative to anticipated electronic discovery demands, the legal and records management teams at a publicly-owned manufacturing and chemicals company needed a thorough, objective, company-wide assessment of its data retention policies and its overall capacity for responding to e-discovery requests. Specifically, they were unsure about how the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) would impact the company

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Webcast: e-Discovery Considerations for Corporate Counsel

Electronic discovery presents a unique set of issues for corporate counsel. Mary Mack and Carole Basri, who co-edited and contributed to eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel — to be published by Thomson Reuters and officially launched on the day of this webcast — will discuss some of the key ideas generated by the 50 contributing authors and judges.

Webcast: Part 2: Developing e-Discovery Response Plans for litigation in the Financial Services Industry

Part 2 of 8: Financial Crisis, Litigation and Electronic Discovery complete webcast series.

The subprime mortgage crisis has already surpassed the S&L crisis of the 1990s in terms of the number of cases filed. Affected organizations may reduce risk and improve the efficiency of their discovery efforts by ensuring that consistent and repeatable processes to manage discovery demands are in place. A Discovery Response Plan helps achieve this goal by providing leg

Article: Are You Ready for E-Discovery Resulting From Subprime Litigation?

The subprime mortgage crisis has evolved into a global financial crisis. All those affected — homeowners, regulators, politicians and investors — are clamoring for someone to blame. Investigations have begun, and class-action lawsuits are being filed. When a lawsuit is filed and the call comes for e-discovery, those who have not proactively mapped, organized and studied their electronic content universe may be caught by surprise. In the current environment surrounding e-discovery, a lack of read

Webcast: Are You Ready for e-Discovery Resulting From Subprime Litigation?

This webcast addresses the e-discovery risks faced by the financial industry as litigation and investigation around subprime transactions unfold, particularly around the smoking guns and large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) that may exist somewhere in the e-universe. Those impacted will need to be prepared to answer questions around who knew what about the risk profile of the transactions, when did they know it, how were they represented, what were the expectations and what d