Prompt Me Like One of Your Search Terms with Guest: Doug Austin

Map it Like a Polaroid Picture - with Guest Debie Reynolds a/k/a The Data Diva!

This week, we're sitting down with the one and only Debbie Reynolds — aka the Data Diva 👑 — and we are talking ALL things data mapping. 🗺️ Here's what we're getting into: 📌 How data maps directly impact your eDiscovery process 📌 How organizations are tackling data maps AND leveling up their cross-collaboration efforts 📌 AND... a little pantry analogy you didn't know you needed — think chickpeas. 🫘 IYKYK Debbie brings the expertise, we bring the energy, and together we're breaking it all down in true eDiscovery Chicks fashion. 💅 Whether you're deep in the data world or just getting started, this one is for YOU!

Spilling the Courtroom Tea

☕OUT NOW ☕ Allison LaBarbera Dowd [https://www.linkedin.com/company/93665073/admin/page-posts/published/?share=true#] and Jennifer Salvadori Crumblish [https://www.linkedin.com/company/93665073/admin/page-posts/published/?share=true#] drop in to chat about what to expect next month at Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference [https://www.linkedin.com/company/93665073/admin/page-posts/published/?share=true#]! Its not too late to register now and join us there!! 🫖Later the tea is spilled.... Twenty years ago, one case changed eDiscovery forever. Last month, another one did it again. 🍵 Bree [https://www.linkedin.com/company/93665073/admin/page-posts/published/?share=true#] revisits Zubulake v. UBS — the landmark eDiscovery ruling everyone should know (preservation, cost-shifting, sanctions). 🧋 Angie [https://www.linkedin.com/company/93665073/admin/page-posts/published/?share=true#] breaks down Morgan v. V2X (D. Colo. Mar. 30, 2026) — a major AI-in-discovery decision: risks of uploading confidential materials to consumer AI, need for AI-specific protective orders, and limits on withholding your AI tool identity. 👂 Listen now — one case built the foundation, the other just cracked it open. #flockon 🐔 #jointheflock #ediscovery

𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭 (𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)—with Ralph Losey and Hon. Ralph Artigliere (Ret.)

🦾 This episode is for anyone who’s tired of AI panic and ready for AI competence. 📣 Out now! 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭 (𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)! Angie [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] and Bree [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] are re-visited by our favorite Ralphs! This episode with Ralph Losey [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] and Hon. Ralph Artigliere [https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla#] (Ret.) on AI literacy, is basically a survival guide for practicioners who want to use modern tools without becoming a cautionary tale. Highlights: ✅Sanctions headlines: what courts are actually punishing vs. what we fear ✅“Verification” that isn’t vibes and isn’t performative ✅Why banning AI doesn’t eliminate AI, it just makes it sneakier ✅The credibility problem: when the prose gets stronger than the facts #FlockOn Friends! 🐔

This quarterly nothing burger coulda been an email ...

“This quarterly nothing burger coulda been an email.” If your QBR feels like a deck, a data dump, and a whole lot of acronyms being thrown around like alphabet soup (KPIs, CBRs, RACI… we see you 👀), we’ve got you. In this episode of the eDiscovery Chicks podcast 🎙️🐔, we’re breaking down the actual components of an effective QBR — what these acronyms mean, how to use KPIs to drive decisions, how RACI creates accountability, and how to give your QBR a real glow up ✨. We’ll also cover who should be at the table 👥 to make these meetings collaborative, strategic, and worth everyone’s time. Because once you know the recipe🍳, you can stop clucking around 🐔 and start serving up something egg-ceptional 🥚🔥

Legal Ops is So Fetch with special guest: Jessica Vander Ploeg, VP of Legal Ops at Belron

Legal ops is the difference between: A legal team running on strategy and a legal team running on vibes and late-night fire drills. With Jessica Vander Ploeg, we get brutally practical about: * Priority management when you’ve got 20–30 “top” priorities * Partnerships as currency across the business * Proving value (including the messy reality of quantifying “soft savings”) * How to diagnose a role before you accept it