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Canadian Court Rules Thumbs-Up Emoji Can Constitute a Contract Agreement

Saskatchewan court upholds earlier ruling that an emoji text sent by a farmer created a binding contract with grain buyer.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Where Do All the Prompts Go? Generative AI and the Genesis of a New Emerging Data Paradox

While there are dozens of considerations for organizations to address when evaluating and implementing Copilot or any generative AI tool, one lesser-known issue is how interactions with and output from enterprise generative AI tools are creating an entirely new set of data that could ultimately come into scope in e-discovery.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Consilio Announces ‘Native AI Review,’ Expanding Its Gen AI E-Discovery Offerings

The large language model-powered tool will allow users to perform document reviews and create privilege logs on Consilio’s servers.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

King & Spalding E-Discovery Director Jumps to Nebraska Women-Owned Firm

Rose Jones helped lead and develop King & Spalding's e-discovery group, now nearly 90 attorneys across 10 offices. Seeking a new challenge, she plans to help further develop the e-discovery practice at Hilgers Graben.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ninth Circuit Rules on Inherent Authority and FRCP 37(e)

The authors write "In this space nine years ago, nearly to the day, we analyzed the newly-enacted amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to e-discovery. These amendments included a new Rule 37(e), designed to govern the imposition of sanctions by a court when a party has failed to preserve electronically stored information (“ESI”), thus resolving a circuit split on the degree of culpability required for certain sanctions."
8 minute read

Law.com

Less Is More: The Risks of Excessive Data Collection from Mobile Devices

Smartphones have, in many ways, become the nucleus of professional life. As a result, companies face the critical challenge of managing this new activity center and the vast amounts of company data flowing through it.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

AEDI Takeaways: Demystifying Hype, Changing Caselaw & Harvey’s CEO Talks State of Industry

At Georgetown Law’s 21st Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, vendors, litigators, jurists, and more attempted to take stock of the state of the e-discovery field, and hazarded guesses about where it might be headed soon.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

A Look at Gen AI's Potential in E-discovery

EDRM's "Balancing Ethics and Efficiency with Gen AI in Legal" webinar discussed how gen AI-powered e-discovery technology is being adopted, and its opportunities and risks.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

An Employer's Rule 34 'Possession, Custody and Control' Over ESI on 'BYOD' Devices

Until the circuit split regarding Rule 34 "control" over ESI possessed by a third party is resolved, determining an employer's obligation to preserve and produce ESI contained on an employee's personal mobile device that is used for work-related purposes will remain murky waters.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Challenge of Reasonableness in Discovery

Can both plaintiffs and defendants—opposing parties in an adversarial system—ascribe the same meaning to "reasonableness" to cooperate in discovery? Is it reasonable to believe that adversarial parties are likely to reach an agreement as to what is "reasonable" in discovery? The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure answer with a resounding "yes."
7 minute read

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