Monday
06Jul2009

Ex-chancellor Oblinger's e-mails missing

RALEIGH -- Lawyers for North Carolina State University told federal authorities today that they cannot find six months of e-mails from an e-mail account that former Chancellor James Oblinger used for high-priority correspondence.

The missing six months, from January 2005 to June 11, 2005, covers the period when Oblinger helped create a job for former First Lady Mary Easley. Read More>>

Thursday
02Jul2009

California One Signature Away from New E-Discovery Ammendments

Passed the Senate and Assembly, Waiting Governor’s Signature

Important new amendments in California’s AB-5, already passed through Senate and Assembly, make Email Archiving and Instant Message Data Recovery vital to most companies and institutions, by placing much of the onus of recovery on defendants in civil actions. The full senate analysis and documents follow, but some important highlights include:

• Supports previous laws that required production of electronic data, emails, instant messaging and other recoverable data in civil actions, while clarifying obligations for expense of recovery.

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Tuesday
30Jun2009

Courtney Linde (Plaintiffs) v Arab Bank (Defendant)

United States District Court,

E.D. New York.

Courtney LINDE, et al., Plaintiffs,

v.

ARAB BANK, PLC, Defendant.

No. CV-04-2799 (NG)(VVP).

 

May 22, 2009.

 

Mark S. Werbner, Sayles Werbner, Dallas, TX, Peter A. Binkow, Law Offices Of Lionel Z. Glancy, Neal Dublinsky, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Steven M. Steingard, Neil L. Glazer, Stephen H. Schwartz, Kohn, Swift & Graf, PC, Philadelphia, PA, Aaron Schlanger, Gary M. Osen, Ari Ungar, Osen LLC, Oradell, NJ, James P. Bonner, Shalov Stone & Bonner LLP, Andrew David Friedman, Wechsler, Harwood, Halebian & Feffer, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

 

Kevin Walsh, Steven J. Young, Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, New York, NY, Eric L. Lewis, Baach Robinson & Lewis, Washington, DC, Sean Gorman, Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendant.

 

AND ALL RELATED CASESFN1

 

FN1. The following related cases have been consolidated with the instant case for purposes of discovery and other pretrial proceedings: Philip Litle, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-04-5449 (NG)(VVP), Oran Almog, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-04-5564 (NG)(VVP), Robert L. Coulter Sr., et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-05-365 (NG)(VVP), Gila Afriat-Kurtzer, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-05-388 (NG)(VVP), Michael Bennett et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-05-3183 (NG)(VVP), Arnold Roth, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-05-3738 (NG)(VVP), Stewart Weiss, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-06-1623 (NG)(VVP), and Joseph Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, CV-06-3869 (NG)(VVP).

VIKTOR V. POHORELSKY, United States Magistrate Judge.

 

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Tuesday
30Jun2009

Kay Beer Distrib., Inc. v. Energy Brands, Inc., 2009 

United States District Court,

E.D. Wisconsin.

KAY BEER DISTRIBUTING, INC., Plaintiff,

v.

ENERGY BRANDS, INC., Defendant.

No. 07-C-1068.

 

June 10, 2009.

 

DECISION AND ORDER

 

WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH, District Judge.

 

*1 As a result of the Court's decision partially granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment, the only claim remaining in this case is Plaintiff Kay Beer Distributing, Inc.'s, (“Kay Beer”) claim for breach of an

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Tuesday
23Jun2009

Instant Messaging Liability Issue and Compliance

Instant Messaging has exponentially grown as the communications vehicle of choice for business, providing fast access to clients, interactive communication, and low cost. The downsides, of course, are security. While the firewall and security issues remain, another issue is compliance with various communication recording laws. Currently, many jurisdictions require email archiving. Instant Messaging is interpretively included in some of these regulations, with courts yet to make final determinations on the issue. Read More>>