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Discovery Objections Cheat Sheet

Clio

Disclaimer: These discovery objections are designed to provide a helpful starting point and to give you a broad understanding of the types of discovery requests you can object tothe information is not exhaustive and not intended as legal advice. And, of course, not all objections will be accepted.

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Court Chips Away at Privilege Protections for Cyber Forensic Reports

Debevoise Data Blog

14-2522, 2015 WL 6777384 (D. 23, 2015), where the court held an investigative report privileged in part because Target conducted such a two-track investigation. In rejecting that argument, the court distinguished In re Target Corp. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig. ,

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Civil Procedure AND Star Wars?

Joshua Gilliland

23, 2015, No. C14-1443RAJ) 2015 U.S. 2015) (quoting Oxford English Dictionary (3d ed. If it is an attorney-client communication, it has to be a communication from the client to a lawyer seeking legal advice, or a communication from the lawyer to the client giving legal advice. Ironshore Specialty Ins.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

LawSites

This was early 2015, on my commute to Cambridge, Mass., Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain and l were sitting down with Daniel Lewis and Nik Reed , the founders of a legal research startup named Ravel Law, along with lawyers from Harvard’s Office of General Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton and Gundersen Dettmer. I hit the brakes.

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A Closer Look: Three Common Arguments Against Regulatory Reform

Legal Tech Monitor

Examples of new delivery methods include using technology tools to help people complete forms, identify whether they have a legal issue or understand if they qualify for relief, and training people who are not lawyers to offer legal advice in limited areas.

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ABA Opinion Provides Guidance on Proper Client Intake by Nonlawyer Assistants

Legal Tech Monitor

27635, 2014PR174 (November 17, 2015); In re May , M.R. While ABA Opinion 506 is a positive step in recognizing the reality of the business of lawyering, lawyers must continue to provide proper supervision and direction to their employees to ensure that clients are properly informed and that only lawyers provide legal advice.

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Swapping Bots for Lawyers Via App: DoNotPay

Advocate's Studio

The ChatBot – a conversational interface that prompts a user to provide information that can then be leveraged by the AI to provide answers or actions – allowed users to select one of several defenses to the ticket, enter details and send an appeal generated by the app to the appropriate legal authority.

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