eDiscovery and Compliance Programs
Key Discovery Points: A Gentle Distinction for Agentic AI
Key Discovery Points: Exciting eDiscovery Sessions at ILTACON 2025!
Key Discovery Points: ESI Protocol Objection Denial Party
Key Discovery Points: Be a Team Player When It Comes to Production
Key Discovery Points: BYOD Case Law Covering Subpoenas and Employee Handbooks
Navigating the Maze: eDiscovery Essentials for Employers — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Harnessing the Power of eDiscovery: The Revolution of AI and Technology in Litigation and Investigations - The Consumer Finance Podcast
eDiscovery Case Law Podcast: How Failing to Meet and Confer Effectively Can Lead to Sanctions
Key Discovery Points: Timing is Mostly Everything in eDiscovery
All in the Family: What’s Next for Cloud Attachments in eDiscovery?
Key Discovery Points: Even AI Experts Can Get Faked Out
Innovation in Second Requests: Data is Your Greatest Asset
Key Discovery Points: No Need to Be Leery About AI
Key Discovery Points: Timing Sweet Spots for Spoliation Motions
Key Discovery Points: Should Hyperlinked Files Be Treated as Modern Attachments?
Podcast: How Delaying Third Party Discovery Can End Up Costing You Dearly
How Attorneys’ Views on AI Are Impacting eDiscovery
Key Discovery Points: Get Your Objections In Early – and Keep Your Filings Succinct
Key Discovery Points: Lessons Learned from TikTok’s Redaction Fiasco
This article is the third in a series of “Search Term Translation for eDiscovery” blogs by Robert Wagner. Today we discuss the humble proximity search operator (W/###) and its role as a crucial tool for boosting search...more
Three years used to be a good time frame for assessing the impact of technology on the various processes that drive legal and business outcomes. It’s not entirely clear if that’s a good measure anymore, but I thought it would...more
As with so many other areas, communication, or a lack of it, can be a big problem when it comes to eDiscovery. Legal doesn’t always adequately communicate what it needs. The business unit doesn’t share information about all...more
Recent developments in eDiscovery case law highlight significant trends, including the challenges of discovery protocols in artificial intelligence and antitrust litigation, evolving court approaches to attorney conduct and...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today break down the key differences between Agentic AI and Generative AI – two technologies making waves in the legal tech world....more
eDiscovery is now a standard part of trial prep and case strategy. But despite the technology’s evolution, many vendors still miss the mark in how they engage litigators. To dive deeper into this disconnect, and how to bridge...more
Abstract - This article examines the problem of fabricated or hallucinated citations in legal briefs, focusing on the recent federal decision in Johnson v. Dunn as a case study. That decision highlights the risks when lawyers...more
ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: AI is transforming the legal landscape—but at what cost to confidentiality? In a striking admission, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that ChatGPT interactions lack the privacy protections...more
“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
The moment of truth had arrived. Were ChatGPT’s insights genuine epiphanies, valuable new connections across knowledge domains with real practical and theoretical implications, or were they merely convincing illusions? Had...more
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint sits down with Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today to unpack the hottest topics ahead of ILTACON 2025. From litigation response strategies to budget-friendly...more
Picture this: Six teams of senior legal professionals from the world’s largest law firms and investigation groups, each armed with nothing but a natural language question and access to 14,000 documents from one of Britain’s...more
When people say that your life experiences can make you a better lawyer they’re usually talking about empathy. I went in a different direction and applied lessons learned from home improvement to eDiscovery practice. In part...more
Remember when Microsoft 365 Copilot first arrived? Organizations had to commit to a minimum of 300 seats and sign up for a full-year subscription—no exceptions. Today, those requirements are long gone. If desired,...more
In this alleged wrongful termination and retaliation case, a “whistleblower” complaint was dismissed and monetary sanctions were also imposed. Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, __ F. 4th __, 2025 WL 2102202 (7th Cir. Jul....more
The Johnson v. Dunn sanctions order proves that firm policies and experience aren’t enough—only rigorous verification prevents AI citation disasters...more
Humans are inherently pattern-seeking creatures. Our ancestors depended upon recognizing recurring patterns in nature to survive and thrive, such as the changing of seasons, the migration of animals and the cycles of plant...more
ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: Can artificial intelligence create without crossing legal lines? As AI systems grow more powerful, that question is becoming central to innovation strategy—and litigation. In this compelling...more
The long simmering “document correlation” dispute was addressed in Sievert Elec. Svc. and Sales Co. v. Storako, 2025 WL 2084229 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 24, 2025). The court followed the majority rule....more
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 integration of AI, including agentic AI, into eDiscovery workflows represents a significant evolution in how legal teams manage the review and production of electronically stored information (ESI). As with any...more
The last few months I’ve been in the throes of multiple home improvement projects large and small requiring eight contractors and two handyman services. And what, you ask, does this have to do with eDiscovery? This experience...more
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
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
Generative AI is not just disrupting industries—it is redefining what it means to trust, govern, and be accountable in the digital age. At the forefront of this evolution stands a new, critical line of employment: AI...more