Guest Details
Kelly Twigger - CEO of Minerva26
Kelly Twigger is the creator of the ESI Practical Guides, host of Case of the Week series, frequent panelist and webinar contributor on eDiscovery topics. She is also a practicing attorney and Adjunct Professor teaching eDiscovery at the University of Colorado at Boulder Law School.
Key Takeaways
Hyperlinked Documents Pose New Challenges:
Courts are inconsistent on whether hyperlinked documents should be treated like attachments. Organizations must proactively manage hyperlink data, and counsel must adapt to technical realities.
The Role of Legal and IT Collaboration:
Organizations that effectively align legal and IT through strong information governance and proactive policy-setting can better control discovery costs and reduce litigation risk.
Generative AI Brings Both Promise and Risk:
While Gen AI offers potential efficiencies, it also introduces ethical risks—such as hallucinated case law—that lawyers must diligently supervise and verify.
Action Items
Chapters with Timecodes
00:00:00 🎙 Guest Introduction: Kelly Twigger's background in eDiscovery and education.
00:05:00📎 Challenges with Hyperlinked Documents: Legal and technical issues, and how courts are grappling with them.
00:15:00 🏛 Organizational Technology Choices: Holding companies accountable for ESI management decisions.
00:22:00🔗 Hyperlinks in ESI Protocols: Lessons from recent cases on improperly scoped ESI protocols.
00:30:00 🛠 Information Governance and IT Collaboration: Building bridges between legal and IT for better discovery outcomes.
00:38:00🚀 Generative AI Risks and Ethics: The promise of AI and the ethical pitfalls lawyers must avoid.
00:47:00 🎓 The Role of AI in Legal Education: How law schools and students must adapt to the new tech-driven reality.
00:55:00🔥 Ephemeral Data Challenges: Why disappearing messaging apps create major risks in litigation.
01:05:00🧩 Future Legal Trends: Predicting how AI and data practices will reshape the legal landscape by 2026.
Most Compelling and Thought-Provoking Quote
"The tools will change, but our obligation to preserve the integrity of the legal process never will."
✅ This perfectly captures the heart of the episode: technology may shift rapidly, but the ethical responsibilities of lawyers remain constant.
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