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The First Amendment Privilege Against Discovery by the Government
Michael D. Berman examines a ruling addressing the First Amendment privilege against government discovery, including internal advocacy materials and the evidentiary showing required to establish a chilling effect on associational rights.
5 tips on how to collect data for ediscovery
Data collection is one of the biggest challenges litigation teams face. Nextpoint shares five practical tips for building a complete, repeatable, and defensible eDiscovery collection process.
A Request for “Three-Strata Validation” Was Denied
A federal court addressed a proposed “three-strata validation” process for ESI discovery in In re Class Action Settlement Administration Litigation. The parties agreed to statistically valid sampling of documents coded nonresponsive, while the court rejected...
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[Podcast] HaystackID® in the EDRM Illumination Zone: Erin Meyer, Mary Bennett, Jason Cassel, and Alex Lewandowski
HaystackID’s marketing team explains how it combines multiple AI models, reusable frameworks, continuous quality control, and human review to create content faster without sacrificing accuracy, brand consistency, or accountability.
Use of Personal Email by Government Personnel
Government personnel who use personal email or devices for government business may expose those systems to discovery. A federal court ordered counsel-supervised searches of personal email and cell phone data in Washington v. Mass. Dept....
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[Webcast Transcript] From Breach to Legal Crisis: The Hours that Define Your Exposure
What happens in the first hours after a breach can shape an organization’s legal, regulatory, and notification response. HaystackID experts discuss preparation, evidence preservation, data governance, outside counsel, notification workflows, and the use of generative...
iCONECT and eDiscovery AI Partner to Build Integrated AI-Powered Document Review Experience
iCONECT and eDiscovery AI have announced a strategic partnership to develop an integrated AI-powered document review experience combining iCONECT’s review platform with AI technology for relevance, privilege, and PII detection.
The eight-hour clock starts today: EU e-evidence orders now land on covered U.S. providers’ EU addressees
The EU e-Evidence Regulation is now applicable, enabling judicial authorities across participating EU member states, where national arrangements are in place, to serve binding electronic-evidence orders directly on covered providers’ EU addressees. For U.S. providers,...
What Substantive Law Governs Sufficiency of a Privilege Log in a Federal Court Sitting in Diversity?
In McSwain v. HOMAG Machinery N. America, Inc., the court distinguished state substantive privilege law from the federal procedural rules governing the sufficiency of a privilege log.
Weekly Letter to Our EDRM Global Community – 25 August 2026
This week’s EDRM community letter features recent blog posts, upcoming webinars, notable podcasts, and key announcements. Stay engaged with the EDRM community for the latest insights and support.
“Court Sanction for Plaintiff’s Use of Prompt-Injection”
A Connecticut court sanctioned a self-represented litigant for repeatedly concealing AI prompt-injection instructions in court filings. In Elliott v. New York Bariatric Group, LLC, the court distinguished the familiar risk of unreliable AI output from...
Another A.I. Protective Order – Part 10
U.S. v. Dygdon provides another example of an AI protective order governing discovery materials. The consent order bars certain AI uses and requires confidentiality, no model training, restricted third-party access, and deletion at the end...