Though the meteoric rise of eDiscovery is essentially a US phenomenon, how countries around the world are dealing with the issues presented by rapidly developing technology is about as fascinating as you can get. Conversations about cross-border data transfer end up becoming a boiling mix of history, culture, law, technology, language, human rights…the list continues. In this section, we are going to do more than just sightsee, we are going to foster a global dialogue characterized by shared interests, mutual respect, and reciprocal curiosity. We will speak with legal authorities from around the globe, travel through different legal frameworks, bear witness to new laws, take a few field trips, and try to answer the riddle of complying with oft-conflicting legal obligations.
Barrister Gordon Exall is once again my source for a judgment about disclosure in the High Court of England and Wales. The case is Ayannuga & Ors v One Shot Products Ltd and the judgment was delivered on 1 November … Continue reading →
I wrote last week about an ACEDS webinar on 15 November called Navigating the turbulence caused by the Disclosure Pilot. I can now supplement that with a link to the amendments themselves: the 136th Update – Practice Direction Amendments are R…
Relativity Fest always generates a mass of material, from company and product announcements to sessions on law and legal practice. I can’t write about it all, and you wouldn’t thank me if I did. If I focus now on the … Continue readin…
The memories of discovery people have been stirred by mention of the Hague Convention in the context of the purported service of civil proceedings on Prince Andrew. This deliberately non-technical article (as in service is off my usual patch) does R…
In a recent post, I linked to an update on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website about changes to the Disclosure Pilot Scheme. Now Simmons & Simmons (whose disputes partner Ed Crosse is a member of the disclosure working group) has … Con…
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website has published an Update on the operation of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme. Proposed changes reflect an “excellent response” to an invitation for comment, and the result is revised versions of Practic…
I am sorry, for more than one reason, to have to come back to Her Majesty’s Government as a source of discovery / disclosure stories, but they keep serving up incidents which are relevant to wider corporate disclosure. This time, … Continue…
I wrote recently about an unfortunate “IT glitch” which wiped text messages passing between a senior police officer and the Home Secretary, Priti Patel. It was difficult to cover this story – I did not particularly want to call the &#…
In Part 2 of Double Dutch with Jonathan Armstrong, we unpack some survival tips from the Dutch AP’s enforcement action …
In Part 1 of Double Dutch with Jonathan Armstrong, we unpack some survival tips from the Dutch AP’s enforcement action …
Last week NOYB issued more that 500 complaints under the GDPR to companies engaging in their self-described reign of “cookie…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GDPR!! Today the GDPR turns THREE YEARS OLD! They grow up so fast, don’t they? In honor of …
