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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 4h
Trinidad v. OpenAI: Court Addresses Trade Secret Protection And Use Of Public AI Tools
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Trinidad v. OpenAI: Court Addresses Trade Secret Protection And Use Of Public AI Tools
A federal court has dismissed a trade secret claim based on information the plaintiff developed while using a public artificial intelligence (AI)...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 20h
Know When to Hold Em: Communicating the Legal Hold
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Know When to Hold Em: Communicating the Legal Hold
The legal hold process is the heart of defensible eDiscovery. It is the moment an organization transforms the “duty to preserve” into concrete...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 21h
What Did RelFest 2026 Tell Us About Where Mobile Discovery Is Headed?
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What Did RelFest 2026 Tell Us About Where Mobile Discovery Is Headed?
That is a wrap on RelFest Chicago 2026. Three days at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, roughly 2,000 members of the legal data community, and one theme...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AI Incident Response and Digital Evidence: Lessons From Recent Sandbox Escapes
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AI Incident Response and Digital Evidence: Lessons From Recent Sandbox Escapes
In 1983, a teenager with a modem and a list of phone numbers talked his way into a Defense Department computer, asked it to play a game, and...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lawmakers Urge Review of Federal Agencies’ Use of Subpoena Secrecy Demands
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Lawmakers Urge Review of Federal Agencies’ Use of Subpoena Secrecy Demands
Two members of Congress recently requested that the U.S Supreme Court chief justice and the acting comptroller general of the Government...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From AI Experiments to Agentic Execution: Transforming Legal, Compliance, and Forensics Workflows
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From AI Experiments to Agentic Execution: Transforming Legal, Compliance, and Forensics Workflows
Three days in Music City at Exterro XChange 2026 proved one fundamental truth: the legal technology revolution isn't coming—it's already here,...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rise in Popularity of AI Transcription Services Brings Litigation and Disclosure Risks (UPDATED)
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Rise in Popularity of AI Transcription Services Brings Litigation and Disclosure Risks (UPDATED)
The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) transcription and note-taking services in virtual meetings allows participants to focus on...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
[Webinar] Avoid Being Fooled by Deepfakes and What to do About Them in E-Discovery - October 16th, 11:00 am PDT
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[Webinar] Avoid Being Fooled by Deepfakes and What to do About Them in E-Discovery - October 16th, 11:00 am PDT
As synthetic media and deepfake technology continue to advance, they present new and urgent challenges for the legal profession, particularly in...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
[Webcast Transcript] Getting AI Right in eDiscovery: Quality, Validation, and Results
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[Webcast Transcript] Getting AI Right in eDiscovery: Quality, Validation, and Results
Editor’s Note: An AI tool can return an answer in seconds, but the harder work begins when someone asks how it got there and whether they can...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The AI Gap: Who Will Hold the Advantage in Federal Investigations?
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The AI Gap: Who Will Hold the Advantage in Federal Investigations?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how lawyers analyze information. For federal investigations, that raises a question with two sides....
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Surprising Side of Rogue AI: Rethinking Information → Knowledge → Wisdom
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The Surprising Side of Rogue AI: Rethinking Information → Knowledge → Wisdom
Part One: When Knowledge Acquired Hands - I. An Old Theory Meets a New Kind of Machine - When the personal computer revolution began, I was among...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beyond Search: From Keywords to AI-Integrated Discovery
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Beyond Search: From Keywords to AI-Integrated Discovery
For decades, discovery and investigation teams faced the same empty search box. They conjured up keywords, nested terms in parentheses, and added...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why Remote Hearings Should Look Familiar to Deposition Veterans
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Why Remote Hearings Should Look Familiar to Deposition Veterans
Earlier this month, the National Center for State Courts released the latest iteration of its Remote Proceedings Toolkit, a document principally...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SEC Subpoena: What It Means, How to Respond and The Consequences of Non-Compliance
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SEC Subpoena: What It Means, How to Respond and The Consequences of Non-Compliance
Receiving a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with an SEC investigation is a serious matter. An SEC...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What Should a Company Do in the First 72 Hours After Receiving a Congressional Oversight Letter?
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What Should a Company Do in the First 72 Hours After Receiving a Congressional Oversight Letter?
A congressional oversight letter should trigger an organized response even when the request is voluntary and no subpoena has been issued. The...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
[Webinar] From Matter Context to Governed Action: See Exterro ARMOUR move eDiscovery - October 15th, 10:00 am PDT
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[Webinar] From Matter Context to Governed Action: See Exterro ARMOUR move eDiscovery - October 15th, 10:00 am PDT
ARMOUR turns your matter objectives into governed action - eDiscovery teams spend too much time coordinating data, workflows, and decisions...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Social Media Dos and Don’ts in Specific Divorce Scenarios
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Social Media Dos and Don’ts in Specific Divorce Scenarios
For most of us in our late twenties and early thirties, social media is always around us. We post our vacation photos, get tagged in pictures at...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What Happens If a Witness Reviews a Privileged Document While or Before Testifying?
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What Happens If a Witness Reviews a Privileged Document While or Before Testifying?
Litigators normally prepare their witnesses for deposition or trial testimony and sometimes direct them to review material such as lawyer-created...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Agentic AI Is Accelerating eDiscovery Review. Mobile Is not Ready.
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Agentic AI Is Accelerating eDiscovery Review. Mobile Is not Ready.
With every client engagement, the number one question we are asked: “How can we lower our legal and review costs while ensuring compliance with...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trial Presentation Tech Tips Every eDiscovery Team Should Know
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Trial Presentation Tech Tips Every eDiscovery Team Should Know
In this guest blog, April J. Ferguson, CEO and Senior Trial Consultant at OPVEON, shares practical trial presentation tips that every ediscovery...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Received An ASIC Notice? Five Steps To Position Yourself Well
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Received An ASIC Notice? Five Steps To Position Yourself Well
Anyone who receives an ASIC notice should not treat it as routine correspondence; it signals that the regulator believes the recipient holds...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
August HSR reported transactions jump to 271 as fiscal 2026 heads for its largest total since 2022
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August HSR reported transactions jump to 271 as fiscal 2026 heads for its largest total since 2022
The Premerger Notification Office logged 271 reported transactions in August 2026, the highest monthly count of fiscal 2026 and a level no month...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[Event] AI in eDiscovery: Past, Present & Future - October 6th, Philadelphia, PA
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[Event] AI in eDiscovery: Past, Present & Future - October 6th, Philadelphia, PA
Join the ACEDS Philadelphia Chapter for an hour long discussion of past, present, and future AI uses cases in eDiscovery. Join us for our next...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What is defensible deletion — and why it matters for ediscovery
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What is defensible deletion — and why it matters for ediscovery
Defensible deletion is the practice of permanently destroying data in accordance with a documented, consistently applied retention policy, in a...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Prompt Injection Comes to Litigation: What eDiscovery Professionals Need to Know
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Prompt Injection Comes to Litigation: What eDiscovery Professionals Need to Know
Most legal professionals have heard about AI hallucinations. Fewer have heard about prompt injection. Prompt injection occurs when someone...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Use of an A.I. Recorder in Depositions? In a “Meet and Confer”?
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Use of an A.I. Recorder in Depositions? In a “Meet and Confer”?
In Greco v. Hon. Robert W. Lane, 2026 WL 2446747 (D. Nev. Aug. 19, 2026), the court held that there was no procedural defect in a request to use...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Search Finds The Initial Evidence. CAL Learns What Comes Next.
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Search Finds The Initial Evidence. CAL Learns What Comes Next.
Hybrid Search finds the first 50 results.  The lawyer could read all the results.  But we can save the lawyer’s time.  An LLM can read the...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
[Webinar] The Judicious Judge’s Guide to Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models – Session 1 - October 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
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[Webinar] The Judicious Judge’s Guide to Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models – Session 1 - October 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
“The Judicious Judge’s Guide to Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models – Session 1,” with Hon. Allison H. Goddard, Prof....
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ESI Protocol Showdown: When Court-Mandated Orders Trump Objections
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ESI Protocol Showdown: When Court-Mandated Orders Trump Objections
In a recent Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney and Doug Austin from eDiscovery Today dissected a Western District of New York case that...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Court Reporting in Transition: What Litigation Leaders Should Be Preparing for Now
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Court Reporting in Transition: What Litigation Leaders Should Be Preparing for Now
Court reporting is changing. Not because the need for an accurate record has diminished: it hasn’t. If anything, the increasing complexity...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cloud File Links in Email Discovery: What Legal Teams Should Confirm Before Collection
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Cloud File Links in Email Discovery: What Legal Teams Should Confirm Before Collection
Cloud file links can create unique challenges in eDiscovery because the information referenced in an email may not actually be stored within the...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two Companies, Same Breach, Different Outcomes: Why the Response Was Decided Months Earlier
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Two Companies, Same Breach, Different Outcomes: Why the Response Was Decided Months Earlier
Editor’s Note: The gap between a breach that’s handled calmly and one that spirals into chaos rarely comes down to what happens during the...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How to Choose an eDiscovery Provider: Questions Legal Teams Should Ask Before Signing
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How to Choose an eDiscovery Provider: Questions Legal Teams Should Ask Before Signing
Choosing an eDiscovery provider is about more than selecting the right technology platform. The right provider should be able to support you...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is AI Document Review Defensible? What Legal Teams Should Know Before Using AI in Review
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Is AI Document Review Defensible? What Legal Teams Should Know Before Using AI in Review
Yes, AI document review can be defensible when it is part of a well-designed review workflow that includes human oversight, quality control,...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should There Be an “A.I. Exception” to Liberal Construction of Pro Se Pleadings?
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Should There Be an “A.I. Exception” to Liberal Construction of Pro Se Pleadings?
[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Michael D. Berman.] Pro se pleadings are entitled to liberal construction.  One...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why Signal Is the Most Dangerous Source of ESI You Need to Understand
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Why Signal Is the Most Dangerous Source of ESI You Need to Understand
A Delaware Chancery ruling sanctions WWE’s leadership for manually shortening Signal’s auto-delete settings after receiving two separate written...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Before the First Interview: Scope, the Evidence That Deletes Itself While You Deliberate, and Interim Measures While the Investigation is Pending
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Before the First Interview: Scope, the Evidence That Deletes Itself While You Deliberate, and Interim Measures While the Investigation is Pending
An early writing defining the scope is one of the easiest and most effective first steps when conducting an investigation. Define what is being...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How Does Congress Build an Investigation Against a Company?
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How Does Congress Build an Investigation Against a Company?
Committee staff may spend months building the record before a public hearing so the questions executives eventually face often reflect extensive...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Key Takeaways from Navigating the Current U.S. IP Landscape: Key Legal Developments for Korean Companies (Session 3)
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Key Takeaways from Navigating the Current U.S. IP Landscape: Key Legal Developments for Korean Companies (Session 3)
Recent changes in the U.S. intellectual property landscape are creating new challenges and opportunities for Korean companies looking to protect...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow for the Legal Profession
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A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow for the Legal Profession
A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow for the Legal Profession Disney invited visitors to imagine the home of the future. Here is what the courthouse,...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
[Webinar] Trade Fraud Investigation Best Practices - October 7th, 11:00 am CDT
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[Webinar] Trade Fraud Investigation Best Practices - October 7th, 11:00 am CDT
The U.S. Department of Justice and other federal enforcement agencies have launched a new initiative to investigate and prosecute customs fraud....
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Court Helpfully Takes Narrow View of Privilege Subject Matter Waiver Risk
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Court Helpfully Takes Narrow View of Privilege Subject Matter Waiver Risk
The attorney-client privilege is incredibly fragile. It can be waived even upon sharing information with a family member. The possibility that...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI Prompt Injection: A New Class of Risk and Best Practices
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AI Prompt Injection: A New Class of Risk and Best Practices
Recent court decisions illustrate an emerging risk for businesses and legal professionals using artificial intelligence to review litigation...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Will Courts Enforce Protective Order Restrictions Affecting AI Use?
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Will Courts Enforce Protective Order Restrictions Affecting AI Use?
Editor’s Note: Protective orders have historically been one of the more routine aspects of discovery practice, with disputes typically confined...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How to Handle the Growing Data Complexity Challenge in Cyber Incident Response
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How to Handle the Growing Data Complexity Challenge in Cyber Incident Response
There have always been evolving challenges with post cyber breach incident response, but today, the latest setback post event is no longer simply...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a Decade Changed About New York Employment Cases, and What It Didn't
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What a Decade Changed About New York Employment Cases, and What It Didn't
Ten years ago, an employment case ran on paper, phone calls, and in-person depositions. Today it runs on texts, Slack and Teams messages, call...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Sinking of Old Ironsides: Winning the Discovery Fight and Losing the Case
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The Sinking of Old Ironsides: Winning the Discovery Fight and Losing the Case
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently issued a useful reminder that aggressive discovery positions risk negative consequences far beyond...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WOAH– COURT JUST ORDERED HEIDARPOUR LAW FIRM TO PRESERVE ALL DEVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING “ALL TCPA ACTIONS”
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WOAH– COURT JUST ORDERED HEIDARPOUR LAW FIRM TO PRESERVE ALL DEVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING “ALL TCPA ACTIONS”
Going to keep the commentary on this to a minimum until we see how it all actually plays out but an INCREDIBLE order was just entered in Chet...
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI in Expert Witness Testimony: What Litigators Need to Know About LLM Discovery Risks
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AI in Expert Witness Testimony: What Litigators Need to Know About LLM Discovery Risks
Generative AI tools have quietly entered the expert witness process, and recent litigation developments show how exposed that process can become....
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eDiscovery Watch @ediscovery-jdsupra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Are Mandates in Standing Orders to Disclose Use of GenAI a Good Idea?
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Are Mandates in Standing Orders to Disclose Use of GenAI a Good Idea?
In Josephs v. Security National Ins. Co., 2026 WL 2622048 (C.D. Cal. Sep. 4, 2026), and Chukwurah v. Midland Mortgage, 2026 WL 2622051 (C.D. Cal....
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