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May 4, 2020
ACC Docket Article – Making Proportionality Arguments – May 2020
Prism is proud to have co-authored an article for this May’s edition of the ACC Docket. With the evolution of technology, documents have proliferated, moving from the file cabinet to the clouds. When litigation occurs, searching these vast troves of...
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November 14, 2019
Trends in Proportionality – Guest Blog Post by Josh Gilliland
Lawsuits are about people. Who did what when is the crux of every dispute. Living in an age where people can send email, text, and chat from their phones, there can be a lot of places to look for discoverable...
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August 31, 2019
The New Michigan Court Rules – Accelerating into the Digital Age
Welcome to the 21st Century! For the first time in three decades, the Michigan Supreme Court has issued comprehensive revisions of the state’s discovery rules. One major component of the extensive overhaul involves proportionality. That is, Michigan trial courts can...
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October 13, 2018
Proportionality: Small Case, Big Message
In the area of proportional discovery, the case Small v. University Medical Center (UMC)¹ was the shot heard ‘round the world. The U.S. District Court’s ruling, in no uncertain terms, sent a message to companies facing even the potential of litigation: have a consistent, documented, and defensible preservation...
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October 28, 2017
Take 3: The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
According to the Chinese calendar, 2017 is the year of the rooster, and according to some in the e-discovery world, it’s also the year of proportionality. It’s a wakeup call: “Proportionality is here to stay.” This past May, The Sedona...
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