Rethinking Records Retention
A Less is More Strategy for Data Risk Mitigation
Data Retention and Document Holds
Healthcare Document Retention
The NYDFS Updates Its Stringent Cybersecurity Regulations. Is This a Bellwether of Coming Industry Change? - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Spring Cleaning for Legal Teams: The Cloud and Defensible Deletion of Data
M365 in 5 – Part 7: Teams Audio/Video (A/V) Conferencing
M365 in 5 – Part 6: Teams Channels – The virtual collaboration workspace
M365 in 5 – Part 5: Teams Chats – Modern communications
M365 in 5 – Part 4: Teams – An introduction to collaboration
M365 in 5 – Part 3: OneDrive for Business – Protected personal collaboration
M365 in 5 – Part 2: SharePoint Online – The new file-share environment
M365 in 5 – Part 1: Exchange Online – Not just a mailbox
Sitting with the C-Suite: Information Governance and eDiscovery - Key Compliance Issues for In-House Counsel
Sitting with the C-Suite: Trial Teams – Narrowing Data through Centric Search
Sitting with the C-Suite: Normalizing Business Practices through Litigation Data
Compliance Perspectives: Regulatory Conflicts in Data Privacy Laws
Jones Day Presents: Effect of GDPR, CCPA, and FTC on Blockchains
[WEBINAR] Public Records Act - Taming the Email Tiger
E14: The Three Pillars of GDPR
In the ongoing copyright infringement case brought by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft (The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y.)), Judge Ona T. Wang recently...more
AI notetakers, like Fireflies, record meetings and business conversations. While they may improve business efficiency, they also present new and unique challenges for compliance and records retention officials. With the...more
George Orwell warned us in his dark masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four how effortlessly authoritarian regimes could erase inconvenient truths by tossing records into a “memory hole”—a pneumatic chute leading directly to...more
Since 2019, the number of users on Microsoft Teams has risen 1500%, from a modest 20 million users in the pre-pandemic year (2019) to over 320 million users in 2024. Microsoft's collaboration platform is now the default...more
So the IT folk can’t wait for your business people to delete those old documents, meantime, the business people want to hold onto them because they never know when they might need that info again. Then, all of a sudden...more
There appears to be a recent theme on this blog regarding data preservation and spoliation, and—not to spoil anyone’s appetite for this important topic—we are back with another one. And for good reason given the heightened...more
Which internal solutions and systems should your legal hold technology be integrated with? Our data now resides across a wide variety of platforms — emails in Outlook, chat messages in Microsoft Teams, and files stored in...more
There are few better cases that illustrate the risks of social media spoliation than Lester v. Allied Concrete Company....more
From access control to data retention, if you are trying implement a new enterprise collaboration or internal chat platform, your compliance team will have critical questions that must be addressed to avoid potential legal...more
eDiscovery refers to discovery in legal proceedings such as litigation, government investigations, or Freedom of Information Act requests, where the information sought is in electronic format. eDiscovery tools can also be...more
In Safelite Grp., Inc. v. Lockridge, the U.S. District Court examined whether a cease-and-desist letter triggers a duty to preserve electronically stored information (ESI) and how routine deletion of text messages impacts...more
Organizations whose mantra is “We just never delete anything” (i.e., organizations simply retaining all information indefinitely) are now facing headwinds, especially when the information contains personal information. As our...more
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 September 16-22. Here’s what’s...more
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 August 12-18. Here’s what’s...more
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 week of June 10-16. Here’s what’s...more
If you just spent any time preparing data presentations, then you know the importance of having access to your historical data. Perhaps you have it stored in a data warehouse or an Excel spreadsheet – the important thing is...more
In the last several months, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has been issuing increasingly ominous warnings to companies and executives about the consequences of not preserving ephemeral messaging and...more
In the intricate world of legal proceedings, the duty to preserve evidence plays a pivotal role, particularly when it involves video evidence that can unequivocally substantiate claims or defenses. The recent decision in Nagy...more
Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) allows attorneys to build cases that require delving into relevant ESI, or electronically stored information, such as emails, audio and video files, and social media, in addition to hard-copy...more
In the realm of litigation, the management of electronically stored information (ESI) is a pivotal component that can significantly influence the trajectory and outcome of a case. The recent ruling in Doe LS 340 v. Uber...more
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published April 17, 2024 and EDRM is grateful to Tom Paskowitz and Robert Keeling of our Trusted Partner, Sidley, for permission to republish. The opinions and positions are those of the...more
In the evolving landscape of the legal industry, the management of electronically stored information (ESI) has become a focal point of discussion and strategy. With the digitization of records and communications, legal...more
In the third post of our series on the 2023 Legal Industry Collaboration Data Survey, we delve into the evolving strategies for data retention and preservation that have emerged in response to the growing use of digital...more
Join us for a comprehensive discussion led by distinguished speakers, including U.S. SEC Senior Counsel and Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, as they shed light on navigating the intricate landscape of data...more
This Sidley Update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: an order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California requiring the Defendant to...more