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ESI Protocols in the Age of AI: 4 Essential Questions for Modern Discovery

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With the evolution of AI capabilities and adoption outpacing procedural frameworks, its important to reevaluate your approach to ESI protocols. Learn about four key considerations that will help you to create effective and...more

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What Is eDiscovery? The Modern Lawyer’s Guide to Discovery

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Discovery has always been a part of the legal process. It’s how both sides in a dispute exchange information—reviewing documents, asking questions, and surfacing the facts needed to argue their case. But as the world went...more

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Key Discovery Points: If You Dispose of Relevant Hard Drives You Will Face (Some) Consequences

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In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down the case Clayton Int’l, Inc. v. Neb. Armes Aviation, LLC, where the court ruled on sanctions for hard drive...more

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Going Mobile: Recent Mobile Device Case Law Trends, Part 1

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One of the best indicators of trends related to mobile device discovery is case law rulings. Case law rulings tell us what the courts are expecting from us regarding how and when electronically stored information (ESI) from...more

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Properly Scoping an E-Discovery Project

This post is based on remarks recently delivered during the 12th Annual University of Florida E-Discovery Conference. With only 10 minutes during the conference to squeeze in this massive topic, we thought it may be useful to...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Trial Exhibit Management

During a panel on trial practice at the recent Masters’ Conference in Los Angeles, moderated by Professor Shannon Bales, panelists emphasized the critical role of consistency—blending humor, real-world anecdotes, and...more

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eDiscovery Costs: Social Media Evidence & The $90,000 Lesson

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These days, ignoring social media evidence in investigations and litigation is akin to leaving a crucial witness unquestioned. But as the case of Federico v. Lincoln Military Housing demonstrates, navigating this terrain can...more

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The Cost of Ignoring Mobile Device Discovery

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For years, litigators focused on emails and corporate documents as the primary sources of discoverable evidence. But the way people communicate has changed. Today, crucial case evidence is just as likely—if not more likely—to...more

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Li. v. Merck Addresses: Trigger; Spoliation Discovery; and, Document Unitization

In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in a lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer....more

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Key Themes and Actionable Insights from Recent eDiscovery Case Law – Q4 2024

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Recent developments in eDiscovery case law highlight significant trends legal counsel, eDiscovery professionals, and business leaders should keep an eye on, including the growing complexity of privilege assertions, the...more

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Another Approach to Drafting and Discovery of Litigation Hold Notices

By definition, a litigation hold notice is a communication from an attorney to a client regarding the duty to preserve potentially responsive information. In Homeland Ins. Co. of Del. v. Independent Health Ass’n., Inc., 2025...more

Hanzo

The complexity of Jira and Confluence data in eDiscovery—and how to tackle it

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Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence are powerful tools for collaboration, project management, and team alignment. However, when it comes to preserving and collecting data for legal or compliance purposes, they introduce unique...more

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2024 eDiscovery Case Law Trends: Sanctions, Strategy, and the Shifting Legal Landscape

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The legal landscape of ediscovery continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, driven by new technology, evolving communication platforms, and increasingly sophisticated judicial expectations. The 2024 case law on discovery has...more

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Streamlining eDiscovery: The Case for Supervised Collections and Custodial Interviews

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Despite the many technological advances in the collection, processing, and review of electronically stored information, it remains vital to conduct custodial interviews focused on data identification to confer a litigation...more

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Blurred Lines: Navigating Text Message Discoverability in the Era of Intermingled Data

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As mobile devices continue to integrate seamlessly into our professional and personal lives, the boundaries between business and personal data have blurred significantly.  This evolution has introduced a host of legal...more

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Key Discovery Points: Should Hyperlinked Files Be Treated as Modern Attachments?

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The question of how to handle “modern attachments” has become a hot topic that’s swept the ediscovery landscape over the past year. Major litigation involving Uber Technologies has led to extensive conversations on how to...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: Relativity Sets Server Deadline | Documents Lost in Translation?

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of January 26-February 1. Here’s...more

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From Paper to Pixels: The Evolution and Power of eDiscovery in Modern Legal Practice

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We live in an era of ‘big data.’ According to the International Telecommunications Union, more than three-quarters of the world’s population own a mobile phone. The same statistics apply for computer and internet use....more

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Tailor FRE 502(d) Orders to the Case

Having taught Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (FRE 502) in my law classes for over a decade, I felt I had a firm grasp of its nuances. Yet recent litigation where I serve as Special Master prompted me to revisit the rule with...more

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Fabricated Text Messages – – Some Lessons Are Never Learned

In Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred For Fabricating Harassing Texts – Law360 (Jan. 7, 2025), Thy Vo reported on a fabrication of evidence case. The decision, State of Colorado vs. Yujin Choi, No 24PDJ019, is not yet posted on Recent...more

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Modern Remote Mobile Collection: A Deep Dive into the Cellebrite-RelativityOne Integration

The increasing role of mobile devices in eDiscovery is undeniable, with recent data showing that 97% of eDiscovery cases now involve mobile devices. As mobile data grows in complexity, legal teams are tasked with handling...more

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What the Heck is a Modern Attachment?

In the days of snail mail, people would use a paperclip to attach additional documents or material to a letter. Flash forward to the dot.com boom, and we described electronic mail and attachments using the same terms. Even...more

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Missing Just That One Piece: Why eDiscovery is Like Algebra

With back to school on the mind in this season of the year, we discovered that there are some parallels between algebra and eDiscovery. Go with us on this one for a minute (or, maybe, for the rest of this blog post.) You...more

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Document Review Challenges: Strategies for Law Firm Litigation Professionals in 2024

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Document review, the most expensive part of the eDiscovery process, often poses a formidable challenge for litigation professionals, especially in large-scale, complex cases. This task is further complicated by the need to...more

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Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid

County police officers were investigating a theft of farm equipment. They applied for a “geofence warrant” to be served on Google: “A geofence warrant authorizes the seizure of location data collected from smartphones of...more

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