There is a light at the end of the tunnel. While things have changed profoundly, and will continue to shift in the coming months and year, lawyers are now seeing some activities begin to normalize. Conversations are shifting from crisis response to adapting and forward progress. As legal teams begin adjusting and preparing for possible future crises, they can build a recovery strategy upon known constants and lessons learned from recent turbulence.
Today, any discussion of e-discovery must address the shifting data footprint. An unprecedented spike in the use of collaboration applications and the creation of unique cloud source data has occurred. Rapid adoption of tools including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom and other communication platforms is quickly displacing email and changing the scope of corporate data forever. From a legal and compliance perspective, this shift will have permanent implications on the workflows, technologies and best practices used in e-discovery.
