A Sneak Peek into Data Mapping: What Implementation Really Looks Like
It's Time to Think About Data Mapping Differently
Monumental Win in Data Breach Class Action: A Case Study — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 15: eDiscovery for Employers with Angela O’Neal, Nextra Solutions Director
Calculating eDiscovery Costs: Tips from Brett Burney
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 6: Digital Forensics & Protecting Trade Secrets with Clark Walton
Managing Large Scale Review Efficiency: Tips From a GC
Record Retention and Information Governance
The Great Link Debate and the Future of Cloud Collaboration
Data Driven Compliance - Malcolm Hawker and Fit for Purpose Data
Review Analytics for a New Era
Data Governance for the BYOD Age
Podcast: Interoperability: Health Care's Next Disruptor Is openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care
Innovation in Compliance - Episode 224 - Leveraging Communications as an Asset with Robert Cruz
The Anatomy Of A Successful ETRM Implementation
Modernize your Information Governance: Building a Framework for Success
Innovations in eDiscovery Managed Services
Interview With Ayesha Minhaj, Google - Digital Planning Podcast
Chris Ford on Compliance and Cloud Computing
NGE On Demand: Cybersecurity Considerations for Emerging Companies with Michael Gray and David Wheeler
The importance of early planning and thorough preservation of electronic data cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to litigation. In a recent case, Two Canoes LLC v. Addian Inc. (April 30, 2024), the failure to...more
A recent decision in ediscovery case law, Maziar v. City of Atlanta from June 10, 2024, underscores the crucial importance of early preservation, particularly regarding text messages from mobile devices. This case, presided...more
In the evolving landscape of the legal industry, the management of electronically stored information (ESI) has become a focal point of discussion and strategy. With the digitization of records and communications, legal...more
“Anybody else have something to say?” - Ted Lasso, S3 Ep 12 - Robert Burgett is a good neighbor. He keeps his yard tidy. And in the summer of 2010, in the rolling hills of eastern Kentucky near the town of Belfry,...more
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published November 15, 2023 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of...more
In CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Spiniello Global, Inc., 2023 WL 5515979 (D. Md. Aug. 25, 2023)(Bredar, C.J.), the Court denied spoliation motions, in part because they were filed too late. The plaintiff owned and operated...more
In State v. McDonnell, __ Md. __, 2023 WL 4393297, at *1 (July 7, 2023), the Supreme Court of Maryland held that a person who had consented to seizure of his laptop, as well as to creation of a mirror image, could withdraw...more
Document discovery plays an essential role in litigation. Litigants and courts rely on documentary exhibits, along with witness testimony about such exhibits, to create a trial record. As a result, courts expect that parties...more
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published April 19, 2023 and EDRM is grateful to Robert Keeling, Chair of the EDRM Global Advisory Council and our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish.] This Sidley...more
The rise of data in the workplace means corporate legal teams are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing volumes from an ever-expanding list of sources when it comes to ediscovery. Data needs to be collected, processed,...more
In last week’s post, I discussed the challenges associated with ephemeral messaging, including a case where the use of an ephemeral messaging app at the wrong time contributed to the issuance of terminating sanctions against...more
From investigating cybersecurity breaches to conducting discovery in civil litigation, the practice of digital forensics plays an essential role in many aspects of companies’ compliance, data protection, and risk management...more
What makes a great legal hold notification? We all know that legal holds are essential for ensuring evidence is preserved. But how do you get custodians to acknowledge legal holds the first time, not the tenth? And what would...more
Long gone are days when the majority of discovery records were kept in paper format. Documents, invoices, and other related evidence needed to be scanned and printed in the tens (if not hundreds) of thousands. Today, a huge...more
Lawyers are accustomed to slow, gradual changes that unfold over months, years, or even decades. Since our legal system depends on court precedents and democratic mechanisms for regulatory and legislative change, we typically...more
There are a lot of people in the legal-tech community talking about the discoverability of Zoom data these days, particularly as the move to a remote workforce continues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As far as...more
A Legal Hold, also known as litigation hold, document hold, hold order, or preservation order, has more commonly been a US term but organisations in the UK and Europe also need to ensure their data preservation practices are...more
The duty of (identification and) preservation is a foundational concept in our legal system that grows out of the common law concept of “spoliation,” which is more than 200 years old. Essentially, if courts exist to make...more
What makes a great legal hold process? We all know that preservation of evidence is the precursor to ediscovery and all ensuing negotiations and court proceedings. But how you recognize and respond to a preservation...more
The success of any eDisclosure project, whether litigation, investigation or regulatory compliance, depends on the story that your data tells and often, how expeditiously you can acquire that data for analysis. Yet forensic...more
Join the ACEDS San Francisco Chapter for a roundtable event focused on four specific areas of ESI/eDiscovery Orders (i.e. Preservation, TAR, Claw back, Delivery, Collection). Each of the four subjects will be sponsored by a...more
Is eDiscovery Existing in a Post-Sanctions World? The short (and obvious) answer is no. Rule 37(e) isn’t going anywhere. But recent case law indicates a trend where sanctions seem to be harder to come by, which may play...more
For better or worse, social media has become an influential, indispensable part of our professional and personal lives. Its impact upon discovery is growing in parallel. New types of ESI are showing up as relevant evidence,...more
Electronically-stored information (ESI) has permeated business processes so completely that electronic discovery has become the norm in litigation and investigations rather than the exception. Although the core principles...more
When you start an ediscovery project, are you explicitly asking your opponents to produce data from the collaboration application Slack? Are you looking for relevant and helpful data within your own Slack channels and...more