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Best Practices for Handling Special Files in E-discovery: Audio/Video

Legal professionals often anticipate having to listen to or watch hundreds of hours of tape, if not more, in order to find and analyze the relevant passages in discovery. But as the first part of this series on special e-discovery files reveals, tactics exist to streamline the workflow for locating, sorting and examining audio and video materials.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Too Connected: How E-Discovery Professionals Can Avoid Burnout

Burnout in legal professionals, more prominently in e-discovery and technology-focused practices where deadlines are fluid and budget-driven, has been on the rise for the past 18 months.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Inadvertent Disclosure in Alex Jones Trial Leaves E-Discovery Experts Flabbergasted

E-discovery professionals say that while inadvertent data disclosures happen to everyone sometimes, there are ways to prevent them—but that's not what happened in this trial.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Bring Your Own Device: Balancing Employee Privacy With Company Interests

When thinking about Bring Your Own Device, IT executives may tend to focus primarily on securing the company data within the mobile device management software container. However, much of the complexity and risk of BYOD lies in the data found outside the container.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Forensic Examination Rejected as Not Proportional

In 'Tireboots v. Tiresocks', instead of submitting a request for production of certain materials, the requesting party asked to directly access the responding parties' systems through forensic examination. The court ultimately denied this request, finding it was not proportional to the needs of the case.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

How to Lose a Privilege In 10 Steps (Or Fewer): Recent Case Clarifies Scope of FRE 502(d) and Marital Privilege

The latest opinion in the discovery saga of DR Distributors reflects the limits of orders under Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), application of marital communications privilege, and some cautionary lessons about inconsistent redactions and defending a privilege review process.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Discovering Cellphone and Social Media Data: Three Recent Opinions

Despite the extensive use of electronic communications, there remains a dearth of developed case law addressing the discoverability of cellphone data and social media posts.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

New Sanctions Case Offers Lessons on ESI Protocols and Information Governance Policies

As reflected in the recent In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litigation case, noncompliance with preservation provisions in an ESI protocol can expose parties to severe sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(A).
6 minute read

Law.com

How I Made It to Firm Leadership: 'Focus on the Big Picture and Proactive Planning,' Says Alison Grounds of Troutman Pepper eMerge

Take the initiative to address an unmet need – for the firm, your practice group, your office, your peer group – whatever that may be
10 minute read

Law.com

Cloud-Based Discovery Is at Critical Mass: Here's Why

The legal industry today is experiencing a massive uptick in cloud-based discovery. The shift to remote and hybrid work and changing attitudes toward the cloud are significant factors in the movement to widespread adoption of cloud-based discovery. This article explains the momentum behind the rise of cloud-based discovery and the business reasons why companies will have to embrace it.
7 minute read

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