A monthly round-up of eDiscovery industry news stories, useful publications, and notable cases of which you should be aware from the preceding month
Welcome to “Because You Need to Know,” XDD’s monthly news round-up. In these posts, we gather together interesting articles, noteworthy cases, new publications, and XDD materials from the preceding month. This post gathers items of interest from February 2021.
Industry News Stories
Interesting topics in the news in February included privacy updates, a spoliation analysis, and ongoing cybersecurity issues:
- Privacy Updates
- A Spoliation Analysis
- Cybersecurity Issues
Notable Cases
New eDiscovery cases discussed in February included:
- Chancery Orders Production of Privileged Emails Transmitted Using Third-Party Accounts
- Court Enforces Strict Sanctions For Failing To Be Competent In ESI Obligations
- Firm’s Computer Policy Doesn’t Undermine Claim of Privilege Over “Private” Communications With Counsel
- California Court Determines the CCPA Does Not Restrict Discovery in Civil Litigation
- English Court Increasingly Willing To Order Disclosure From Third-Party Devices
Useful Publications
New industry publications released in February included:
XDD Materials
In February, XDD published a new blog article and a new product demonstration webinar:
- Educational Webinar
- Experience XDD-Mobile End-to-End Discovery Solution – Mobile discovery is challenging. Mobile data silos create obstacles with collecting, processing and message threading, complicating the review process. XDD-Mobile is XDD’s online application that removes silos and unlocks rich mobile data by integrating conversation intelligence, chat bubble messages and image views directly into your normal review workflows. In this free, one-hour program, XDD Vice President of Products Drew Stern, XDD Vice President of eDiscovery Solutions Geoffrey Sherman, and Anexsys Technical Director Stu Craft cover the complexities that make mobile discovery cumbersome, the XDD-Mobile solution and its ground-breaking features, and the answers to audience questions.
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About the Author
Matthew Verga
Director of Education
Matthew Verga is an electronic discovery expert proficient at leveraging his legal experience as an attorney, his technical knowledge as a practitioner, and his skills as a communicator to make complex eDiscovery topics accessible to diverse audiences. A fourteen-year industry veteran, Matthew has worked across every phase of the EDRM and at every level from the project trenches to enterprise program design. He leverages this background to produce engaging educational content to empower practitioners at all levels with knowledge they can use to improve their projects, their careers, and their organizations.
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