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Over 1,000 Cases Now Included in K&L Gates' E-Discovery Case Database
Electronic Discovery Law, 07/03/08
We are pleased to announce that our searchable case database now contains over 1,000 e-discovery cases from state and federal jurisdictions, with new cases being added every week. Now more than ever, our database is an excellent source of information on developing e-discovery case law around the country.

Remove Hidden Metadata from Word Documents
TechnoEsq, 07/02/08
Unfortunately, metadata has curtailed one of the courtesies attorneys in litigation formerly exhibited through providing discovery requests in an electronic format so that opposing counsel didn’t have to have his assistant re-type your requests when answering discovery.

Is E-Mail Evidence Less Persuasive?
EDD Update, 06/20/08
I suppose it says something about your status in life if you are pleased or appalled to see Wall Street titans with eight-figure incomes taken away in handcuffs and booked. It's a bit like the lawyers in Qualcomm v Broadcom: we can identify with them until the lying starts, and then we no longer see ourselves in their moccasins.
Telephones and Answering Machines
  • Nokia answers convergence call with Nokia 6301 UMA phone (September 20, 2007) Nokia With a sleek stainless steel design, the Nokia 6301 phone launched today is not only stylish, but offers consumers seamless voice and data mobility across GSM cellular and WLAN networks via Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology. The Nokia 6301 phone uses UMA technology to integrate the benefits of landline and a mobile phone, including seamless indoor coverage, sound quality and affordability.
  • Eighth Circuit Upholds FCC Decision Preempting State Regulation of VoIP (March 22, 2007)

    Kevin Fayle of FindLaw

    The Eighth Circuit just dealt a serious blow to state utility regulators' attempts to regulate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers. In a dispute that originally arose between the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Vonage after Vonage failed to obtain a permit for its VoIP service, the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed an FCC decision that federal law can preempt state VoIP regulations because it is impossible to separate the service's interstate and intrastate components.
  • Microsoft Unveils Small-Business Phone System Software Designed for Ease of Use (March 19, 2007) Microsoft "Today at the second annual Microsoft Small Business Summit, Microsoft Corp. unveiled a small-business Internet protocol (IP) phone system, code-named ""Response Point,"" designed for ease of use and manageability. The new system comes in an easy-to-install box, supports both voice over IP (VoIP) and traditional phone lines, and includes a voice-activated user interface."
  • Boardroom Hijinks May Lead to Serious Liability (September 14, 2006)

    Anita Ramasastry of FindLaw

    "Two days ago, on September 12, Hewlett-Packard's (""HP"") non-executive Chair, Patricia Dunn, resigned -- amid news stories claiming she used subterfuge to gain access to the phone records of board members and journalists, in an effort to root out a suspected boardroom snitch."
  • High-Tech Company Uses Low-Tech Spy Technique (September 12, 2006)

    Kevin Fayle of FindLaw

    "Anyone interested in technology and the law has probably already heard about HP's spying scandal involving the use of ""pretexting"" to get information about members of HP's Board of Directors. Pretexting (also known as ""social engineering"") is a simple, low-tech, and frighteningly common way that data miners and private investigators can gain access to an individual's personal information."
  • 7th Circuit OKs Law Barring Charities' Use of Telemarketers (August 25, 2006)

    Linda Coady, Esq. of Andrews Publications

    "The 7th Circuit has ruled that Indiana's Telephone Privacy Act, which prohibits charities from using professional telemarketers for fund raising, does not violate the First Amendment because the law furthers the state's legitimate interest in protecting residential privacy."
  • Wiretap Fallout: Suits Against Telecoms Gain New Life in California (August 15, 2006)

    Kevin Fayle of FindLaw

    After receiving mixed results in July, plaintiffs alleging that AT&T and other telecommunications companies violated their rights by helping the National Security Agency (NSA) monitor their phone calls recently got some good news in the form of a consolidation order from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
  • Premiere Global Services and Adobe Sign Reseller Agreement (June 21, 2006)

    Premiere Global Services of Premiere Global Services

    Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI), a global outsource provider of business process solutions, today announced a new North American reseller agreement with Adobe Systems Incorporated that integrates Premiere Global¿s industry leading audio conferencing services with the Web conferencing capabilities of Macromedia® Breeze from Adobe®.
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