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Civil Rules Roundtable: A Discovery Sideshow?

New amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect on December 1, 2015. One of the most significant amendments redefines the scope of discovery to expressly incorporate the concept of proportionality. Under the new version of Rule 26(b)(1), parties may obtain discovery of “any...

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A Data-Centric Approach to Data Insecurity: Protecting data in place, and other best practices, can avoid worst-case scenarios

As the risk of a data breach edges from whether to when, it is more important than ever that companies do all the little things – and a few big things – to ensure they are prepared. In the interview below, DiscoverReady Chief Technology Officer Phil Richards explains why that includes...

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Cybersecurity

Secrets and Lies: Corporate data security lessons from the Ashley Madison hack

  Many people followed the news about the AshleyMadison.com data breach with a mix of prurient interest, schadenfreude, and – for some – fear of personal exposure. My colleagues at DiscoverReady and I followed the news to understand the data security failures that allowed a breach...

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