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Taming Modern Data Challenges: Structured Data

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Discovery of structured data for litigation and investigations isn’t new, however, the proliferation of enterprise-wide database solutions and the storage of unstructured data formats in structured container files has...more

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Protecting Grand Jury Materials From FOIA: Lessons From the Ninth Circuit’s Kalbers Decision

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Kalbers v. DOJ confirms that documents produced solely in response to a grand jury subpoena are protected from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act...more

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New Cases Spotlight the Need to Right-Size “Family” Productions of Hyperlinked Documents

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Editor’s Note: In this timely analysis, Phil Favro examines how courts are recalibrating long-standing “family production” concepts for a cloud-first discovery environment. As collaboration platforms replace traditional email...more

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[Webinar] Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for February 2026 - February 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Love is in the air – for eDiscovery case law! In our February 2026 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog, we will discuss disputes related to underlying source data for produced spreadsheets, in camera...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

International Arbitration: Time and Cost Efficiency - The ICC Commission Publishes Reports on its Expedited Procedure Provisions

Some disputes do not warrant a lengthy and costly dispute resolution process. That is particularly the case where the issues in dispute or the facts of the matter are straightforward. Consequently, many of the leading...more

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Key Discovery Points: Feasible Production of Contemporaneous Hyperlinked Files

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In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today dive into a major ediscovery ruling in the Carvana case, where the Court made clear that cloud-based tools are no excuse for...more

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BVI Litigation 2025 Reflection (Part 2) – Directors’ Inspection Rights after Intimere v Papanikolaou

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On 4 June 2025, the BVI Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal in Intimere Holdings Ltd & Hellicorp Investments Ltd v Katina Papanikolaou (BVIHCMAP2022/0031), confirming that a director’s right under section 100(1) of the BVI...more

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Discovery in Amalgamation Claims

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Bermuda appraisal proceedings are treated as a quasi‑inquisitorial process. The Court must appraise “fair value” and ensure that the valuation experts and the Court have all relevant material....more

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Why Would a Litigant Ever Concede a Document It Produced Wasn’t Privileged?

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In many, if not most, cases, a litigant producing documents aggressively claims privilege protection, presumably figuring that “there’s no harm in asking.” But sometimes there is. In Berkovec v. Blue Matrix I, LLC, Index...more

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Lively v. Wayfarer Parties/Baldoni – Requests to Seal, Unseal, and a “Bottom-Line Order”

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2026 WL 145483 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2026), is the latest in a long line of discovery and other decisions in this matter. The court wrote: “Before the Court are various requests for sealing and...more

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Disclosure: How the English Courts Balance Comity, Risk of Foreign Sanctions and the Fair Disposal of Proceedings

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The Court of Appeal’s judgement in Various Claimants v. Standard Chartered plc is a significant decision on whether an English court may compel disclosure of documents that are confidential under foreign regulatory regimes –...more

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What Is an ESI Protocol?

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If you are involved in litigation or regulatory discovery, understanding what an ESI protocol is is essential. An ESI protocol is a written agreement that defines how electronically stored information will be identified,...more

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What Is FRCP Rule 34?

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If you are facing a lawsuit with extensive discovery obligations, understanding how federal rules govern the exchange of information is critical. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 plays a central role in this process by...more

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Carvana and the New Hyperlink Fight: “Contemporaneous” Isn’t Automatic—It’s Earned

Everyone’s finally past the first question on hyperlinked documents: yes, they’re discoverable. That debate is over. The real fight now is sharper—and it’s what makes the Carvana decision a must read: Originally Published...more

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[Webinar] eDiscovery Lessons for 2026: Spotlighting the Top ESI Cases and Trends from 2025 - January 28th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CST

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2025 ushered in several ESI developments affecting eDiscovery professionals. Courts have issued decisions addressing cutting-edge issues regarding AI-content. They include cases discussing preservation and production...more

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2026 eDiscovery Guidance from 2025 Cases

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ditor’s Note: The past year marked an inflection point for eDiscovery. Courts confronted their first wave of AI-generated content disputes, sharpened expectations around validation and privilege, and revisited long-standing...more

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SHIFT: Court Orders Plaintiff to Pay for Cost of Massive Discovery Production Required From Duke Energy–And Its a Start

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In Mable v. Duke Energy, 2025 WL 3535057 (N.D. Fl. Nov. 18, 2025) the court overrule most of Duke’s objections and compelled a massive production consisting of for the period from September 17, 2020 through October 31, 2025,...more

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Request for “The Jim Folder” Deemed Unambiguous; But Some Folder Names Were Privileged

This blog addresses two of the issues resolved in Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. v. Allen Interchange LLC, 2025 WL 3485862 (D. Minn. Dec. 4, 2025). Toyota moved to compel Allen to produce certain discovery....more

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Taming Modern Data Challenges: The Case Law of Linked Documents

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Case law is one of the strongest indicators of how courts expect discovery issues involving linked documents to be handled, and several notable rulings have addressed this topic....more

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Corporate Executives Playing Legal and Nonlegal Roles Present Privilege Call Challenges

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In the corporate setting, it can be difficult to distinguish between communications that are primarily business-related and those that are primarily legal. ...more

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Modern Attachments and Cloud-Based Evidence: What Legal Teams Need to Know

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Over the past decade, the widespread shift to cloud-based platforms has introduced a new challenge into the legal discovery process: the emergence of modern attachments. What are Modern Attachments? Modern attachments...more

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Responding to a Subpoena: A Texas Business Owner's Guide

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You just received a formal legal document demanding documents or testimony – and the clock is already ticking. Before you decide whether to comply, ignore it, or call an attorney, you need to understand exactly what you're...more

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Epic v. Apple: The Ninth Circuit Weighs In

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To ensure its ability to collect a commission, Apple’s rules have historically prohibited app developers from including links that would facilitate customers leaving the app to make a purchase elsewhere. This practice was...more

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Discussion of Civil Investigative Demands or CIDs

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A few years ago, we wrote a piece about responding to civil investigative demands (“CID”) issued by regulators as part of their investigations into alleged violative business practices. Below, we discuss CIDs generally, steps...more

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Five eDiscovery Data Source Challenges—and How to Overcome Them

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Discovery used to be pretty straightforward. Most of the data legal teams needed lived on email servers or shared drives, making it easy to find and manage. How times have changed. Now, information resides in an...more

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