Key Discovery Points: Detecting AI is Difficult and Tricky!
Key Discovery Points: ESI Protocol Objection Denial Party
Key Discovery Points: Be a Team Player When It Comes to Production
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AI in eDiscovery Today: An Open Conversation
Key Discovery Points: A Judicial Approach to Handling AI-Generated Evidence
Key Discovery Points: Don’t Get Caught with Your Hand in the Production Cookie Jar
Key Discovery Points: Petty Finger Pointing Over Search Terms Results in Wasted Time
Key Discovery Points: Do Your Best to Avoid Discovery Shenanigans!
Key Discovery Points: Be Willing to Agree and Compromise When It Comes to Hyperlinks
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Key Discovery Points: Don’t Rush in as an AI Fool!
Key Discovery Points: If You Dispose of Relevant Hard Drives You Will Face (Some) Consequences
Key Discovery Point: Collecting Hyperlinked File Versions – Contemporaneous or “As Sent”?
Key Discovery Points: Timing is Mostly Everything in eDiscovery
Key Discovery Points: AI Says AI Will Replace Paralegals… But Not So Fast!
Key Discovery Points: Get Your Copy of the 2025 eDiscovery State of the Industry Report
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In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down a recent ruling in Hall v. Warren, where a federal judge shut down every single objection raised by the City of...more
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
A motion for a forensic examination was granted in PlayUp, Inc. v. Mintas, 2025 WL 2017161 (D. Nev. Jul. 18, 2025). On movant’s third try, the court found that the opponent was trying to “gaslight” the court and it granted...more
[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Michael Berman.] A protective order barring post-settlement use by plaintiffs’ counsel of defendant’s discovery responses in other litigation was vacated in Cordero...more
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
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
In Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2025 WL 662896 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court granted in part and denied in part a motion to quash subpoenas issued to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (the “Wayfarer Parties”) by Ms. Blake...more
In Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd., 2025 WL 870358 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 19, 2025), the court resolved a dispute over an ESI Protocol. The starting point was a Standing Order that, absent good cause, parties “shall use” one of the...more
Document collection and production now involves more than just sending opposing counsel emails. As business communication has evolved, so has the need for producing from various and evolving streams of communication. Text...more
In Wilbert v. Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 873947 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 20, 2025), the court wrote: From the inception of this action, Counsel for the parties could not agree on the scope and methodology for ESI discovery…....more
The risks of self-collection in ediscovery continue to be a central theme in courts across the country. A decision from Magistrate Judge William Matthewman in the Southern District of Florida, EEOC v. M1 5100 Corp., serves as...more
I was fortunate to moderate a webinar for ACEDS about proportionality and summarize the discussion below. You can listen to the entire program here. Proportionality in e-discovery is based on the objective of Rule 1 of the...more
Experienced litigators are familiar with the tension between the federal legal system’s policy favoring liberal pretrial discovery into all relevant matters and the countervailing policy forbidding discovery that is...more
Discovery can be a harrowing and intrusive process for all litigants. As federal and state rules allow for broad discovery of information relevant to any party’s claims or defenses, individuals and business are compelled to...more