Crane on Law by James Crane

"Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind." - Sir Francis Bacon

Review

Apr 07

3 Ways Corporations Can Avoid “Business Role” Privilege Waiver

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Privilege review is one of the most costly and complicated parts of defending a large-scale action, for a variety of reasons. Given a population of potentially privileged documents, attorneys will often have a reasonable difference of opinion regarding the privileged nature of particular documents. Ddeciphering between the business and legal roles of corporate employees is challenging. Here are 3 actions a company can take to establish, maintain, or preserve privilege in documents it intends to protect:

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Mar 27

How to Search Your Documents

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One of the most important considerations in executing a large-scale action is how to organize the data population prior to review. If the discovery team is using the proper technological tools, you can successfully limit the review of unnecessary material and bring the most relevant documents forward by using filtering.

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Mar 21

Henry Case Shows That It is Hard to Resolve Discovery Disagreements

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Last month, the District Court of the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Michigan issued an opinion and order regarding some interesting discovery issues in an overtime collection action in Henry v. Quicken Loans, Inc. (2008 WL 474127). The 422 Henry plaintiffs worked as loan consultants for the defendant. Plaintiffs requested all emails from all the plaintiffs and their 32 team leaders that were generated during a three month period.

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