With Litigation on the Horizon, Toyota Saga Accelerates Into New Phase

By: Craig Carpenter (INFOcus)

The hits just keep on coming for Toyota Motor Corp, with this week being particularly cruel: first, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Tuesday that they would levy a $16.4 million civil penalty on the car giant – the maximum allowed under federal law – for failing to notify the agency of a “sticky pedal” defect in its cars for at least four months.  According to the NHTSA, Toyota knew of sticky gas pedal problems since at least September, 2009.  Second and adding insult to injury is… (Read the full article)

Controlling Legal Costs – Service Providers Defensible Predictive Coding Will Change The Economics Of eDiscovery In 2010

The Editor interviews Jason Robman, Assistant General Counsel, Recommind.

Editor: Al Driver (Metro Corporate Counsel)

“Editor: Mr. Robman, would you tell our readers some background on yourself and Recommind?

Robman: First, thank you having me. I am Assistant General Counsel at Recommind and oversee the company’s daily legal operations. I have been actively involved with eDiscovery for over 10 years now in various capacities. My first taste of discovery was as a young associate, back when we conducted document review and coding with a clipboard and dust mask, when most of the records were paper and stored in large warehouses. I then moved in-house at Bank of America, where…” (To continue reading)

eDiscovery News for October 14th 2009

News for hump day:

• Steve Puiszis at Practical eDiscovery discusses the recent Goodman v. Praxair decision.  It particularly deals with ESI preservation.
• Ralph Losey posts and discusses a “must-see” video on eDiscovery from Judges Craig Shaffer and Ron Hedges.
• Joe Howie at EDD Update discusses the Seventh Circuit’s new pilot eDiscovery program.  It is geared toward incentivizing early informational exchanges on common ESI issues.
• Christopher Spizzirri has a blast from the past.  It’s a 15-year old eDiscovery promotional video from ZyLAB.