Our Insights on eDiscovery

Yesterday, I took a look back at two posts that comprised six eDiscovery predictions for 2014 that I wrote three years ago. I thought it might be fun to look back at those posts to see how those predictions fared. I covered the first three predictions yesterday, so today I’ll cover the last three.

Sometimes, in addition to the many other resources that I use to look for blog post ideas, I like to look back at my old posts from the past to see if there’s a topic that warrants a fresh look. When I did that yesterday, I stumbled on two posts that comprised six eDiscovery predictions for 2014 that I wrote three years ago. I thought it might be fun to look back at those posts to see how those predictions fared.

The proliferation of data in our society today makes the task of protecting sensitive and private data more challenging than ever. Without a doubt, privacy and data protection laws have evolved quite a bit over the past several years, especially internationally, with the striking down of the 15 year old Safe Harbor agreement back in 2015 over privacy concerns and subsequent adoption of the EU-US Privacy Shield last year. To help legal practitioners to have a better understanding of various data privacy issues and guidelines, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) has created a new primer to help with this growing issue.

We now have our first two approved states for CLE for our webcast “What Every Attorney Should Know About eDiscovery in 2017” coming up on Wednesday, January 25! Also, if you’re reading an attorney blog, that attorney may or may not be a real person.

Everybody knows a “Debbie Downer”. They may not be much fun to be around, but when planning for an eDiscovery project, you may need to tap into your own personal “Debbie Downer” to succeed.