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Robert D. Brownstone, Technology & eDiscovery Counsel; Co-Chair EIM Group, Fenwick & West,Mountain View, Calif.

Kris Haworth President The Forensics Group Petaluma CalifKris Haworth, President, The Forensics Group, Petaluma, Calif.

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Metadata: Technological, Ethical and Legal Consequences

Understanding the Hidden Threat –Best Practices to Manage the RisksBest Practices to Manage the Risks

Webinar – June 8, 2011

Kris HaworthKris HaworthRobert D. BrownstoneRobert D. Brownstone

© 2009©© 2011 by the respective presenters and their firms2011 by the respective presenters and their firms

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I. INTRODUCTION

II. Day-to-Day Issues for Lawyers and Others

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• B. Demos of file-system data & embedded dataE y

• C. Track Changes

• D. Mitigation – scrubbing/cleaning . . . mining

• E. Redactions

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III. Lawyer Ethics of Inadvertent Disclosures

• A. Day-to-Day

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IV. eDiscovery – Client-Created Files in Native

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• B. Demos of frequently arising issuesB. Demos of frequently arising issues

1. Altered or misleading metadata

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2. Warnings re: production stipulations

I. INTRODUCTIONTo Scrub or Not To Scrub?To Scrub or Not To Scrub?

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II. Day-to-Day Issues –A Basics/DefinitionsA. Basics/Definitions

What is Metadata?

• Data About Data Contents

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• Dates and People Associated with Documents

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Example . . .

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II(A). Day-to-Day Issues –What is Metadata?

Data 65. Document Name: revenue.xls

What is Metadata? (c’t’d)

Workbook Format:

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Built-in properties containing metadata: 5

Application name: Microsoft ExcelE Application name: Microsoft Excel

Last print date: 4/30/2007 1:22:24 PM

Creation date: 4/30/2007 9:47:22 AM/ /

Last save time: 5/3/2007 11:49:58 AM

Company: TFG

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II(A). What is Metadata? (c’t’d) –It’s Only a Pointer

When a user opens a new document –

It’s Only a Pointer

creation date of January 1, 2001 assigned

When a user opens an existing file and saves it t l ti d t i d!

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After every print operation the user must “save” the file to have the operating system E save the file to have the operating system and application reflect this metadata change

What happens whenat appe s e

• duplicates are removed?

• a document has been copied and moved?

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a document has been copied and moved?

II(A). What is Metadata? Metadata? (c’t’d) –

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II(A). What is Metadata?

*Metadata? (c’t’d) – * L. Stuart Ditzen, " ’You've got

evidence,’ " Phila. Inquirer (1/11/04)

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II. Day-to-Day –B Demos RecapB. Demos Recap

File system data

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Embedded data

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II. Day-to-Day Threats –C Tracked Changes

The Problem

C. Tracked Changes

• Embedded data can track/capture changes made, reviewers’ name and order in which changes made

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reject tracked changes

• Embedded data’s biggest threat –"90[%] of documents in circulation 90[%] of documents in circulation began as something else" <http://news.com.com/2102-7344_3-5170073.html?tag=st.util.print> (citing Vanson Bourne study, "Cost of Sharing“)

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II(C). TrackedChanges Changes (c’t’d)

Hot button issue because recipient can manipulate Hot button issue because recipient can manipulate files to peel back onion layers by using either:

• 1) low-tech

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Excel, PowerPoint and/or Adobe Acrobat

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scrubbing/cleaning software, by clicking on “analyze” or “content risk”

• 3) highest-tech• 3) highest-tech

eDiscovery software to extract – from one file or a batch of files – metadata in searchable form

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II(C). Tracked Changes –Lawyers

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LAWYER-created files . . . concerns:

• Documents drafted by one side

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Proposed Order e-mailed to Judge in W d W dP f f

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Word or WordPerfect format

Written discovery and/or discovery responses might (HAVE TO BE) be responses might (HAVE TO BE) be exchanged in Word or WordPerfect

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II(C). Tracked Changes –L

E-mail attachment to client

Lawyers (c’t’d)

• Draft of pleading or agreement

• Bill for services rendered

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• Identity of other client/buyer/seller

• Fees charged other client/buyer

M i i liti Municipalities• Publicly posted Agenda,

Minutes or Ordinance

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Minutes or Ordinance

II(C). Tracked Changes (c’t’d) –Cautionary TalesCautionary Tales

UN (Lebanese PM assassination), British PM’s Office ("Downing Street Memo"), Republican Social Security Administration, Democratic National Committee, California AG’ Offi MPAA d SCO G

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• Gene Koprowski, Networking: Not-so-secret documents, UPI (2/6/06) <http://www.physorg.com/news10567.html>

• Brian Bergstein, Bigger efforts made against embarrassing E Brian Bergstein, Bigger efforts made against embarrassing 'metadata', AP (2/3/06) <http://Bergstein-2-3-06.notlong.com>

• Dennis Kennedy, et al., Mining the Value from Metadata, (1/1/06) www.discoveryresources.org/featured-articles/from-the-experts/thinking-e-discovery-mining-the-value-from-metadata/print/

• Tom Zeller Jr., "Beware Your Trail of Digital Fingerprints," NYT (11/7/05) <http://Metadata-NYT-11-7-05.notlong.com> (quoting <http://www.un.org/news/dh/docs/mehlisreport>)

• Stephen Shankland, Hidden text shows SCO prepped lawsuit against BofA (c/net 3/18/04)

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II(C). Tracked Changes (c’t’d) –Mitigating RisksMitigating Risks

DO any or all of these steps:y p• properly accept/reject tracked

changes one by one or all at once

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• scrub before or during conversion to portable document format (.pdf)

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Word’s "Display for Review" toolbar

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II. Day-to-Day Threats –D Mitigating Risks

Microsoft menus and the like are inadequate

D. Mitigating Risks

• See Brownstone Bibliography linked here

So, especially for e-mail attachments, use ft th t k f t k d h d

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other metadata. Examples:

• Payne Consulting Group's (PCG's) Metadata E Payne Consulting Group s (PCG s) Metadata Assistant <www.payneconsulting.com/products>

• Workshare Professional 5.2 suite; or Workshare Protect 6.2 <www.workshare.com/products/wsprofessional>Protect 6.2 <www.workshare.com/products/wsprofessional>

• Esq Inc.’s Iscrub <esqinc.com/section/products/2/iscrub.html>

• Litéra’s Metadact <www.litera.com/products/metadact.html>

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II(D). Mitigating Risks (c’t’d) –Other Soft /Hard ware

Macs

Other Soft-/Hard- ware

• 3BView’s 3BClean <www.3bview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62:technical-overview&catid=6:product-articles&Itemid=93>

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• Sharon D. Nelson, SCRUBBING A MAC'S METADATA: A BIT OF A PUZZLER, Ride the Lightning (7/23/09) <ridethelightning senseient com/2009/07/scrubbingE <ridethelightning.senseient.com/2009/07/scrubbing-a-macs-metadata-a-bit-of-a-puzzler.html>

• Laura Acklen, Saving WordPerfect Files Without Metadata, Corel (last visited 7/28/10) <http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Section/Displ<http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Section/Display&sid=1047024315119&gid=1047024331836&cid=1144159894033>

• Richard M. Georges, Saving WordPerfect Files Without Metadata, FutureLawyer (7/23/10) <http://futurelawyer typepad com/futurelawyer/2010/07/saving-

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II(D). Tracked Changes –Mitigating Risks

Goalkeeper Prompts – Example:

Mitigating Risks (c’t’d)

Goalkeeper Prompts Example:

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<workshare.com/collateral/researchstudies/A-Guide-to-Managing-Metadata-in-Todays-Law-Firms.pdf>

II(D). Mitigating Risks (c’t’d) –Goalie Prompts Goalie Prompts (c’t’d)

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• See, e.g., <www.sperrysoftware.com/outlook/Reply-To-All-Monitor.asp>

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See also ARMA, “Blind Copy” Can Reveal Too Much, ARMA Newswire (12/1/10); AND auto-complete problem in Greg Mitchell, Email 'Oops' Ends with Gordon & Rees Being Booted

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from Case, LegalPad (12/29/10)

II(D). MitigatingRisks

CAVEAT: "Mind the [Mobile] Gap"

Risks (c’t’d)

• Attachments created and sent – or forwarded – via: smartphones/ PDA’s; OR web access to e-mail, e g Outlook Web Access (OWA)

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See generally these Microsystems items:• Filling the Metadata Gap; The Next GenerationE g p;

of Metadata Risks & Solutions (3/31/10)

• Cathy Brode, The Often Overlooked

Mobile Security Gap, 3BView (12/15/09)y p, ( / / )

See also• Neil Squillante, Workshare Protect Server: Read Our

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Exclusive Report, TechnoLawyer Blog (4/15/10)

II(D). Mitigating Risks (c’t’d) –Conversions into PDF

1. The Problem

Conversions into .PDF

• Some metadata migrates

J st p ess Ct l+D to

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TitlE Title

Author, etc. . . . .

• For court warnings, see, e.g., Sharon D.

Nelson, Court Warns Lawyers to Scrub Metadata Before PDF Conversion, Ride The Lightning (2/25/10)

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II(D). Mitigating Risks (c’t’d) –PDF Conversions

Alabama Ethics Opinion < l b / /PDF/2007 02 df>

.PDF Conversions (c’t’d)

<www.alabar.org/ogc/PDF/2007-02.pdf>

Corn Growers letter<http://politechbot.com/docs/corn.growers.google.congress.061008.pdf>

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Washington, c/net (6/11/08) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9965555-38.html?hhTest=1>

• Declan McCullagh, Secretive D.C. firm says corn growers‘ anti-Google letter is legit c/net (6/12/08)E Google letter is legit, c/net (6/12/08)<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9966971-38.html?hhTest=1>

• CNET, Daily Debrief: Corn farmers vs. Google (video re: "Farm lobbyist [sic] oppose Yahoo-Google ad deal")<http://video.techrepublic.com.com/2422-13792 11-205590.html><http://video.techrepublic.com.com/2422 13792_11 205590.html>

See also UK Register, Greek police cuff Anonymous spokesman suspect (12/16/10)

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II(D). Mitigating Risks (c’t’d) –PDF Conversions ( ’t’d).PDF Conversions (c’t’d)

Best to scrub metadata Best to scrub metadata BEFORE or DURING conversion to .PDF

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Or AFTER. Some help is here in Adobe 8, 9 or X("Examine Document")E ( Examine Document )

• <http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/category/metadata-issues/>

• <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/8.0/3D/help.html?content=WS7E9FA147-10E3-4391-9CB6-6E44FBDA8856.html>

• <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WS7E9FA147-10E3-

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II. E. ElectronicRedactionsRedactions

"Hidden" text may be search-able and copy-able for pasting

"Under seal" information or PII b d b f i d

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foe or neutral (court, e.g.) See generally Workshare, Meeting Regulatory E g y , g g y

Challenges: Metadata in Court Submissions (Apr. 2010) <www.workshare.com/collateral/researchstudies/MeetingRegulatoryChal

lenges-Metadata-in-Court-Submissions.pdf>

NEW! Debra Cassens Weiss, Tens of Thousands of Pacer Documents Could Have Failed Redactions, Study Suggests, ABA J. (5/31/11)

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II(E). Redactions (c’t’d) –Cautionary Tales

TSA redaction gaffe

Cautionary Tales

• PDF Itself with black boxes removed <http://cryptome.org/tsa-screening.zip>

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<http://www.betanews.com/article/The-PDF-redaction-problem-TSA-may-have-been-using-old-software/1260466899>E software/1260466899>

<www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9142141/Analysis_TSA_document_release_show_pitfalls_of_electronic_redaction?taxonomyName=Security&taxonomyId=17>

<www wanderingaramean com/search/label/Screening% <www.wanderingaramean.com/search/label/Screening%20Management%20SOP> (linking to related posts)

• Satirical Video

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II(E). Redactions –SNAFUS

25 Things Facebook Couldn't Keep Secret In

SNAFUS (c’t’d)

Court, Information Week (2/12/09)<www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=PVULRFVJRLOT0QSNDLRSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=214000046>

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courts/california/candce/5:2007cv01389/189975/474/0.pdf>

GE Suffers a Redaction Disaster, Conn. L.

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Trib. (5/28/08) ("sensitive information easy to access behind black veil")<www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202421717785>

Error by FTC Reveals Whole Foods' Trade Secrets, AP (8/15/07) <www.washingtonpost.com/wp-

dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401784_pf.html>

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AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit, c/net (5/30/06)

SNAFUS (c’t’d)

• Linking to <www.politechbot.com/docs/att.not.redacted.brief.052606.pdf>

• IRONY . . . .

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• See <www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/support/I733-028R-2008.pdf>


More PDF Blackout Follies, Slashdot (6/22/06)

SNAFUS (c’t’d)

<http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=06/06/22/138210>

linking to <www.sfgate.com/c/acrobat/2006/06/22/BALCO_quash_subpoena_sfchronicle.pdf>

Copy, Paste and Reveal, Legal Times (1/30/06) (U.S.

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secret details revealed re: manning of security checkpoints) <http://Lesemann-1-30-06.notlong.com>E p )

See R. Brownstone, et al., Exposing Redaction, 9 No.

10 E-Commerce L. Rep. 7 (West Oct. 2007)f i k /d /P bli i /IP/IP b ll i /IP B ll i F ll 2007 df<www.fenwick.com/docstore/Publications/IP/IP_bulletins/IP_Bulletin_Fall_2007.pdf>

• Expanded version – Secrets Easily Leaked by Friend or Foe In Publicly Filed .PDF Documents, 13 No. 1 Cyberspace Lawyer 1 (West Jan./Feb. 2008) – available from presenter

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II(E). Redactions (c’t’d) –Risk MitigationRisk Mitigation

DO’s:

• High Tech:

MS Word 2003 redaction tool [2007 tool

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not per MS; see <http://redaction.codeplex.com>]; OR

Acrobat Pro 8.0, 9.0 or X redaction toolE ,

• Low Tech:

print then black-out (or vice versa) print then black-out (or vice versa)

then scan

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II(E). Redaction –Mitigating Risks

DON’T’s:

Mitigating Risks (c’t’d)

DON T s:

• Microsoft Word’s borders/shading

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[UNLESS YOU THEN PRINT, SCAN & OCR]E [UNLESS YOU THEN PRINT, SCAN & OCR]

“PDF Redaction: What Every Business Should Know ” DocsCorp (Aug ‘10) Should Know, DocsCorp (Aug. 10) <docscorp.com/public/downloadTrial/RedactionWhitepaperPDFT.cfm>

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II(E). Redaction –Mitigating Risks Mitigating Risks (c’t’d)

TO LEARN MORE:• Rick Borstein, Rick’s Acrobat X Redaction Guide

http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2010/12/ricks-acrobat-x-redaction-guide/ (12/27/10)

• Rick Borstein, Acrobat for Legal Professionals,

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Rick Borstein, Acrobat for Legal Professionals, Redaction segment (last updated 6/27/10) <http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/redaction/>

• Kim Walker, How to Keep Sensitive Data Blacked Out, Pa. Legal Intelligencer (3/19/10) <http://www law com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticE <http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleFriendlyLTN.jsp?id=1202446452557>

• Free White Paper: PDF redaction: what every business should know, DocsCorp (12/11/09) <http://www.docscorp.com/public/downloadTrial/Reda

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• Summary of changes from Acrobat 7; Top Features for Legal Professionals, Adobe (9/8/08)<http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/A9_7-8-9-comparison.pdf>

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III. Ethics – Inadvertent Disclosure in General

Metadata ethics = subset of broader area of

Disclosure in General

Metadata ethics subset of broader area of

inadvertent disclosure in general . . .

Ethical duty of RECIPIENT attorney on receipt from

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• Ex. ABA Formal Op. No. 05-437 (10/1/05)

(applying Model Rule 4.4(b)(2002))

Onl d t is to notif sende Only duty is to notify sender

Replaced ABA Op. No. 92-368 (duty to notify

sender AND to follow sender’s instructions)

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III. RecipientDuty ( ’t’d)Duty (c’t’d)

≈ 19 “States” (incl. D.C.): Follow the ABA rule( )

≈ 8 States: Notify sender and

follow his/her

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approaches

≈ 3 (e.g., Maryland): No duty to notify

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≈ 10 States: Silent on this issue

III. Sender – PotentialWaiver for Clienta e o C e t

Potential consequences . . . 3 approaches:q pp

LENIENT Rarely ever waives Ex: Texas

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MIDDLE C b b l i M t t t E CAMIDDLE Case-by-case balancing Most states. Ex. = CA

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Waiver might expand to SUBJECT-MATTER

III. Metadata in Lawyer-Disseminated eDocsDisseminated eDocs

Chart of nationwide metadata ethics ops : Chart of nationwide metadata ethics ops.:

<abanet.org/tech/ltrc/fyidocs/metadatachart.html>

In sum CANNOT UN-RING BELL:

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• "[W]ill have learned confidential information that cannot simply be erased from memory" E p y y

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Magnified consequences of inevitable human error . . .

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III. MetadataExaminationExamination

RECIPIENTS RECIPIENTS . . .

One view – “Anti-Mining” = Treat

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III. MetadataRecipient ( ’ ’d)

Anti-Mining View

Recipient (c’t’d)

Anti-Mining View

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• W. Va. Bar Ass’n L.E.O. 2009-01 (June 2009) E ( )(no mining only if actual knowledge of inadvertence) <http://www.wvlawyer.org/leo1.php>

• N.H. Bar Ass’n Ethics Comm. Op. 2008-2009/4 (April 2009) <nhbar.org/uploads/pdf/EthicsOpinion2008-9-4.pdf>

• Az. Bar Ethics Op. 07-03 (Nov. 2007) <www.myazbar.org/Ethics/opinionview.cfm?id=695>

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III. MetadataRecipient

Other view – Metadata can be viewed


by opposing counsel; scrub it if you don't want it read. Examples:

Minn Op 22 (Mar 2010)

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(but a fact-specific question)

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• Pa. Bar Ass'n Comm. on Legal Ethics & Prof Resp Formal Op 2009-100& Prof. Resp., Formal Op. 2009 100(June 2009) (but must notify sender)

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III. MetadataRecipient

OK to Mine (FUGHETABOUTIT!) (c’t’d)


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More Examples:

• Maine Bd. of Bar Overseers Prof'l

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• Md.S.B.A. Ethics Op.

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• ABA Formal Op. No. 06-442 (2006)

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III. MetadataSender

ALL OPINIONS AGREE . . . Example:

Sender

• “[D]uty . . . to use reasonable care when transmitting documents by e-mail to prevent the disclosure of metadata containing client

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NYSBA Op. 782, Comm. on Prof’l Ethics (12/8/04)

• “Reasonable care” factors:E • Reasonable care factors: subject matter

based on “template” used for other client

multiple drafts multiple drafts

comments from multiple sources

client has commented on document

Identity/ies of intended recipient/s

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Identity/ies of intended recipient/s

IV. eDiscovery of Client-CreatedDocs. – Metadata Disclosed

A Overview of Law

Docs. Metadata Disclosed

A. Overview of Law

• Preservation/Spoliation

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• Inadvertent disclosure law

• Scope-of-Production

stipulations/agreements

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IV(A). Discoverability (c’t’d) –Older Case Law

When needed/relevant:

Older Case Law

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• Ex: definitive eEvidence regarding alleged fabrication or back-dating

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alleged fabrication or back dating

Munshani v. Signal Lake Venture Fund II, 2001 Mass. Super. LEXIS 496 (10/9/01) < i ll k /liti ti / d h h i df>E <www.signallake.com/litigation/ma_order_munhshani.pdf>,

aff’d, 2004 Mass. App. LEXIS 323 (3/26/04) <www.signallake.com/litigation/Dismissal-of-Munshani-Appeal.pdf>

Premier Homes & Land v. Cheswell, Inc., 240 F. Supp. 2d 97 (D. Mass. 2002) <http://pacer.mad.uscourts.gov/dc/opinions/neiman/pdf/premierhomes%2012%2002.pdf>

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IV(A). Discoverability (c’t’d) –Later Decisions

FRCP Vague

Later Decisions

FRCP Vague

NEED to show NEED as to particular:

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• eDocument(s)

• format(s), e.g., spreadsheetsE format(s), e.g., spreadsheets Williams v. Sprint/United Mgmt., 230 F.R.D. 640 (D. Kan. 9/29/05)

(analyzing 12/1/06 version of FRCP; contrasting FRCP 26(b)(2)(B))

<http://Williams-9-29-05.notlong.com> (free via PACER)

Typically, NO DO-OVERS

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IV(A). Discoverability (c’t’d) –Case Law Developing

TO LEARN MORE

Case Law Developing

• Separate Brownstone slide deck available on request

• Libraries/Newsletters:

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<www.krollontrack.com/case-summaries/>

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Compare EU Developments

• New Legal Metadata Standard: European Case Law Identifier (ECLI), Legal Informatics Blog (11/30/10) <http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/new-legal-metadata-standard-european-case-law-identifier-ecli/>

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IV(A). Inadvertent DisclosureStipulations QC etcStipulations, QC, etc.

FRCP & States’ Clawback Procedures

FRE 502, including collateral estoppel

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• QC/QA

• Claw-Backs

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IV. B. Demos of Frequently Arising Issues Arising Issues . . .

1. Metadata could have been altered

and/or otherwise be misleading . . .

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exchange in native, be aware of E exchange in native, be aware of

what you are getting into . . .

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Conclusion/Q&A/C I fQ&A/Contact-Info. One last scary thought:

• “alternate data streams (ADS)”

See, e.g., <informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=413685>

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Fenwick & West LLP

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The Forensics Group

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