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James Crane is an attorney, consultant and author with extensive experience in e-discovery management. In his practice, James has defended corporate clients in a variety of complex matters including multi-jurisdictional class actions and internal corporate and government regulatory investigations.
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Description: James Crane is an attorney, consultant and author with extensive experience in e-discovery management. In his practice, James has defended corporate clients in a variety of complex matters including multi-jurisdictional class actions and internal corporate and government regulatory investigations. His areas of experience and emphasis include antitrust, telecommunications, construction, employment, trademark infringement, ERISA, insurance, and securities. Since joining Altep, James has developed strong supporting relationships with our corporate clients, and advises them regarding all aspects of the e-discovery lifecycle, from pre-litigation preparedness to best practices in managing an ongoing electronic discovery protocol. Additionally, James consults with corporate counsel to ensure compliance with amended Federal Rules, and provides educational presentations to large law firms and corporate law departments regarding case law developments, the challenges of managing electronically stored information, and the application of technology to meet litigation needs. His blog, “Crane on Law,” examines e-discovery issues in the news, and provides a contemporary perspective on the realities of information management, corporate policy and proactive litigation strategy. James obtained his doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Alabama School of Law, and additionally holds a B.S. in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is admitted to practice law in the U.S. District Court of Colorado and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. He is a member of the Class Actions & Derivative Suits and Corporate Counsel Committees of the American Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the Denver Metro Volunteer Lawyers. |
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How Do You Decide What is a Vital Record?
Published in Document Retention, Corporate Counsel by James Crane | Comment (0)All organizations need a disaster recovery plan. This plan will need to account for everything from personnel and leadership to equipment and facilities that will need to be put back in place following a disaster. In addition to accounting for these obvious items, an organization will need to ensure that its Vital Records are also secure and able to be recovered.
These days, maintaining multiple
In Case You Missed It: Court Demands Parties Answer Questions About Spoliation
Published in Spoliation, In Case You Missed it, FRCP, EDiscovery, Case Law Update by James Crane | Comment (0)
The Northern District Court of California found a "troubling picture" when trying to understand how documents were possibly destroyed by a third-party defendant Taishan in Dong Ah Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. v. Glasforms, Inc., a breach of contract case.
Even after months of discovery, testimony of Taishan's 30(b)(6) witnesses, and court ordered search and production of documents by Taishan, the
In Case You Missed It: Production in Paper is Not Reasonably Usable Form
Published in In Case You Missed it, FRCP, EDiscovery by James Crane | Comment (0)
So, what happens when a party requests production of relevant electronically stored information, doesn't specify the form of production, and the producing party gives them boxes of paper documents that were converted to PDF and printed out?
The Kansas District Court looked at this issue last month in White v. Graceland Coll. Ctr. for Prof'l. Dev. & Lifelong Learning, Inc., a wrongful termination
In Case You Missed It: Adverse Inference Instruction in CA Dist Ct
Published in In Case You Missed it, Evidence, EDiscovery, Case Law Update by James Crane | Comment (0)In Keithley v. Home Store .com, Inc., a patent infringement case in the Northern District Court of California, the magistrate judge recommended that the District Court give an adverse inference instruction to the jury due to defendants' discovery misconduct described as "among the most egregious" she'd ever seen.
The bad discovery conduct included:
- False or misleading statements to the
Shiny AAPI People...
Published in Untagged by James Crane | Comment (0)Altep is pleased to be sponsoring the AAPI happy hour this Friday at the Grand Hotel in Fairhope, Alabama. AAPI is celebrating their 25th year of leading the way for Alabama paralegals! Oh, to be 25 again...
We're really looking forward to sharing a good time and a beautiful sunset reception with our friends in Alabama.
Don't Miss Us at ILTA Next Week!
Published in Conferences by James Crane | Comment (0)We are sending a big team to the 31st Annual Education Conference of the International Legal Technology Association event at the Gaylord Texan this year. ILTA is a peer networking organization that seeks to maximize the value of technology in support of the legal profession. Sounds a lot like what we seek to do everyday... so we plan to be a part of the show this year!
Hope we see you
In Case You Missed It: LotusNotes and Accessibility
Published in Litigation, In Case You Missed it, FRCP, Evidence, Case Law Update, Accessibility by James Crane | Comment (0)In Parkdale Am., L.L.C. v. Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co. of Am., Inc. (2007 WL 4165247), the Western District Court in North Carolina decided that relevant emails in LotusNotes format should be produced despite Plaintiffs' objections that it would cost $20,000 to convert them to a searchable format.
The Court found that because the emails were from a key custodian, and the amount at stake dwarfed
No More Paper Review!
Published in Untagged by James Crane | Comment (0)
Do you remember your last paper review?
There's no need to conduct any more paper reviews. I only bring this up because twice in the last week, attorneys have told me that they recently had over 10,000 pages of paper "blowback" to be reviewed. Notwithstanding the dangers of paper cuts, and leaving aside society's increasing focus on conservation... doesn't everyone know by now that there is
We Were In Oklahoma City with NALA on July 30 and 31
Published in Conferences by James Crane | Comment (0)Altep is always there to support the legal profession and we were proud to be part of the National Association of Legal Assistants Annual Conference in Oklahoma City.
We had a great time meeting the wonderful professionals of NALA.
Poetic Justice in Action
Published in Litigation, General News, Case Law Update by James Crane | Comment (0)As I've mentioned in previous posts, I always enjoy when a judge provides entertainment in his opinion, either in the way of comedy, emotion, or just plain wit. In a recent case in the U.S. District Court of Washington, Judge Ronald Leighton granted a Motion for a More Definite Statement in a complaint alleging racketeering against GMAC Mortgage.
Judge Leighton was not impressed with the 465
