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Privilege Log
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The Relativity Blog
7 Steps to Your Best Privilege Log Ever
By Relativity
Accurate and cost-effective privilege logs can be achieved with the right workflows. Follow these seven steps to build your best privilege log ever.
Resolving Discovery Disputes
Aren’t I Entitled to a Privilege Log?
In this blog I have asked that lawyers write in if there was a topic they would like me to address. I have received many requests over the years…
Legal Profession Blog
“A Complete Disdain” Gets Attorney Suspended
The Montana Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for not less than seven months as a result of a contemptThe complaint arises from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's (ODC) investigation of…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court Imposes Penalties for Failure to Fulfill Discovery Obligations
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently issued a decision that should be required reading for any lawyer that practices before it, whether they be Delaware counsel or non-Delaware counsel admitted…
Minding Your Business
Fifth Circuit Confirms that Documents Listed on a Privilege Log Are Not Per-Se Privileged
By Kevin Chung
If one party in a lawsuit merely identifies documents on a privilege log without detail, does the other party bear the burden of showing that the withheld materials were not…
Minding Your Business
Key Lessons From the Recent Precedential Order by Federal Circuit – Jurisdiction, Mandamus, and Privilege
By Rina Kim
On November 17, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit published a precedential order denying a petition for a writ of mandamus to overturn a district…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Deficient Privilege Logs Lead to Waiver of Privilege
Why this case is noteworthy: The Court of Chancery provides a must-read primer on privilege and redaction logs - - and penalties for non-compliance - - in a decision on a motion to…
Delaware Chancery Law Blog
Chancery Court Issues Sanctions for Deficient Privilege Log
In the decision of Mechel Bluestone v. James C. Justice Cos., C.A. No. 9218-VCL (Del. Ch. Dec. 12, 2014), the Court of Chancery adjudicated a motion to compel and a…
Constructlaw®
New York Commercial Division Enacts New Rule to Promote More Efficient Privilege Logging
By Joseph T. Imperiale, Kristopher Berr
When responding to document requests or a subpoena duces tecum, litigants in New York traditionally have been faced with the onerous privilege log requirements set forth in Section 3122 of…
New York Commercial Division Round-Up Blog
New Commercial Division Rule Seeks to Streamline Privilege Log Requirements for Litigants
By Lindsay Colvin Stone, Sarah Aberg
Effective September 2, 2014, the New York Supreme Court implemented a major change to the Commercial Division rules governing privilege logs submitted during the course of litigation. (See New York…