eDiscovery Today

1 week ago | ediscoverytoday.com | Doug Austin

As Cimplifi discusses, the rise of messaging platforms has ushered in a new era of conversational ESI, making defining a “conversation” important. In their post titled (wait for it!) Taming Modern Data Challenges: Defining a “Conversation” (available here), Cimplifi discusses how as long as there has been a discipline called “eDiscovery”, there has been conversational data. Historically, that has been most common in emails that reflect conversations between multiple parties.

2 weeks ago | ediscoverytoday.com | Doug Austin

Here’s the kitchen sink for June 13, 2025 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!Why “the kitchen sink”? Find out here! 🙂The Kitchen Sink is even better when you can include a brand-new eDiscovery meme courtesy of Gates Dogfish, the meme channel dedicated to eDiscovery people and created by Aaron Patton. For more great eDiscovery memes, follow Gates Dogfish on LinkedIn here! Wait! I’m the bad guy here?!?

2 weeks ago | ediscoverytoday.com | Doug Austin

In Milne v. ProAll Int’l Mfg., Inc. No. 8:23-cv-02212-JVS-JDEx (C.D. Cal. May 12, 2025), California Magistrate Judge John D. Early denied Plaintiffs’ Motion for Sanctions against Defendants for failing to produce responsive ESI in a timely manner, finding that Plaintiffs violated the Local Rules by not following proper procedures and engaging in unprofessional behavior during the conference of counsel, which hindered the parties’ ability to confer in good faith.

2 weeks ago | ediscoverytoday.com | Doug Austin

Congrats to ProSearch with the announcement that ProSearch experts will share insights at upcoming webinars and events! Here’s a portion of the press release, the full release is here.

2 weeks ago | ediscoverytoday.com | Doug Austin

FOIA backlogs are growing, but FOIA in the DOGE era is a new challenge. Taylor Coutroulis from Casepoint discusses how to adapt and respond. In her blog post titled (wait for it!) FOIA in the DOGE Era: How Professionals Can Adapt and Respond, available here), Taylor discusses how the size and complexity of FOIA requests continue to surge.