Some lawyers believe they don't need to concern themselves with ediscovery – but in the modern litigation landscape, almost every case will involve some form of electronic evidence. As the challenges surrounding digital...more
The so-called “modern attachments” found in emails, collaboration software platforms like Slack and MS Teams, and other digital formats are presenting interesting and frustrating challenges for legal professionals in terms of...more
8/12/2024
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Technology can augment and streamline many aspects of the litigation process, but these advantages look different depending on the size of your practice. Thanks to innovations in the legal tech sphere, technical tools can be...more
Nextpoint software has always supported legal teams throughout the full litigation lifecycle, from discovery to presentation. In 2023, we launched Data Mining software for early case assessment and revamped our case prep...more
4/5/2024
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Electronic data has permeated every aspect of our lives, which means that ediscovery has become an essential component of almost every litigation matter. It used to be seen as a process reserved only for the big law firms –...more
Conducting ediscovery in Outlook may be tempting – but although it’s a free and familiar tool, it carries risks and limitations for document review.
Email continues to be the primary source of electronic evidence in...more
5/30/2023
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Ediscovery document productions are often sent as a single, clunky PDF. Here’s why you should avoid sending – or receiving – this “document dump.”
Document productions in ediscovery shouldn’t be difficult – opposing...more
Read these ediscovery collection best practices to learn why self-collection – or allowing clients to collect their own data – is dangerous.
Picture this: it’s 1988 and you’re at your desk, poring over a veritable...more
2/1/2023
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This ediscovery processing workflow lays out four steps that will help you reduce the volume of discovery data and streamline document review.
Between collecting & preserving electronically stored information (ESI) and...more
An important word has been missing from much of the talk about Alex Jones: Ediscovery. But ediscovery is where it all went wrong in the fiasco of his case.
In a bizarre twist of events that are even “too dumb” for a Law...more
10/4/2022
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When it comes to ediscovery production, it’s absolutely advantageous to keep the end goal in mind from the outset. The duty to produce is explicitly outlined in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and most analogous State...more
9/19/2022
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Technology can be a curse or a comfort for lawyers.
It promises to make you more efficient, but who has the time to learn it all? (And doesn’t that take away from the sacred billable hour?) Integrating the right tools...more
When dealing with small cases, many lawyers think they can manage ediscovery without specialized software. But cases of all sizes involve electronic evidence, and it’s important to handle it with care, as you would with any...more