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Think Before You Delete: Social Media's Mass Deletion Features Could Exasperate E-Discovery

While not all posts or social media activity is relevant to an investigation or potential litigation, e-discovery lawyers say mass deletion social media tools may likely increase spoliation risks.
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DISCO Announces First-Ever Acquisition: Congruity 360's Legal Hold, Request Automation Tools

Yesterday, the legal tech company announced it acquired Congruity 360's regulatory request solutions, Hold360 and Request360 to address corporate legal departments' workflow and legal hold needs.
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Former UnitedLex SVP Eyes Accountable E-Discovery Efficiency With New Company Launch

Former UnitedLex litigation and investigations lead Dan Panitz discusses his CEO role at Veristar's new sibling company Veralocity and how a metric-driven approach can be a key differentiator in a crowded and mature e-discovery sector.
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Where E-Discovery Fits in Today's In-House Incident Response: A Chat With Legalweek Speaker Ellen Blanchard

T-Mobile discovery and information governance director Ellen Blanchard discusses how in-house e-discovery lawyers are gaining a seat at the table during incident response matters and why information governance and data maps are back in fashion.
5 minute read

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Contract Analytics as the 'New Frontier' of Legal Tech: A Chat With Legalweek Speaker Marla Crawford

Marla Crawford, the general counsel for legal services provider Cimplifi, talks about being one of "the first e-discovery lawyers," the evolution of e-discovery and what is on the horizon for contract analytics and lifecycle management.
5 minute read

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Court Sanctions Plaintiff for Destroying Relevant Facebook Messenger and Telegram Messages

Judge David Campbell, who led the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee that developed the Rule 37(e) amendments enacted in 2015, issued an adverse inference jury instruction against plaintiff after finding she spoliated relevant Facebook Messenger and Telegram messages and other ESI.
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Legal Needs to Challenge Perception of 'Successful' Attorneys: A Chat with Legalweek Speaker Shana Simmons

Shana Simmons, general counsel at e-discovery provider Everlaw, offered some insights into best practices for companies to prepare for regulators "to knock on their door."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Reexamining Line-by-Line Confidentiality Designations: A Cost-Effective and Cooperative Approach

While line-by-line designations may make a lot of sense for smaller cases, for larger matters where only a small fraction of the documents reviewed and produced are ever used in motions or trial, parties should focus the expense of line-by-line designations on the documents that really matter.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Special Section: E-Discovery 2022

In The Legal's E-Discovery supplement, learn how to navigate the e-discovery minefield of social collaboration tools, read about information governance and how it impacts the e-discovery process and the best options for legal hold post-COVID.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

And Just Like That, It Was Gone—The Discoverability of Ephemeral Communications

Over the coming months and years, the discoverability of communications made through real-time chat software such as Slack and ephemeral messaging applications such as Signal will continue to come into focus. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the corporate adoption of these applications as they promote the efficient exchange of information.
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