Authored By: Catherine Kiernan

Employee/Employer Implicated: Executives, In-House counsel, document custodians, all levels of employees

e-Lesson Learned: Electronic communications between employees that make a mockery of company policies and practices exposed through even the preliminary phases of e-discovery can quickly erode the legitimacy of a company and expose it to serious litigation.

Tweet This: Intra-Office E-mails: What used to be unreported office gossip now potentially exposes companies to liability

Serious problems can arise when what used to be office gossip around the water cooler instead manifests in discoverable intra office e-mails.

Tweet This: Conference Recap - "Hot Topics in eDiscovery"

Attendees of "Hot Topics in E-Discovery," an advanced E-Discovery conference hosted by Suffolk University Law School, gained invaluable insight on Friday, as a panel of four National E-Discovery attorneys and two Massachusetts judges addressed a wide range of issues relating to technology and the law. The format was lively and engaging, and included a Mock Rule 26 role playing exercise, reviews of recent social media and preservation case law, and several opportunities for the panelists to field questions from the audience.