II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
New year, new case law! In our January 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to whether emojis constitute contract agreement, privilege status of text messages,...more
Are emojis legally binding? Can they be used as evidence in court? The answer is complicated....more
Staying ahead of the curve in legal tech and ediscovery requires knowing where the industry has been – and where it’s heading. In 2024, the pace of innovation brought new challenges and opportunities to ediscovery, from the...more
The rise of smart phones and collaboration tools have changed the way we communicate and do business. Now incomplete sentences, abbreviations, and emojis dominate messaging, where a “thumbs up” reaction can signify a...more
“We all go a little mad sometimes” – for eDiscovery case law! Our October 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses forensic protocol negotiation and scope, sanctions for plaintiff in Bob...more
Fall is in the air and so is the whiff of sanctions! Our September 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including sanctions for discovery violations & misrepresentations,...more
I have written several blogs on emojis, such as Emoji Forms a Contract and What Do Judge Peck’s 2009 Wm. Gross Opinion and “Zoomers” Have to Do With Each Other? In both blogs, I pointed to Prof. Eric Goldman’s writings as an...more
Kelly Twigger, principal at ESI Attorneys, will moderate a panel discussion featuring Judge Xavier Rodriguez, W.D of Texas and Judge William Matthewman, S.D. of Florida, on how emoji are impacting discovery and recent case...more
The Chicago chapter of ACEDS will be hosting an in-person event at the law firm of Barack Ferrazzano, in conjunction with the other mid-west chapters of ACEDS. Kelly Twigger, principal at ESI Attorneys, will moderate a...more
The percentage of the connected population utilizing emoji in the workplace has increased from 33% in 2016 to 77%+ today. More than 26 million custom emoji have been created in Slack and the use of emoji in Teams is...more
That pondering face. The nauseated face. The laugh so hard you’re crying emoji. While emoji are not a new phenomenon, the rise in distanced collaboration has brought these tiny expressions to a usage all-time high as they...more
Times are a-changing! Back in the day (pre-2013), email dominated business communications. It was simply the standard. Fast forward to today, the shift to collaboration applications like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and others has...more