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FTC and DOJ Emphasize Companies’ Duty to Preserve Ephemeral Messaging and Data on Collaboration Platforms in Updated Guidance

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The Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice recently released new guidance on preservation of electronically stored information from ephemeral messaging tools and collaboration platforms like Slack,...more

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What is ESI? A Lawyer’s Guide to Digital Records Management

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The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that by 2025, the world will have 175 zettabytes of digital data—which, if stored on DVDs, would create a stack tall enough to circle the earth 222 times. As organizations...more

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The essential guide to Slack eDiscovery

Remote, in-office, or hybrid — Slack has become an indispensable tool for companies looking to support productivity, no matter where it happens. Think of Slack as a digital headquarters for businesses, relied on daily by...more

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12 Investigative Techniques and Tools to Improve Your Investigation Workflows

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Corporate investigators face more challenges now than ever before. Corporate misdeeds are growing increasingly sophisticated as globalization pushes businesses into new markets and a 24/7 dispersed work model. ...more

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[Webinar] How a Smoking Gun Message Illustrates the Importance of Slack ESI in eDiscovery - November 29th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

There’s no doubt about it, the explosive use of collaboration apps like Slack and Teams is here to stay – and so is the massive volume of data generated by these communications. In a recent decision in Red Wolf Energy...more

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Ediscovery, Remote Work, and the Rise of Collaboration Apps

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Even before the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020, collaboration app (e.g. Slack) usage was on the rise for internal enterprise communications, with the market share increasing from around seven billion U.S. dollars in 2015 to nearly...more

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[Virtual Conference] eDiscovery Summer Refresher 2.0 - Session Five: Hot Topics in eDiscovery: 2021 Case Law Update - August 11th,...

2021 has already ushered in a number of eDiscovery developments that clients and counsel should be aware of. These developments include new trends regarding the increasing incidence of court-ordered forensic exams, whether...more

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Case Law Summary: Can You Use Slack for Business Communications If You Can’t Produce Slack Messages in Discovery?

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Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? Oh, sorry, wrong question. Which comes first: the business communication platform or the ability to preserve, collect, and produce communications from that platform during...more

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7 More Takeaways from Legalweek(year) 2021

Legalweek was originally supposed to take place on location in New York this year, as it always does. However, for 2021 it has been transformed into a series of five interactive virtual events to be held throughout the...more

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Case Law Summary: Court Holds That Parties Can’t Slack Off on Producing Slack Messages in Ediscovery

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Court notes that for discovery, Slack messages are “generally comparable” to email. A recent case out of California brings to the forefront what every organization using collaboration applications like Slack needs to take...more

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Spoliation Is Spooky! Preserving Collaboration Content Can Help You Avoid These Scary Scenarios

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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

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Think You Don’t Need to Preserve Slack Data for Discovery? Think Again

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Remember the story that the Verge broke a few years ago—aka December 2019—about Steph Korey, the Away CEO who stepped down after former employees claimed that she created a “toxic work culture” through Slack messages? Away,...more

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If You’re Not Requesting Slack Data in Ediscovery—or Preserving It—What Are You Waiting For?

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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

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