There are some things that just don’t seem to go out of style, like a little black dress, or, in the e-discovery world, a panel of judges reviewing discovery case law.

(l-r) Allison A. Grounds, eMerge managing partner, Troutman Pepper; Judge Willie J. Epps Jr.; Western District of Missouri; Judge Allison H. Goddard, Southern District of California; Judge Gary R. Jones, Northern District of Florida; Judge Young B. Kim, Northern District of Illinois; Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson, Eastern District of Texas; Judge Michael Robinson, North Carolina State Court. (Courtesy photo)

During the “Navigating the Legal Landscape: A Comprehensive Case Law Update for Advanced eDiscovery” session at the Georgetown University Law Center’s annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute conference on Thursday, a panel of judges unpacked some of the year’s most notable discovery case law outcomes. They shared takeaways ranging from the appropriate level of granularity that ESI protocols should accomplish, to the challenges that collaboration platforms will create for relevancy redaction debates.