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1.2.3.17. .Pension.Comm..of.Univ..of.Montreal.
Pension.Plan.v..Bank.of.Am..
Secs.,.LLC.(S.D.N.Y.1/15/10)
This.is.another.case.ruling.by.Judge.Scheindlin.(of.Zubulake.
fame).. In. this. case. the. judge. addresses. electronic. evidence.
preservation.obligations.and.spoliation.in.great.detail.
She.includes.some.important.discussions.on.culpability.of.
the.litigating.parties.for.the.preservation.and.production.of.
evidence,.as.well.as.burdens.of.proof.for.the.parties.to.com-
ply.with.in.presenting.their.evidence..Finally,.she.discusses.
appropriate. remedies. when. these. guidelines. and. rules. are.
not.followed.
In. the. next. section. we. spend. some. quality. time. looking.
at. both. Zubulake. and. Pension,. as. well. as. a. new. ruling. by.
Judge. Scheindlin. because. of. the. relevance. of. her. thinking..
Her.guidance.regarding.electronic.evidence,.e-discovery,.and.
this. whole. new. world. of. data. and. its. legal. ramiications. is.
extremely.important.and.illuminating.in.our.understanding.of.
the.direction.the.courts.will.take.
1.2.3.18. .Holmes.v..Petrovich.Development.
Company,.LLC.(CA.Court.of.Appeals,.
October,.2011)—Employee's.E-mail.
Sent.from.Work.Not.Privileged
This. is. another. example. where. someone. lost. their. attor-
ney-client. privilege. by. virtue. of. a. very. well-written. and.
published.privacy.and.acceptable.use.policy.on.the.part.of.
an.organization.
The.plaintiff.Holmes.e-mailed.her.attorney.using.her.per-
sonal.e-mail.from.her.work.computer.to.ask.about.discrimina-
tion..When.she.was.terminated,.the.company.she.worked.for,.
Petrovich,.preserved.the.data.from.her.computer.and.eventu-
ally.those.e-mails.were.used.in.the.court.matter.
The.plaintiff.argued.that.they.should.be.considered.attor-
ney-client.privileged.material.and.not.admitted..However,.the.
