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James Crane - Senior E-Discovery CounselJames 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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"Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind." - Sir Francis Bacon

Tag >> Evidence

Aug 14

In Case You Missed It: LotusNotes and Accessibility

Published in LitigationIn Case You Missed itFRCPEvidenceCase Law UpdateAccessibility 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

Jun 27

Five Reasons Companies Should NOT Conduct Their Own Forensic Investigations

Published in SpoliationOutsourcingLitigationEvidenceEDiscoveryCorporate CounselBest Practices by James Crane | Comment (0)

 

Corporate counsel is always dealing with the challenges of controlling costs and providing their corporate client with the most defensible position.  One question that always comes up is "why shouldn't we just collect our own data?"  It's a good question.  Many corporations have an IT department staffed with talented and available personnel. 

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May 28

New Study Shows Outbound Emails Continue to Concern Corporations

Published in Litigation ReadinessEvidenceEDiscovery by James Crane | Comment (0)

Proofpoint has released results from a March 2008 survey of 301 US companies with more than 20,000 employees regarding email and data loss. The highlights from the responses include:

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