X1 Delivers Cutting-Edge MS Teams Support
The prominence of Microsoft 365 data sources continue to grow in eDiscovery matters exponentially. However, most non-MS eDiscovery tools collect from MS 365 by simply making bulk copies of data …
A Tectonic Shift is Occuring in eDiscovery
Guest Blog Post by Insight Optix Original post date by IO: February 23, 2023 Editor’s note: Today we are featuring a guest blog post from legal technology company Insight Optix …
Significant Microsoft 365 eDiscovery Challenges Require a New Approach
The adoption of cloud-based Microsoft 365 (“MS 365”) by enterprises continues to grow exponentially, with the company recently reporting 300 million monthly active users, and the addition of over 100 petabytes of …
Proportionality in eDiscovery is Ideal, but Difficult to Realize Without an Optimized Process
(Originally Published October 24, 2022 by JD Supra and EDRM) Proportionality-based eDiscovery is a goal that all corporate litigants seek to attain. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1), parties …
Flawed Collection Methods Prevent TAR and Other Applications of Analytics on Social Media Evidence
Every litigator and eDiscovery practitioner is aware of the critical importance of analytics as a tool to support their cases. AI-driven analytics supercharges compliance investigations, data security, privacy audits, and …
The Traditional Workplace is Not Coming Back, with Major Implications for eDiscovery
The world has in many ways returned to life as it was prior to the pandemic. Restaurants and hotels are packed again. Children are all back in their classrooms. Rock …
Proportionality Focus Presents Challenges and Opportunities for eDiscovery Service Providers
Proportionality is now the hottest legal issue involving eDiscovery, with the largest number of eDiscovery-related cases in the past year addressing the subject. Relativity eDiscovery attorney David Horrigan recently led …
Relativity and X1 Publish Updated Joint Legal Whitepaper on ESI Collection Best Practices
Relativity and X1 have published an updated joint legal whitepaper addressing full-disk imaging as a disfavored collection practice in civil litigation, with Relativity eDiscovery attorney David Horrigan as the lead author. …
Industry Experts: Proportionality Principles Apply to ESI Preservation and Collection
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1), parties may discover any non-privileged material that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case. …
Case Law Update: Federal Court Endorses Targeted Search Term Based ESI Collection
A recent decision from the Southern District of New York provides that the parties’ have obligations to conduct reasonable searches during discovery, but such searches may be targeted. The court …
ILTA eDiscovery Survey Highlights Targeted ESI Collection as the Preferred Methodology
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) recently published a very informative and comprehensive law firm eDiscovery practice survey, “2021 Litigation and Practice Support Survey.” ILTA received responses from litigation support …
Post Pandemic, Corporate eDiscovery Undergoes a Permanent Paradigm Shift
While the pandemic disrupted the workplace during its height, it is now becoming clear that a more permanent transformation has taken place. Employees and their electronic information assets are far more …
How X1 Social Discovery Uniquely Meets the Challenge of Social Media Evidence Collection
Social media and other web-based data is relevant to nearly every legal case and investigation. The high volume of relevant social media evidence means that lawyers are under an ethical duty …
Dark Data is an Unmet Cyber Security Challenge
Enterprises today are creating and storing massive volumes of unstructured data, distributed across the enterprise at a very fast pace. IT experts refer to this data type as “dark data.” …
eDiscovery Services Are Undergoing a Major Transformation
Recent research from industry analyst Greg Buckles at the eDiscovery Journal highlights soaring valuations for eDiscovery tech firms. For the first time in the history of the industry, multiple eDiscovery …
On TAP: Targeted, Automated, and Proportional Collection for Modern e-Discovery
Proportionality is now the hottest legal issue in the area of eDiscovery, with the largest number of eDiscovery-related cases in the past year addressing the subject. eDiscovery attorney Kelly Twigger …
Full Disk Imaging Not Required for eDiscovery Collections
In Fact, Courts and Legal Commentators Disfavor the Practice By John Patzakis[1] The collection and preservation of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in the enterprise remains a significant …