Portland, Ore., Jan. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PORTLAND, Ore. – Note to in-house legal teams: The federal judiciary wants more involvement when it comes to e-discovery activities. According to the 6th Annual Federal Judges Survey, put together by Exterro, Georgetown Law CLE, and EDRM, in-house legal teams have been shirking their duties with regards to meet-and-confer negotiations and must pay greater attention to new data types, specifically the preservation risks associated with ephemeral apps.
“This report provides valuable information for all attorneys who are experts or novices in cases involving ESI (electronically stored information),” said Hon. Elizabeth Preston Deavers, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
For this 6th Annual Federal Judges Survey, the focus was on 20 judges with extensive e-discovery expertise, uncovering a variety of unique and new observations from the bench, including:
When some of the participating judges were asked what they thought of the survey results, this is what they had to say:
Download the full 2020 Federal Judges Survey Report here.
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