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BioBlurb E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Case Digest A spoliation triple header this issue. First up is a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York involving expensive (read, in the millions) art work, allegations of breach of contract, promissory estoppel and, a motion for sanctions for failure to search for and preserve ESI. The second decision provides an analysis of spoliation standards in the Sixth Circuit and as applied in the federal courts in the Eastern District of Michigan. The third decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia involves the imposition of an adverse inference for spoliation, as well as the imposition of an adverse inference in a civil case where a witness invokes his rights against self incrimination, both under Eleventh Circuit doctrinal authority. Free CLE with Ethics Credit Globalization and International Standards Global markets would inevitably need international standards, or so it was thought. The reality has, however, proved far more complex. These developments have significant implications for drafting contracts (both within a single country and transnationally), complying with regulations, and advocating regulatory policies. Titanic Multinational Privacy Mistakes No one is unsinkable when it comes to privacy/data protection compliance, particularly when it concerns personal data that travels from the EU to the United States. Every company, large or small, will face data protection issues because every company has personal data (regarding customers, employees, etc.) that is regulated in some way in virtually all of the major commercial centers of the world. Ruth Hill Bro Please click here to complete the on-line form to inform Section members about a change of employer, position or office. ABA's Brief Urges to Exclude Lawyers From ‘Debt Relief Agency'
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