No Simple Way Forward: Inside E-Discovery's Collaboration Data Problem

Decades ago, the e-discovery industry raced to account for the emergence of email. With today's collaboration tools, it faces a similar—but far steeper—challenge. A Legalweek(year) session dove into just why these new data types are the new frontier.

March 16, 2021 at 02:21 PM

4 minute read

Rhys Dipshan

For veteran e-discovery professionals, the recent explosion of potentially responsive collaboration data in organizations is an all-too familiar problem. "I remember 20 years ago we were sort of in the same spot with the 'new' email—in other words, we were trying to figure out how to search collect, preserve, then review and produce email," says Brett Burney, principal at Burney Consultants. "Well, today I typically talk about text messaging, social media [and] collaboration platforms as sort of the new email," he added.