It’s a familiar scene: the eDiscovery lead launches into a deep dive on deduplication metrics for an upcoming trial, while your eyes scan the room for a quiet escape. Or flip it – you’re trying to outline a tight trial timeline and get no reaction from your eDiscovery vendor – because the dataset is three terabytes, and no one's talked budget yet.

In Part 1 of this series, we laid the groundwork for why eDiscovery matters. Now it’s time to get practical. Because once you’ve preserved the data, the real adventure begins.

If you work in litigation and haven’t dealt with eDiscovery yet, you either bill in a parallel universe or you’ve been very, very lucky. However, as digital data continues to multiply, even the smallest matters now involve some form of electronically stored information (ESI).

We recently partnered with EDRM for a webinar titled “How to Talk to Your Litigators About eDiscovery”, where I co-presented with Francesca Morency, a litigator and Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. We dug into what litigators really care about when eDiscovery comes up - and how Litigation Support and eDiscovery professionals can meet those needs without diving so deep into technical details that litigators tune out.

When I tell people I teach eDiscovery at IUPUI’s School of Informatics, they either nod politely or immediately check their phones. Fair. It’s not exactly cocktail party material. But here's the thing: if you're practicing law in 2025 and not keeping up with how technology is reshaping the courtroom and the discovery process, you’re doing your clients – and yourself – a disservice.

 Last week, on the 39th floor of Indianapolis’ Salesforce Tower, we hosted an open‑house marking Proteus’s 10th anniversary – and christening our new downtown headquarters. With sweeping views of the city skyline, signature cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music, the event was part open house, part reunion, and part gratitude tour.  

Friends,

As we mark the 10th anniversary of Proteus Discovery Group, I want to take a moment to reflect on and recognize Proteus’ growth achieved through the support and collaboration of our clients, partners, and team members. 

I’m excited to share some significant news with our clients, partners, and eDiscovery friends: Proteus Discovery Group has officially acquired Novitas Data.It’s an important step for us, doubling our size and greatly enhancing our ability to provide top-tier eDiscovery solutions coast-to-coast.

Many small and mid-sized law firms approach to eDiscovery consists of cobbling together legacy tools instead of embracing cutting-edge eDiscovery solutions and legal technologies like RelativityOne.

This approach is understandable. Ten years ago, when many firms first took a look at their eDiscovery practices, eDiscovery was a new and expensive concept. Attorneys could, in most cases, get by through creating PDFs or scanning documents, and judges and opposing counsel typically accepted it...