Daniel J. Toal

Jan 2, 2025 | mdpi.com | Daniel J. Toal

1. IntroductionThe literature review conducted in this paper reports a comprehensive analysis of the latest advances in perception and scanning technology related to autonomous forklift systems. This paper offers a complete evaluation of the present state-of-the-art techniques and developments in machine vision for independent forklifts.

Dec 2, 2024 | law.com | H. Christopher Boehning |Daniel J. Toal

Who Got The Work Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct.

Sep 30, 2024 | law.com | Daniel J. Toal

In an era where data breaches and cyberattacks are increasingly prevalent, data security is often top of mind. During discovery, which can involve vast sets of confidential or protected information, it thus is hardly surprising that producing parties may expect recipients to implement data security protections to guard against data breaches. But such protections can be expensive, and parties may disagree on both the level and type of protections required and the allocation of related costs.

Jun 3, 2024 | law.com | H. Christopher Boehning |Daniel J. Toal

Regardless of what you call them—clone, copycat, flipped—the request is the same: to re-produce document productions from a prior matter to a different party in a new, related matter. Often, the presumption is one of relative ease—just produce what you did before. Such requests, though, often disregard both the potential procedural complexity of clone discovery and the relevance, proportionality and particularity requirements of discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Feb 5, 2024 | law.com | H. Christopher Boehning |Daniel J. Toal

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) was intended to address some unique challenges surrounding the preservation of electronically stored information (ESI). Since 2015, courts frequently have utilized the rule when deciding motions for sanctions for ESI spoliation. One key question rarely addressed, though, is whether, in addition to the content of ESI, Rule 37(e) also applies to its metadata—the properties and other information about electronic files.