A monthly round-up of 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, new publications, noteworthy cases, and XDD materials from the preceding month. This post gathers items of interest from January 2018.
Industry News Stories
Interesting topics in the news from January include the looming effective date of the GDPR, the implications of AI in legal practice, and the evolution of the legal services market:
- The Looming Effective Date of the GDPR
- The Implications of AI in Legal Practice
- The Evolution of the Legal Services Market
Notable Cases
New eDiscovery cases discussed in January include:
Useful Publications
New industry publications released in January included:
XDD Materials
XDD published six new blog articles, one new white paper, and one new educational webinar in January:
- Blog Articles
- Proportionality Series:
- Investigations Series (ongoing):
- News Post:
- White Paper
- A Supercomputer in Every Pocket: Mobile Devices in eDiscovery – Today, the average smartphone “has more computing power than all of NASA when it put the first men on the moon in 1969,” and the vast majority of litigants’ key players and other custodians will have one in their pocket. This white paper reviews several aspects of the mobile device discovery challenge, including: what kinds of materials and information they contain; available collection options and applicable limitations; management and review of acquired mobile materials; and relevant case law on the discovery of mobile device data.
- Educational Webinar
- A Supercomputer in Every Pocket: Mobile Devices in eDiscovery – In this free, one-hour webinar, XDD Director of Education Matthew Verga, JD, discusses several aspects of the mobile device discovery challenge, including: what kinds of materials and information they contain; available collection options and applicable limitations; management and review of acquired mobile materials; and relevant case law on the discovery of mobile device data.
As always, we welcome your input regarding future topics for our webinars, articles, and white papers. Share your interests with us here.