The Latest Ediscovery Industry Developments
Court cases and other legal matters directly impact your job. Here you’ll find the latest ediscovery industry news.
Decade Challenge: How has Ediscovery Changed?
The ediscovery field has changed considerably in the last 10 years. We’re looking back on the predictions from 2010, and sharing predictions for the future.
PREX: The Evolution of a Community
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about” - Margaret Wheatley This quote reminded me of the ediscovery community, and why I’m so honored to be a part of it. These words are particularly relevant to the Conference on...
Another Day, Another Data Breach — an Update on Data Security
According to the 2019 Mid-Year QuickView Data Breach Report, the first half of 2019 saw 3,813 data breaches involving 4.1 billion records. The majority of those records — 3.2 billion, or nearly 75% — were exposed in just eight mega-breaches. Email data was exposed in...
Corporations Anticipate an Uptick in Internal Investigations in the Coming Years
The Investigations Landscape: Findings From the H5/ATL 2019 Corporate Investigations Survey found that more than 60% of businesses surveyed anticipate managing a higher number of investigations in the coming years. What does this mean for you? Your odds of facing an internal investigation will continue to climb.
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: FTC Accuses Match.com of Capitalizing on Fake “Love Interest” Emails
Bad news for people who are using online dating services to try to find their next love interest: there might be fewer legitimate fish in the online dating sea than it appears. A recent complaint from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims that “as many as 25 to 30...
Who’s Listening When You Talk to Your Digital Voice Assistant?
“Alexa, what’s the weather forecast for today?” “Siri, remind me to pick up a loaf of bread.” “Hey Google, play my workout playlist.” If you’re like about half of adults in the U.S., you use a digital voice assistant, whether it’s on your phone, tablet, or another...
Best. Conference. Ever!
We may be a bit biased, but we’re confident that those who were able to join us at PREX 2019 will agree: we had an incredible week. As Brad described during his conference wrap-up on Thursday, PREX was a truly inspiring event designed to promote excellence and...
2019 Corporate Ediscovery Benchmark Report
Survey Results Demonstrate a Significant Transition Point for Corporate Ediscovery Sixth Annual Survey Taps 250 In-house Ediscovery Professionals for Current Trends The theme of this year’s report is, to borrow from Bob Dylan, “The times they are a-changin’.” We can...
Newly Revised Sedona Commentary on Legal Holds a Must Read
Read all about it! The Sedona Conference just published a long awaited revision to its legal hold best practices guide, the Commentary on Legal Holds, Second Edition: The Trigger & The Process (free to download, registration required). Over the past two years, I've...
Notes from Duke Law School’s Annual EDRM Workshop
Notes from Duke Law School’s Annual EDRM Workshop By Brad Harris What’s new in the world of EDRM?Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of participating in the2019 EDRM Workshop at Duke Law as a member of their recently formed Advisory Council.I have a long history...
How ediscovery professionals should respond to Google’s GDPR fine
And so it begins. Less than a year after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, the first major corporate penalty has been handed down. CNIL, France’s data-privacy regulatory authority, just fined Google €50 million — and most experts believe...
The Yale Data Breach — Security Lessons for Ediscovery Professionals
Yale University has been in the news this month due to a data breach that started in 2008. That’s not a typo; it took Yale 10 years to realize that its security had been compromised. This situation brings into sharp focus the importance of not just avoiding security...
Navigating the DOJ’s New Express Lane for HSR Merger Reviews
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is putting itself on a tight leash for Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) merger reviews. As Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim announced at the 2018 Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, “most mergers are pro-competitive” and should be...
The 5 Key Ediscovery Themes: Our Summary of The Sedona Conference’s Updated Information Governance Commentary
Just four years after issuing its first Commentary on Information Governance, The Sedona Conference recently released a draft of its updated Second Edition for public comments. The Second Edition, which bears much in common with the prior version, was revisited to...
The Kavanaugh Document Dump: An Ediscovery Perspective
You thought ediscovery disputes got heated. The appointment hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States have taken political contentiousness to a whole new level. With both sides of the aisle flinging accusations of partisan...
Every Step You Take, Google Will Be Watching You
This was shaping up to be the year of data privacy. May 25 marked the effective date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Then California rushed to pass its own bill protecting individuals’ digital privacy. Even the Supreme Court got on board,...
Influencing Ediscovery: The Voices Driving the Conversation
Who’s driving this bus, anyway? The field of ediscovery, like much of the law, develops in fits and starts. While the broad confines are delineated by rules that are intermittently passed down from on high, day-to-day adjustments are less intentional. Judges and...
New Cross-Border Ediscovery Guidance From the NYC Bar Association
Ever since the GDPR went into effect on May 25, 2018, U.S. attorneys have been grappling with the conflict between their domestic ediscovery obligations and the EU’s restrictions on data collection, retention, and transfer. Now, attorneys have a new resource for...
Data Privacy Reaches the U.S. as California Passes Its Own Privacy Act
Just one month after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective, the U.S. — or at least California — is following suit. It started when a California privacy-rights group drafted and proposed its California Consumer Privacy Act, a ballot...
The GDPR Is Live. Here’s What to Do if You’re Not Prepared
We’re going to be blunt. If you haven’t been diligently readying your organization for the new global data privacy requirements of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you’re too late. The GDPR has been on its way for two years, and it’s now in...