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Tracey Turnbull

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Tracey focuses her practice on commercial and employment litigation matters, serves as the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Cleveland office and chairs the Class Action Practice Group.

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Three additions to your new year’s resolutions from Pradaxa

By Tracey Turnbull and Porter Wright on Categories: Electronic Discovery, Information Technology
Many people use the start of a new year to resolve to improve their diet, get more sleep and exercise more. Professional resolutions for attorneys often focus on improving efficiency, expanding networks and areas of expertise or simply submitting their time entries properly. A decision late last year in the In re Pradaxa Products Liability … Continue Reading

Sanctions for spoliation of evidence

By Tracey Turnbull and Porter Wright on Categories: Electronic Discovery, Information Technology, Privacy
This article was published originally at InsideCounsel.com. The article is the final installment of a six-part series focusing on evidence spoliation. Read more here, here and here. Spoliation of evidence occurs when an individual or entity violates its duty to preserve relevant evidence. A finding of spoliation will often result in the imposition of sanctions and … Continue Reading

Out of sight, out of mind

By Tracey Turnbull and Porter Wright on Categories: Electronic Discovery, Information Technology
This article was published originally at InsideCounsel.com. The article is the fifth in a six-part series focusing on evidence spoliation. Read more here and here. Technology Law Source will notify readers when InsideCounsel.com publishes the final article in this series. We previously addressed the scope of the duty to preserve. Once you determine when the … Continue Reading

Be careful what you say

By Tracey Turnbull and Porter Wright on Categories: Electronic Discovery, Information Technology, Porter Wright News
This article was published originally at InsideCounsel.com. The article is the fourth in a six-part series focusing on evidence spoliation. Read more about previous posts. Technology Law Source will notify readers as InsideCounsel.com publishes additional articles in this series. In its simplest terms, a legal hold (also known as a litigation hold, preservation order, suspension … Continue Reading

When does a company have a duty to preserve evidence?

By Tracey Turnbull and Porter Wright on Categories: Electronic Discovery, Information Technology, Porter Wright News
This article was published originally at InsideCounsel.com. The article is the first in a six-part series focusing on evidence spoliation. Read part 2: Events courts consider when deciding if duty to preserve evidence has been triggered; and part 3: Preservation obligations after a duty to preserve has been triggered. Technology Law Source will notify readers … Continue Reading

Caution: case highlights importance of broad, early preservation efforts

By Tracey Turnbull on Categories: Information Technology
This blog post was co-authored by Margaret M. (Peggy) Koesel and Tracey L. Turnbull.  A company may discard data, documents or records in the ordinary course of its business. But routine destruction of information that may be relevant to a government investigation or a lawsuit must be suspended and information must be saved as soon … Continue Reading
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