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CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Grillo's Pickles

If you haven't been to the Grillo's Pickles website, you should. There, you'll find the fantastic story of how this company began. We've copied part of it here to save you a click.

Grillo's Pickles began with a pickle cart, just a small wooden stand in downtown Boston, where Travis Grillo and his friends would sell two spears for one dollar. Travis would make the pickles by night using his family's 100-year old recipe - one he'd memorized from making pickles every summer as a kid. In the morning, Travis would bike to the Boston Common and set up the cart with his buddies. They'd hang out all day, urging people to try the simple Grillo family pickle. It was a small business but Travis worked hard for it. He made more pickles, biked more miles, and slept less hours than he ever had before.
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CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Factory Five Racing

Factory Five Racing was founded in 1995. Over the years they have grown from a start-up business in a small garage to become the world's largest manufacturer of "build-it-yourself" component car kits. They employ a full-time crew of about 40 people, and are located in Wareham, Massachusetts (about an hour south of Boston). They make their products right here in the USA, in the heart of New England where American manufacturing was born.
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CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Luca + Danni

Fred and Danny Magnanimi grew up watching their father create beautiful, handcrafted jewelry in the family's Cranston, RI jewelry manufacturing business. When the boys grew up, Fred moved to New York and began working on Wall Street as an investment banker, while younger brother Danny, still enamored by the family business, stayed home. Increased competition from overseas businesses created significant challenges for the business, but Danny was confident he could find a way for the family business to evolve and thrive. This was his mission, this was his passion.
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        e-Discovery

        The demands of litigation, particularly the need to identify, preserve and collect large quantities of electronically stored information (ESI), continue to challenge litigants both large and small. But “e-Discovery” is a fact of life in almost every case, and dozens of decisions in the state and federal courts emphasize the importance of complying with e-Discovery obligations and how careless or even inadvertent handling can affect the outcome of a case.

        What Will You Do When…

        Your company is served with a lawsuit or subpoena and the other side seeks all of your records including correspondence, contracts, invoices, account histories, your email and even your voice mail.

        • How would you go about finding everything?
        • Is the other side really entitled to it?
        • Where is ESI hidden and how hard do you have to look for it?
        • How might this affect the case?
        • How much would it cost and who bears the cost?
        • What can happen if there’s an issue?
        • Is there any way to get a handle on this in advance and limit the damage?
        The e-Discovery Team at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP can help.

         

        An Ounce Of Prevention

        Having a plan for responding to document requests alleviates some of the cost and anxiety when a subpoena or complaint is served. PSH advises clients on best practices in managing documents and ESI before litigation is initiated and preserving these records when a dispute arises. We assist clients by developing policies and procedures for electronic records management, preparing e-Discovery readiness programs and conducting training on:

        • ESI retention and destruction policies
        • Electronic communication policies
        • Litigation hold protocols
        • Internal business e-Discovery readiness teams

        A Pound Of Cure

        Once litigation commences, PSH's e-Discovery team has the tools to handle the collection, review and production of large amounts of ESI and the experience to guide clients on strategies to avoid unnecessary discovery disputes and protect against excessive costs of unreasonable requests. When litigation is imminent or has been filed, we help clients with:

        • Implementing litigation hold procedures
        • Conducting initial case evaluations and identifying custodians of key information
        • Selecting appropriate e-Discovery vendors
        • Preparing cost-effective discovery strategies and plans
        • Performing efficient document collection, processing, review, privilege-logging and production

        Representative Publications and Presentations

        We frequently write for professional journals, deliver presentations and provide commentary regarding novel and newsworthy e-Discovery issues. A representative sampling of our publications and presentations include:

        Publications
        Paul M. Kessimian and Travis J. McDermott, "Written Litigation Holds and Per Se Negligence: An Evolving Law", American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Commercial & Business (online), (April 2013)

        Howard Merten and Paul M. Kessimian, "Are Courts Beginning to Take Proportionality Seriously in E-Discovery?", The Metropolitan Corporate Consel, (Dec. 2012)

        Paul M. Kessimian and Travis J. McDermott, "Must Legal Holds be Written to Avoid Spoliation Sanctions", American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Commercial & Business (online), (Jan. 2012)

        Presentations
        Howard Merten and Paul M. Kessimian, “Staying Out of Trouble in a Contentious and Digital World,” (June 2012)

        Melissa E. Darigan, “Words Matter: What You Should Know,” (May 2012)

        Melissa E. Darigan, “E Discovery: What is it and Why You Should Care,” (July 2008)

        Commentary/E-Alerts
        Paul M. Kessimian, Christian R. Jenner and Christopher M. Wildenhain, “Rhode Island Superior Court Decision Underscores the Need for Appropriate Preservation of Electronically Stored Information,” (2013)

        Melissa Darigan, “Get Your Records Retention Plan in Place,” (Jan. 2011)