Key Discovery Points: Petty Finger Pointing Over Search Terms Results in Wasted Time
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss key takeaways from Tremblay v. OpenAI, where the court denied plaintiffs’ proposed search terms for a third time. They...more
When it comes to eDiscovery, term translation isn't just about converting words from one language into another. It's a highly specialized process that requires a nuanced understanding of both linguistics and technical search...more
Preparing a talk about keyword search, I set out to distill observations gleaned from a host of misbegotten keyword search efforts, many from the vantage point of the court’s neutral expert née Special Master assigned to...more
The ESI protocol is a negotiated document that expressly states how the parties to a litigation should produce electronically stored information (ESI). The ESI protocol assures against surprises and commands that ESI is...more
Cross-border M&A deals reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021. Many of these transactions were subjected to merger clearance proceedings in the US and/or abroad. As a result, an unprecedented number of US second...more
Identifying attorney-client privilege is one of the most costly and time-consuming processes in ediscovery. Since the dawn of the workplace email, responding to discovery requests has had legal teams spending countless hours...more
Many in the eDiscovery industry recently have been struggling with the question: is it appropriate to use search terms to cull a document collection before using Technology Assisted Review to select documents for production?...more
Multidistrict litigation (MDL) has become a major component of the U.S. civil litigation system. MDLs now make up over half of the total civil caseload in the U.S., with product liability cases comprising the vast majority of...more