ODW2642 – Do Not Slack on Preservation: A Playbook for Modern eDiscovery

Course Materials: Recording and PDF of the power point slides.

Description: Adam J. Schwartz, Esq., served as a document review and ESI consultant in Breaking Code Silence v. McNamara, a two-year litigation involving Slack preservation, collection, and review. The case underscores the critical role paralegals and litigation-support professionals play in defensible discovery—from mapping systems and tracking custodians to validating exports, preserving context, and identifying production gaps. The matter ultimately resulted in dismissal with prejudice and $15,342 in monetary sanctions related to delayed Slack production. Using the case as a road map, this session provides a repeatable workflow for preserving, collecting, reviewing, validating, producing, documenting, and escalating Slack data and other modern ESI.

Presenter Biography: Adam J. Schwartz, Esq., is the Founder and CEO of DocumentReview.Law, the attorney-built platform reimagining document review through practical, intuitive AI designed exclusively for legal professionals. With nearly two decades of legal experience, Adam serves as an eDiscovery consultant on complex litigation matters and provides litigation services to attorneys throughout Southern California. Earlier in his career, he defended antitrust, securities fraud, and other sophisticated matters. Adam graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School. He leads DocumentReview.Law with a mission of empowering legal professionals with smarter, attorney-built technology that streamlines document review and allows attorneys to focus on practicing law.