Editor’s note: Updated to include Scheindlin’s statements and further details of the court.
Thursday’s news that the U.S. Court of Appeals for New York’s Second Circuit had thrown U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin off her high-profile, highly political New York City “Stop and Frisk” cases shocked (or at least surprised) e-discovery professionals—especially the “regulars” who gather frequently at conferences such as Georgetown University’s Advanced E-Discovery Institute, this week’s Association of Corporate Counsel, and this summer’s Consortium on Litigation, Information Law & E-Discovery.
