William A. Gross Construction Associates, Inc. v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co., 256 F.R.D. 134, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22903 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2009)

From the Opinion’s Conclusion:

Electronic discovery requires cooperation between opposing counsel and transparency in all aspects of preservation and production of ESI. Moreover, where counsel are using keyword searches for retrieval of ESI, they at a minimum must carefully craft the appropriate keywords, with input from the ESI’s custodians as to the words and abbreviations they use, and the proposed methodology must be quality control tested to assure accuracy in retrieval and elimination of ‘false positives.’ It is time that the Bar – even those lawyers who did not come of age in the computer era – understand this.

 

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Related Document: The Sedona Conference® Cooperation Proclamation