As I discussed last Thursday, the E-Discovery Day 2024 schedule is out! One of those will involve unlinking the chaos of hyperlinked files!

But first: We Need Your Help! The eDiscovery Today State of the Industry Report survey is currently live, with 12 questions about the state of the eDiscovery industry, including questions on generative AI, technology assisted review (TAR), mobile device and collaboration app discovery, eDiscovery use cases, hyperlinked files, and more! Takes two minutes to fill out. Please check it out here – doing so will get you a FREE copy of the report when it’s published in January.

Thursday, December 5th at 11am ET (10am CT, 8am PT), eDiscovery Today will be sponsoring the E-Discovery Day webinar Unlinking the Chaos: Navigating Hyperlinked Files in eDiscovery! In this eDiscovery Today sponsored webinar (available for registration here), our panel of experts will explore all aspects of hyperlinked files, including relevant case law, technical capabilities and challenges, and best practices from both the requesting and producing party perspectives. The panel will also address common assumptions and dispel certain myths surrounding the hyperlinked files dilemma. 

Topics include: 

• What Do We Call These Things? 
• Five Assumptions About the Issue of Hyperlinked Files 
• Notable Case Law Rulings to Date
• The Current Collection Landscape for Hyperlinked Files 
• The Preservation Nightmare for Hyperlinked Files 
• Best Practices from a Requesting Party Standpoint 
• Best Practices from a Producing Party Standpoint 
• What the Future Holds

I’m excited to be joined by Kelly Twigger, CEO of eDiscovery Assistant, Brett Burney, Vice President of eDiscovery Consulting at Nextpoint Law Group and Tom O’Connor, Director of the Gulf Legal Technology Center!

If you attended the EDRM webinar that Kelly, Brett and I did back in August on hyperlinked files, this one will be different! Why? Because we all – especially Tom, who has done a great job with his interviews on the eDiscovery Channel! – have gathered a lot more information about the technical capabilities and challenges associated with hyperlinked files, especially regarding Microsoft 365 and G-Suite!

You won’t want to miss what we have found out! Register here to join us as we discuss unlinking the chaos of hyperlinked files!

So, what do you think? Is your organization struggling with discovery of hyperlinked files? If so, tune into our webinar on E-Discovery Day! And please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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