Zapproved Is No. 289 on the 2014 Inc. 500 List of Fastest-Growing U.S....
Inc. magazine ranked Zapproved No. 289 on its 33rd annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Zapproved also ranked No. 24 in the category of fastest...
View ArticleInfographic: 2014 Legal Hold Benchmark Survey Key Preservation Indicators
The Legal Hold and Data Preservation Survey measures what the prevailing attitudes of participants were at the time of the survey. The survey was conducted from May 5, 2014 to June 30, 2014 using an...
View ArticleDismissal Is the Appropriate Sanction in Light of Party’s “Considerable...
Solara Ventures IV, LLC v. PNC Bank, No. 1212 WDA 2013 (Pa. Super. Ct. Aug. 7, 2014) In this appeal involving the breach of a real estate financing contract, the appellate court affirmed the trial...
View ArticleCity’s Faulty Preservation Practices Lead to Sanctions
Vincente v. City of Prescott, No. CV-11-08204-PCT-DGC., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109790, (D. Ariz. Aug. 8, 2014) In this employment-related dispute involving allegations of defamation and violations of...
View ArticleFifth Circuit Decision Creates Catch-22 for Organizations Issuing Legal Holds...
Halliburton, Inc. v. Admin. Review Bd., No. 13-60323, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 21743 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 2014) (per curiam). In this case, the plaintiff, Anthony Menendez, alleged retaliation under the...
View ArticleCourt Sanctions Party and Its Counsel for “Troubling” Delay in Issuing a...
Alter v. Rocky Point Sch. Dist., No. 13-1100 (JS) (AKT), 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141020 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2014). In this workplace discrimination lawsuit, the plaintiff filed two motions to compel...
View ArticleSpecial Master Finds Discovery Misconduct Made a “Mockery of the Orderly...
Small v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev., No.: 2:13-cv-00298-APG-PAL, 2014 WL 4079507 (D. Nev. Aug. 18, 2014). In this class action alleging wage and hour law violations, the defendant’s discovery troubles...
View ArticleTwo Million Reasons Why Counsel Should Monitor Their Clients’ Preservation...
In re Certain Opaque Polymers, Inv. No. 337-TA-883 (Oct. 20, 2014). In a scathing 119-page opinion, Thomas B. Pender, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the U.S. International Trade Commission,...
View ArticleWhere There’s Spoliation Smoke, There’s Not Always Fire
Mead v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Conn., Inc., No. 14-2695, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167912 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 4, 2014) In this case arising from an insurance company’s denial of coverage for fire damage to...
View ArticlePlaintiffs’ Failure to Preserve Key Players’ E-Mails Leads to Two Adverse...
AJ Holdings Grp. LLC v. IP Holdings, LLC, No. 600530/2009 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 19, 2014). In this case involving the breach of a licensing agreement, the defendants sought spoliation sanctions...
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