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Federal Court Approves The Use Of “Predictive Coding” Technology-Assisted Document Review
2012 continues to deliver seminal decisions from New York courts on issues of first impression relating to electronic discovery. The latest landmark decision is from Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, _ F. Supp. 2d _, No. 11-civ-...
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Arbitration Law – One Issue Settled, Another Issue Still Percolating
Editor: Mr. Oberman, will you give our readers some idea of your professional background? Oberman: I have been at Kramer Levin since September 1973, where I am now a litigation partner and head of our ADR Practice Group. Previously, I clerked for Judge Milton Pollack in the Southern District of...
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Expertise Needed In Dealing With A Complex Distressed Healthcare Bankruptcy
Editor: Please tell us about your practice. Rogoff: Kramer Levin is an AmLaw 100 law firm with more than 375 attorneys in 20-plus practice areas, and with offices in New York, Silicon Valley and Paris. As a partner in the Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department, I specialize...
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The SEC Wants To Be Your Valentine
On February 14, 2012, Valentine’s Day, certain public and private companies will be required to file newly created Form ABS-15G with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This new SEC filing requirement is mandated by Rule 15Ga-1 to the Securities Exchange Act of...
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New Federal Circuit Model Order Significantly Limits E-Discovery In Patent Cases
At a recent Eastern District of Texas Judicial Conference, Chief Judge Randall Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit unveiled a Model Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent Cases (the "Model Order"). The Model Order, the culmination of efforts by a subcommittee of...
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Social Networking Content: The Growing Challenge Of Authenticating Electronically Stored Information
Introduction: Discoverability As A Starting Point As social networking sites (“SNS”) – such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter – become more popular, courts increasingly are faced with challenges concerning both the discoverability of electronically stored...
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America Invents Major Revisions To U.S. Patent Law
While there have been various changes to U.S. patent law in the years since the last significant revamping of the U.S. patent system in 1952, not any have been as sweeping in scope as the changes that recently became law through the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249). With campaign-style...
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