AI has made it easier than ever to fabricate convincing documents, images, audio, and video which is creating a new generation of evidence that can mislead courts, opposing counsel, and clients....more
1/9/2026
/ Admissibility ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authentication ,
Best Practices ,
Chain of Custody ,
Data Preservation ,
Deep Fake ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Forensic Examination ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Law Firm Partners ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Paralegal ,
Webinars
New year, new cases! In our January 2026 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to use of boilerplate objections, ineffective Technology Assisted Review process,...more
1/7/2026
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Custodians ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Webinars
What are the most important eDiscovery case law rulings of 2025? In our December 2025 EDRM monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will revisit several of the great cases we’ve discussed this year,...more
12/5/2025
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Custody ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Fed. R. Evid. 502 ,
Hyperlink ,
Mobile Devices ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Spoliation ,
Webinars ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss Mendones v. Cushman & Wakefield, where a California judge issued terminating sanctions after plaintiffs submitted...more
We’re thankful for a never-ending supply of eDiscovery case law! In our November 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to production of contemporaneous...more
11/4/2025
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Sanctions ,
Webinars
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today unpack PlayUp, Inc. v. Mintas, where Judge Nancy Koppe ordered a forensic examination after finding repeated misrepresentations...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today unpack Doug’s surprising real-life story involving a suspicious text, parking lot damage, and photo metadata that might just...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss Vaughn v. Solera Holdings, LLC, where the court ruled Slack communications were not in the defendants’ possession,...more
10/30/2025
/ Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronic Communications ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Information Governance ,
Motion to Compel ,
Slack ,
Social Media ,
Third-Party
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss Doug’s article on Young v. Salesforce, where the court denied source code discovery but ordered disclosure of relevant...more
Don’t be afraid, it’s just more eDiscovery case law! In our October 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to non-party production of AI training data and...more
10/6/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Clawbacks ,
Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email Threading ,
Legal Technology ,
Privileged Documents ,
Sanctions ,
Webinars
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down key takeaways from The Sedona Conference’s Commentary on Addressing Databases in Civil Discovery. From test queries...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today unpack Hubbard v. Crow, a case where a court tackled the tricky issue of possession, custody, and control over a hyperlinked...more
Back to school for more eDiscovery case law! In our September 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to reopening of depositions after belated production, forensic...more
9/15/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Collection ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Violations ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Forensic Examination ,
Hyperlink ,
Legal Technology ,
Slack ,
Source Code ,
Webinars
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down the key differences between Agentic AI and Generative AI – two technologies making waves in the legal tech world....more
Case law disputes are heating up! In our August 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to preservation of RAM data, forensic examination after discovery failures,...more
8/13/2025
/ Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Discovery Violations ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Failure To Preserve ,
Forensic Examination ,
Sanctions ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Text Messages ,
Webinars
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint sits down with Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today to unpack the hottest topics ahead of ILTACON 2025. From litigation response strategies to budget-friendly...more
A year ago, the three of us covered the landscape of “modern attachments” but since then we’ve been correctly persuaded to address them as “hyperlinked files.” We’re talking about those curious links to dynamic files and...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today dive into one legal tech writer’s experiment with AI detectors, specifically ZeroGPT, to see if these tools can truly tell the...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down a recent ruling in Hall v. Warren, where a federal judge shut down every single objection raised by the City of...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down RIG Consulting, Inc. v. Rogers, where a court called a defendant’s failure to produce Teams messages and emails...more
Expect fireworks with this month’s eDiscovery case law disputes! In our July 2025 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog we will discuss disputes related to improper boilerplate objections,...more
7/22/2025
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Data Collection ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Failure To Preserve ,
Objections ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Webinars
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss how courts are beginning to address the challenges of AI-generated evidence, including deepfakes. Drawing from the...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today unpack a court’s bold move in the Meta Pixel healthcare case – ordering the production of third-party cookie data tied to...more
6/30/2025
/ Class Action ,
Data Privacy ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Healthcare ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today unpack a key ruling in Allergan v. Revance concerning "BYOD" – or "Bring Your Own Device" – policies. The court denied...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss key takeaways from Tremblay v. OpenAI, where the court denied plaintiffs’ proposed search terms for a third time. They...more