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The AI Advantage in Discovery: How AI is Already Driving Efficiency and Defensibility

Artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging concept in e-discovery—it’s a working reality. Every day, legal and compliance teams are using AI to search smarter, classify faster, and review with greater precision. Yet...more

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Using GenAI and Alchemy to Create Winning Trial Arguments

Imagine preparing for a complex commercial trial and generating both your opening argument and your opponent’s most likely opening in less than two hours. Imagine seeing exactly which evidence supports the opposition’s...more

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Key Discovery Points: Stay Aware of the Bundled Metadata in Digital Photos!

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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

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Crushing the Marathon (Without Running in it): A Lesson in Digital Evidence Verification

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I was recently in Chicago for Relativity Fest 2025 and completed a sunrise run around Navy Pier during the week. Let me be clear, I did NOT stay in town to participate in the 47th running of the Chicago Marathon. I did,...more

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Definition and Application the Crime-Fraud Exception to A-C Privilege

After in camera review of 46 documents, the court in Burge v. Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd., 2025 WL 2846688 (D. Kans. Oct. 7, 2025), defined and applied the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege and...more

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Rule 37(e)(1) Sanctions for Breach of Duty to Preserve Communications

Sanctions were imposed on plaintiff for breach of the duty to preserve certain communications in Cooper v. Balt. Gas & Elec. Co., 2025 WL 2774847 (D. Md. Sep. 30, 2025)(Rubin, J.)....more

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From Ships to Silicon: Personhood and Evidence in the Age of AI

The law has long adapted to include new participants. First, ships could be sued as if they were people. Later, corporations became legal entities, and more recently even rivers have been declared “persons” with rights. Now...more

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Deepfakes Uncovered – iPhone 6 Could Not Have Captured the A.I.-Generated Evidence

Rossbach v. Montefiore became famous because a defense forensic expert proved that an emoji, which was allegedly displayed on plaintiff’s cell phone with a harassing text message, could not have been displayed on plaintiff’s...more

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Imminent Change to Microsoft Teams Private Channel Storage

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Teams private channels enable collaboration among a subset of a team’s members. While posts and messages exchanged on most Teams channels have historically been stored in the Exchange Online mailbox associated with the team,...more

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Presenting Digital Evidence in Court

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With how much of our collective lives are experienced online, a trial that doesn’t include digital evidence may soon be the rare exception. Between the massive collection of data across commercial operations and the...more

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Tracked Into Court – The Utility, Discovery, and Admissibility of Wearable Device Data

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It’s no secret that we are proponents of discovering consumer wearable device data in personal injury litigation. Although the subject is not new, there’s still “surprisingly little precedent” on the issue. Wearable...more

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Criminal Conviction Reversed After State Failed to Timely & Fully Disclose its Use of a Type of Artificial Intelligence

“After a one-day trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, a jury found Craig Donnell Johnson guilty of robbery. Before trial, Mr. Johnson had filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that the State had withheld...more

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Key Discovery Points: Be a Team Player When It Comes to Production

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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

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Cracking the Code on ESI

The volume of “documents” relevant to litigation and government investigations has exploded due to electronic data, leading to a significant shift in the discovery process. What once required a trip to a client’s filing...more

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Don’t Rush Past Relevance: Assessing the Discoverability of AI Prompts and Outputs

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Much of the buzz about artificial intelligence (AI) in law has focused on its utility as a discovery tool rather than a potential source of discovery. While AI’s impact on discovery processes, such as reviewing and coding...more

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Chess, Not Checkers: Negotiating from a Position of Power

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ESI protocols have become an important tool for getting parties “on the same page” regarding how discovery will be conducted. While they aren’t necessarily appropriate for every case, they are a vital tool in helping to...more

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The Fragility of Chain of Custody in the Era of Digital Evidence

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“Chain of custody” is a familiar concept for anyone working in law enforcement, legal practice, or investigations. It’s a foundational part of proving that evidence presented in court is authentic, unaltered, and admissible....more

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The Future is Now: Why Trial Lawyers and Judges Should Embrace Generative AI Now and How to Do It Safely and Productively

Introduction: The Urgency and Promise of Generative AI in Law - The unprecedented rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide presents the legal profession with a pivotal opportunity for...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: How a ‘Diligent Search’ is Not a ‘Reasonable Inquiry’ and Why it Matters

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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 June 8-14. Here’s what’s...more

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Before You Hit ‘Record’: Legal Risks In Using AI Notetaking Tools

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You may have asked a team member or associate to jot down notes during a Zoom call, only to find that they struggled to capture every key point while also actively participating in the discussion. Or perhaps you aimed to...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: What is a Document? Text Message Redaction Dispute Poses this Question

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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 May 4-10. Here’s what’s...more

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“This Was a Collective Debacle”

In Lacey v. State Farm General Ins. Co., 2025 WL 1363069 (C.D. Cal. May 5, 2025), plaintiff submitted a filing with erroneous AI-generated citations. The Special Master pointed out some of them. The plaintiff resubmitted a...more

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ESI Protocol Should Define “Documents” and Address Redaction Based on Irrelevancy

We the Protestors, Inc. v. Sinyangwe, 348 F.R.D. 175 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2024), makes several important points about the relationship between ESI Protocols and redaction of produced documents....more

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Enhancing Discovery with Alchemy Textract: How AI-Powered OCR Captures Handwritten Notes and Poorly Scanned Documents

In today’s legal landscape, investigations and discovery often involve processing thousands of complex documents. Traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology struggles with the varied document types legal...more

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BYOD Battle Lines: What Allergan v. Revance Teaches About Discovering Evidence on Employees’ Personal Phones

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Does your bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy quietly wall-off the best evidence in your next case? A March 17, 2025 Special-Master ruling in Allergan, Inc. v. Revance Therapeutics, Inc. says it might—denying a motion to...more

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