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Civil Litigation

Jun. 13, 2012

Discovery in the age of terabytes

Recently issued guidance on electronic discovery practices in criminal cases doesn't even mention the discovery database option.

Matthew D. Umhofer

Spertus, Landes & Umhofer LLP

Phone: (213) 394-7979

Email: matthew@umklaw.com

Georgetown University Law Center; Washington DC

The CEO makes a frantic call to her attorney at 10:32 a.m. She says federal agents have just arrived at the company's offices, search warrant in hand, demanding entry. A handful of agents head straight for the server room. They're telling the tech geeks to shut everything down, slapping evidence labels on server towers and desktops, and carting them out.

Fast-forward six months. The company is in a shambles. The CEO has been indicted for Medicare fraud, and the government has jus...

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