Advanced document review does not begin when reviewers open the first document. It begins much earlier, when legal and forensic teams decide what data to collect, how it will be processed, which information should enter the review population and what technology will be used to identify responsive material. A recent United States discovery decision provides …
Your AI Chat History May Be Evidence: Why Legal Holds Need to Change
Employees are increasingly using AI assistants to test ideas, summarise information, draft communications and think through commercial decisions. These exchanges may feel informal, more like private conversations than business records. In litigation or an investigation, however, prompts and responses can provide direct evidence of what a person knew, what options they considered and why a …
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Before Uploading Discovery to AI, Read the Protective Order
Generative AI can help legal teams understand a document production more quickly. Reviewers may use AI tools to summarise lengthy reports, identify names and dates, compare documents, build chronologies or locate material relevant to a particular allegation. But what happens when those documents were received from another party through discovery? A series of United States …
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AI-Assisted Document Review After Australia’s New Federal Court Guidance
Generative AI is moving quickly into document review, investigations and litigation support. Legal teams can now use AI tools to summarise documents, identify themes, extract key information and help prioritise large collections. This may reduce the time required to understand a matter, especially during early case assessment or an internal investigation. However, using generative AI …
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New Privacy Rules Are Coming: What IPP3A Means for Digital Investigations
From 1 May 2026, New Zealand organisations will face a new privacy obligation when they collect personal information about someone from another source. Known as Information Privacy Principle 3A, or IPP3A, the new rule will generally require an organisation to tell a person when information about them has been collected indirectly. That sounds straightforward. In …
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The Screenshot Problem: Why Digital Evidence Needs More Than a Convincing Image
Screenshots have become a routine part of litigation and investigations. They are used to record text messages, social media posts, online transactions, workplace communications, website content and activity within mobile applications. They are easy to capture, easy to share and immediately understandable to a reviewer. They are also increasingly easy to fabricate. On 24 February …
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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Is Changing Again: What Legal Teams Need to Do Before 16 February 2026
Microsoft has announced two changes to Purview eDiscovery that will affect how legal, investigation and compliance teams search, review and export Microsoft 365 evidence. From 16 February 2026, the Content Search area of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery will become a more limited search-and-export tool. It will no longer support review sets or case-level data sources. Microsoft …
Microsoft Teams Private Channel Evidence Is Moving: What Legal Teams Need to Check for 2026
Microsoft Teams has become an important source of evidence in workplace investigations, litigation, regulatory inquiries and internal disputes. Messages sent through Teams may record decisions, instructions, approvals, complaints and informal discussions that do not appear in email. Private channels are particularly significant because they are often used for sensitive projects, management discussions, investigations and restricted …
Deepfakes Enter the Evidence Room: What New Zealand Legal Teams Need to Preserve Now
Deepfakes are no longer only a concern for celebrities, elections and online misinformation. They are becoming a practical issue for lawyers, investigators and organisations relying on photographs, voice recordings, CCTV footage, video calls and social media content as evidence. The issue became particularly timely in New Zealand following the introduction to Parliament in late October …
Smarter Discovery: How Reveal’s “Ask” Feature Helps You Meet the New High Court Rules
The High Court Amendment Rules 2025 raise the bar for how digital evidence is discovered and reviewed in New Zealand. Lawyers are now expected to take a more proactive, technology-assisted approach — focusing on proportionality, early identification of key issues, and cost efficiency. That’s where Reveal’s Ask feature makes a real difference. Beyond Keywords: Smarter …
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