Author name: Kassi Burns

How preservation, scope, custodians, and protocol decisions shape cost and defensibility before documents reach review. Discovery risk starts before documents reach a review platform. Decisions about preservation, custodians, data sources, scope, proportionality, search methodology, and production can shape the cost and defensibility of discovery long before a reviewer makes the first responsiveness or privilege determination. […]

The Future Depends on Drawing the Line Clearly Legal judgment and AI now shape how modern legal work begins. AI drafts faster, structures information more consistently, and flags risk at a scale humans could never match. Still, none of this changes why attorneys are hired they are not paid for keystrokes or speed, but for

Why Litigation Teams Keep Relearning the Same Lessons Litigation teams move fast. Deadlines push, opposing counsel escalates, and courts intervene. Everyone is focused on the filing in front of them, which makes the result predictable. Teams risk repeating the same drafting mistakes, recreating fallback arguments and negotiating the same metadata issues. They often walk into

Why Some Lawyers Misuse Local and Standing Orders Local and standing orders are some of the richest sources of discovery intelligence you will ever find, yet many attorneys overlook the Local Intelligence Advantage they provide, treating these orders as administrative clutter or ignoring them completely. They may skim the first page, scroll for deadlines, confirm

Why Automation Breaks When It Touches the Wrong Parts of Legal Work A solid legal automation strategy begins with knowing where to apply automation effectively. Legal teams often adopt automation with the best intentions. They want to move faster, eliminate repetition, and bring order to drafting. But when automation encroaches on the parts of the

Why Multi-Firm Collaboration Breaks Down Even With Good Lawyers When several law firms work on the same matter, the talent level is rarely the problem. The breakdown happens in the space between the firms, which is why effective multi-firm collaboration is so critical. Each firm arrives with its own drafting style, negotiation posture, clause library,