eDiscovery News for October 6th 2009

Tuesday’s tidbits:

• Mark Ross, from Law-Scribe’s blog, has posted the release of “the first comprehensive publication addressing the legal outsourcing profession”.  Along with him, are contributors such as Ron Friedmann from Integreon and David Hickey from Winston & Strawn LLP.  It’s about $500 if you want to purchase it.
• Electronic Discovery Law discusses the recent outcome in Leor Exploration & Prod., LLC v. Aguiar, 2009 WL 3097207 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 23, 2009).  According to the site, “the defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy as to emails transmitted through plaintiff’s server and thus, no attorney-client privilege as to those communications.”
• To go along with the EDL posting, the Law Clerk Connection blog discusses whether or not free Gmail service waives attorney-client privilege.  The fact that Gmail has a disclaimer stating that it reads every email to determine targeted advertising, could waive any attorney-client privilege within such a communication.
• The Practising Law Institute has announced a seminar entitled Electronic Discovery Guidance 2009: what Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know.  It’s on October 28th in Chicago.  Go here for registration info.