Todd Heffner
July 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Remove Boilerplate From Your Discovery Responses; a Modest Proposal on a Path ForwardThis column is intended to remind practitioners of the relevant rules and suggests the right direction of ditching boilerplate objections, responding with the required specificity and avoiding the risk of waiving objections.
By Todd Heffner and Jim Calvert
5 minute read
September 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Will My Law Firm Succeed in the Long Term?Pose the simple question: What would make you more likely to work from the office? Is it free food? (Maybe.) Raffle give-a-ways? (Definitely not.) A dunk tank to sink the managing partner? (Nailed it.) Everyone is different, and if you don't ask, you won't know what will make your remote workers want to show up.
By Todd Heffner and Matt Bailey
6 minute read
March 09, 2021 | Daily Report Online
TikTok & Ephemeral Messaging & Links to Documents—Oh My!You might not realize it, but ephemeral messaging has been around for some time (think self-destructing messages in "Mission Impossible").
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
August 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Invest in Training to Make Document Review EfficientProvide feedback to the document reviewers early and often.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
June 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online
The Case for a Comprehensive Information Governance PolicyIf you're outside counsel and you've been hired because of the possibility of a future lawsuit, you need to seriously consider if your client's preservation obligations have already been triggered.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
April 07, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Deja Vu in Discovery: Didn't I Just Review That?Near-dupe detection and email threading can greatly reduce the number of "duplicate" documents that must be reviewed.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
February 25, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Filters, Curse Words and 'Lessons Learned': Tips on Discovery SearchesThe point of document review is not to review documents. The point of document review is to identify relevant documents for depositions, cross-examination, etc.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
January 30, 2020 | Daily Report Online
How Not to Handle Potential Spoliation of Evidence: A Case StudyDiscovery is grounded in reasonableness, not perfection.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
January 02, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Behind the Magic of Technology-Assisted Review, Part 1If you cannot or should not look at every single document but still need to be confident all of the important documents have been found, Technology Assisted Review, or TAR, is a large part of the solution.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
January 02, 2020 | Daily Report Online
Use These Best Practices With Technology-Assisted ReviewThe first part of this two-part article on TAR covered why you should use it, what it is and some basics of how it works.
By Todd Heffner
5 minute read
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