II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of December 21-January 4. Here’s...more
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
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
Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s blog covers the week of February 5-11. Here’s what’s...more
A few weeks ago, a Canadian farmer sent a text message to a company he worked with that included a thumbs-up emoji, which symbolizes approval or agreement. To his surprise, the Canadian court treated this emoji as the...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
In this age of social media and texting, we use a plethora of shorthand visual and typographic icons to express a range of responses or reactions to posts or texts: a heart to indicate love, a laughing face or an “LOL” to...more
Agreeing to a contract does not require everyone sitting around a table signing documents; sending a “thumbs up” text message emoji was sufficient to agree to a contract according to a recent Canadian court decision....more
You DO want to be "with it," don't you? The Daily Mail came out this week with a list of workplace emoji that Generation Z says are either offensive or totally uncool. And apparently Boomers aren't the only offenders....more
A&B ABstract: What does the increased use of emojis in business communications mean for consumer finance companies, and how can risks be mitigated?...more
How are you preserving emojis for ediscovery? Hold on just a minute. Do people really use emojis in a business setting? You bet, though not everyone is on board. But now that offices are more dispersed than ever—and...more
Eric Goldman, an Internet law professor, gives us an overview of emoji law, including the pros—more precise and nuanced communication—and the cons—more ambiguity and room for misinterpretation. Eric Goldman is a Professor at...more
Approximately, one year ago, I authored a blog about emoticons finding their way into the courtroom as purported evidence of a crime or tort (Texter Beware: Emojis as Evidence). Although emoticons began appearing in court...more
Imagine if the above emojis, casually fired off in a text message (or in an Instagram or Facebook post) to a friend or colleague, could be used against you as evidence of workplace harassment? Or if another combination of...more
It’s Valentine’s Day yet again, but this year the climate is different for employers. Between the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, and the near-daily collapse of famous and powerful men (and some women) due to allegations of...more
When computer science professor Scott Fahlman posted a sideways smiley face on an electronic message board at Carnegie Mellon University in 1982, he could not possibly have known that combination of dots and dashes would give...more