Tag Archives: discovery documents

Making a record: important warning about e-mails

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Naomi

Just read this excerpt in the January 26, 2015 New Yorker, by the exemplary Jill Lepore (the article is called “The Cobweb: Can the internet be archived?”) It amplifies things I’ve said about retaining e-mails (and this one, about smoking … Continue reading →

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Discovery: Oops — attorney sanctioned for deleting email evidence

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Naomi

Got this from the New York Law Journal, which rarely lets a non-subscriber “grab” any links. This is about a lawyer who destroyed email evidence, i.e., discoverable documents, and the judge got mad: Attorney Sanctioned for Deleting Email Evidence | … Continue reading →

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Discovery, divorces and fiction about the filthy rich

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Naomi

The Divorce Papers, by Susan Rieger (Crown). In this comedy of manners, Sophie Diehl, a criminal-law associate, is pressured to take on a divorce case after she unwittingly impresses the wealthy and influential Maria Durkheim, whose sixteen-year-marriage is ending. Diehl … Continue reading →

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