II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
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 blog covers the week of February 5-11. Here’s what’s...more
Chances are most readers instantly associated meaning to each one of these symbols. Emojis are now a staple of modern communication. According to a recent article by USA Today, users share over 10 billion emojis daily across...more
The rise of smart phones and collaboration tools have changed the way we communicate and do business. Now incomplete sentences, abbreviations, and emojis dominate messaging, where a “thumbs up” reaction can signify a...more
“We all go a little mad sometimes” – for eDiscovery case law! Our October 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses forensic protocol negotiation and scope, sanctions for plaintiff in Bob...more
A few weeks ago, a Canadian farmer sent a text message to a company he worked with that included a thumbs-up emoji, which symbolizes approval or agreement. To his surprise, the Canadian court treated this emoji as the...more
Fall is in the air and so is the whiff of sanctions! Our September 2023 monthly webinar of cases covered by the eDiscovery Today blog discusses six disputes including sanctions for discovery violations & misrepresentations,...more
Earlier this year, Coca-Cola reformulated its Powerade beverage to include more electrolytes. In some ads, it boasted that the beverage now contained “50% more electrolytes vs. Gatorade Thirst Quencher.” One social media post...more
I have written several blogs on emojis, such as Emoji Forms a Contract and What Do Judge Peck’s 2009 Wm. Gross Opinion and “Zoomers” Have to Do With Each Other? In both blogs, I pointed to Prof. Eric Goldman’s writings as an...more
What happened? The U.S. District Court for D.C. recently rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming fraud in an alleged “pump and dump scheme” arising out of...more
In this age of social media and texting, we use a plethora of shorthand visual and typographic icons to express a range of responses or reactions to posts or texts: a heart to indicate love, a laughing face or an “LOL” to...more
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. This month,...more
When do you have an agreement that will be enforceable by law — a binding contract? Fundamental components necessary to the formation of a contract include a valid offer and acceptance with respect to final, essential terms. ...more
In this age of digital communication, it was only a matter of time before emojis found their way into legally binding documents. Emojis are now being used as a means of expression and communication in various spheres of life,...more
Ancient Egyptians developed hieroglyphics as a form of communication around 3100 BC. Fast forward 5,000 years, and they’re back. People today regularly communicate with the use of emojis or emoticons, pictorial...more
Agreeing to a contract does not require everyone sitting around a table signing documents; sending a “thumbs up” text message emoji was sufficient to agree to a contract according to a recent Canadian court decision....more
The word "emoji" is the romanization of two Japanese words (絵 and 文字) that together mean picture character. Emojis essentially marry an ancient form of writing, pictography, to a modern technology, smart phones....more
To meme or not to meme, that is the question. With millennials comprising 35% of the workforce and Gen Z expected to reach 30% by 2030, the use of emojis, emoticons, and memes in the workplace is inevitable. This article...more
Kelly Twigger, principal at ESI Attorneys, will moderate a panel discussion featuring Judge Xavier Rodriguez, W.D of Texas and Judge William Matthewman, S.D. of Florida, on how emoji are impacting discovery and recent case...more
The Chicago chapter of ACEDS will be hosting an in-person event at the law firm of Barack Ferrazzano, in conjunction with the other mid-west chapters of ACEDS. Kelly Twigger, principal at ESI Attorneys, will moderate a...more
Once Upon a Farm (OFarm) is an exemplary specimen of a now-familiar type of company - a self-proclaimed provider of “clean” baby food and snacks for older kids. OFarm’s packaging is what you’d expect: vivid, colorful graphics...more
The percentage of the connected population utilizing emoji in the workplace has increased from 33% in 2016 to 77% today. More than 26 million custom emoji have been created in Slack and the use of emoji in Teams is universal,...more
You DO want to be "with it," don't you? The Daily Mail came out this week with a list of workplace emoji that Generation Z says are either offensive or totally uncool. And apparently Boomers aren't the only offenders....more
The percentage of the connected population utilizing emoji in the workplace has increased from 33% in 2016 to 77%+ today. More than 26 million custom emoji have been created in Slack and the use of emoji in Teams is...more