It’s been about a decade and a half since the original Sedona Principles and Judge Shira Scheindlin’s decision in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg. It’s been a little less than that since the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Attorneys have this e-discovery thing down by this point, right?
Not so fast. As the world changes and technology along with it, so too does the practice of e-discovery. These days, the issue isn’t limited to how to collect emails. Now, e-discovery practitioners must grapple with social media, internet chat, text messages, and other data that those in 2003 couldn’t have even dreamed of.
