FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 444, Jim Murphy on the Dangers in Using Slack
Slack has transformed the way modern organizations communicate. Conversations that once happened over long email threads now take place in fast-moving channels, private messages, and quick back-and-forth threads. While this...more
Modern collaboration tools have changed the very definition of metadata—and antitrust litigators must evolve with it. From Slack threads to Google Doc revisions, today’s metadata challenges can derail discovery if not handled...more
Slack has emerged as one of the most critical tools for modern workplace communication. Its intuitive design, seamless app integrations, and channel-based conversations have made it a staple for real-time collaboration. But...more
At TransPerfect Legal’s third annual Antitrust Clearance and Merger Enforcement conference, a panel of esteemed antitrust attorneys and legal technologists examined how the latest developments in eDiscovery and legal...more
In the legal operations realm, eDiscovery has always been a critical function, but the rapid advent of digital technologies has dramatically increased its complexity. While these advancements offer new tools for communication...more
Workplace collaboration tools like Slack and MS Teams have become ubiquitous in many organizations. However, they also present unique challenges for data governance and ediscovery in the event of litigation. To avoid...more
Collaboration during litigation is critical to ensure that all relevant information is discovered and reviewed. However, the emergence of various communication platforms like Slack and Teams has made the process more...more
Collecting what is needed from endpoints regardless of location, is critical in today’s hybrid working environment. Corporate investigators and eDiscovery practitioners need to easily create and define targeted collections...more
When collecting electronically stored information (ESI) for ediscovery during litigation, it’s essential to realize that each data source carries unique challenges. So the first step in any ediscovery process, especially when...more
Organizations of all sizes have turned to modern, internal collaboration tools even more over the last three years. While these apps help businesses run more efficiently, they present new data discovery challenges and risks. ...more
Even before the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020, collaboration app (e.g. Slack) usage was on the rise for internal enterprise communications, with the market share increasing from around seven billion U.S. dollars in 2015 to nearly...more
Corporate legal teams traditionally respond to ediscovery demands with a matter-centric collections approach. It seems logical; put a custodian on hold, collect their data to preserve it, and you’re off to the races....more
One of the keys to managing the cost of ediscovery—and litigation more broadly—is effective early case assessment (ECA). When you can quickly and accurately predict the future of a case, you’re more likely to, as Kenny Rogers...more
Effectively estimating risk—the cost of time and money needed to prosecute or defend a legal issue—requires rapid access to insight. The sooner an organization can get visibility into their slack content including edited and...more
Organizations using Slack as their communication and collaboration tool should know that the content within can be responsive to discovery requests. Unfortunately, many organizations are woefully underprepared to respond to...more
Organizations that rely on Slack to facilitate collaboration and business communications know that the content within can be responsive to discovery obligations or crucial for internal investigations. Unfortunately, native...more
Legalweek was originally supposed to take place on location in New York this year, as it always does. However, for 2021 it has been transformed into a series of five interactive virtual events to be held throughout the...more
As the coronavirus pandemic has left most knowledge workers clocking in from home, we’ve seen a rapid acceleration of organizations using collaboration tools like Slack to keep their teams in touch. But while collaboration...more
Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom… these are words that strike fear in the hearts of ediscovery professionals everywhere. Remote collaboration tools are the new frontier when it comes to ESI. Yet, few corporate legal teams feel...more
When I first came across the collaboration platform Slack at my former company, I was, to put it mildly, not a fan. But I’m glad to say I gave it a try, and now I am a convert to the power of collaboration applications. ...more
Corporate culture is changing. More people are working remote, meaning communication tools like Slack are increasingly being used. For in-house legal professionals this should set off alarm bells leading to this question... ...more
With workplaces becoming digitalized with an increase in remote work, organizations are relying more heavily than ever before on cloud tools like Slack to get work done efficiently. As a result, legal teams want to know how...more
The collaboration platform that Slack launched led to an unprecedented shakeup in how organizations communicate internally—and that was before the coronavirus pandemic sent everyone home to work. Now that quarantining and...more
In this work-from-home world, collaboration applications like Slack have gone from the relatively small domain of IT and Development to expand, almost overnight, across the entire corporation. This dramatic shift means two...more
As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as what are the differences...more