Text Messages
Federal Court Issues Sanctions for Failure to Preserve Text Messages
August 7, 2013
Earlier this year, a federal district court issued a decision sanctioning defendants in an antitrust suit for failure to preserve their text messages. The case serves as a reminder that parties should carefully preserve relevant information, including information that may be contained on handheld devices. In Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 2013 WL 248058 (D. Colo. Jan. 23, 2013), the plaintiff sought an adverse inference sanction because defendants failed to preserve text messages on a key witness’s...
August 7, 2013
Earlier this year, a federal district court issued a decision sanctioning defendants in an antitrust suit for failure to preserve their text messages. The case serves as a reminder that parties should carefully preserve relevant information, including information that may be contained on handheld devices. In Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 2013 WL 248058 (D. Colo. Jan. 23, 2013), the plaintiff sought an adverse inference sanction because defendants failed to preserve text messages on a key witness’s...
Establishing That Text Messages Are Admissible
April 24, 2013
Sending text messages or short electronic messages from one cellular phone to another is a very popular form of communication. “Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages on a typical day,” concluded the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. This number is even greater for cellular phone owners between the ages of 18 and 24. They “exchange an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day.” Given the volume of text messages, it is important that...
April 24, 2013
Sending text messages or short electronic messages from one cellular phone to another is a very popular form of communication. “Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages on a typical day,” concluded the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. This number is even greater for cellular phone owners between the ages of 18 and 24. They “exchange an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day.” Given the volume of text messages, it is important that...
Liar, Liar, Texts on Fire
April 15, 2013
You can’t go anywhere without someone texting you today. For some, text messages are the preferred source of communications. But how accurate are texts and can we rely on this form of communication? The reality is that text message, while efficient, is a very flawed method of communicating. According to longstanding research by Mehrabian, 93% of communication is lost if you are just relying on the words themselves – which is exclusively the realm of texts. Moreover, when people communicate...
April 15, 2013
You can’t go anywhere without someone texting you today. For some, text messages are the preferred source of communications. But how accurate are texts and can we rely on this form of communication? The reality is that text message, while efficient, is a very flawed method of communicating. According to longstanding research by Mehrabian, 93% of communication is lost if you are just relying on the words themselves – which is exclusively the realm of texts. Moreover, when people communicate...
Electronic Discovery Law: Court Orders Broad Discovery of Class Members' Social Media, Text Messages & Email
December 19, 2012
Electronic Discovery Law: Court Orders Broad Discovery of Class Members' Social Media, Text Messages & Email http://goo.gl/GYLjK
December 19, 2012
Electronic Discovery Law: Court Orders Broad Discovery of Class Members' Social Media, Text Messages & Email http://goo.gl/GYLjK
