In this post, Craig Ball addresses the following question from a fellow eDiscovery professor, in sum and substance: Can a party refuse to produce "attachments" that are essentially included as links within an email, such as between Gmail and Google Drive?  Craig walks us through his answer by addressing the discoverability factors (i.e., relevance, non-privileged records, in a party's possession, custody or control, and satisfy the proportionality factors.)  He further highlights two key wrinkles that such linked attachments could present.  Continue reading →