Category Archives: ESI

Recent developments regarding ESI

Metadata May Not Be a Public Record in Maryland

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Michael D. Berman

As of October 1, 2011, Maryland will permit custodians of public records to scrub unprivileged metadata from those records, apparently at the requestor’s cost, before producing those records under the State analog to the Freedom of Information Act.  The statute, … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial Litigation, ESI

Maryland Murder Conviction Reversed Over MySpace Page

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Michael D. Berman

In Griffin v. State, No. 74 (Sept. Term, Apr. 28, 2011), Maryland’s highest court reversed a murder conviction because printed MySpace pages were not properly authenticated. Mr. Griffin was charged with shooting another person.  The State introduced Ms. Barber, his … Continue reading →

Posted in ESI

Computer Usage Policies and the “Reply All” Button

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Michael D. Berman

Businesses manage their information technology assets through computer usage policies. Tonya L. Johnson recently provided an interesting post on the American Bar Association site.  Noting the potential for error when “reply all” is selected inadvertently, she wrote that the market research … Continue reading →

Posted in ESI, Software

iPad App for Depositions

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Michael D. Berman

Joshua Gilliland, author of the Bow Tie blog and Bow Tie Law blog, and president of Majority Opinion, LLC, was kind enough to provide me with a complimentary copy of  his new iPad App, called The Deponent App.  Deponent marries document … Continue reading →

Posted in ESI, Software

Kate Paslin Demonstrates Access Data CaseVantage 6 and Summation iBlaze

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Michael D. Berman

Kate Paslin, Assistant General Counsel of AccessData Corporation, presented and discussed a number of the company’s software products to a University of Baltimore law school ESI seminar.  Kate discussed  CaseVantage 6 with secure sharing over web-based portals and the ability … Continue reading →

Posted in ESI, Software