Helping litigators embrace the power of ESI and transform it into a competitive advantage
It's the first new COTW of 2025, and it's a great one. Kelly explores the important question of whether a party can redact text messages for relevance without an agreement between the parties and reviews a key discussion on how text messages have quickly expanded as evidence.
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆? 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 In the rapidly evolving world of discovery, text messages have become a critical source of evidence—but they also present unique challenges. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. In this week's blog, Kelly Twigger breaks down the recent decision in We the Protesters, Inc. v. Sinyangwe, exploring: ✅ Why text messages are becoming essential evidence in litigation ✅ When redactions are permitted (and when they aren't) ✅ How to negotiate clear discovery agreements to avoid costly disputes 👉𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗦𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 📖 Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/g4EuwPfW ❔𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄! #ediscovery #litigation #textmessages #KellyTwigger #CaseoftheWeek #ediscoveryassistant
