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[LT-01] Why Courts Are Sanctioning Attorneys for...

[LT-01] Highlighting text in Word isn't redaction. Courts are sanctioning attorneys for technical failures that expose privileged information.

February 23, 20266 min skaityti
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[LT-01]

The Highlight-to-PDF Trap

Every week, attorneys make the same mistake: they highlight text in black, convert to PDF, and assume it's "redacted."

It's not.

That text can be:

  • Selected and copied
  • Extracted with basic PDF tools
  • Revealed by removing the highlighting layer
  • Indexed by search engines

Courts have taken notice—and they're not pleased.

Real Sanctions Cases

The "Technical Weakness" Admonishment

In a recent case documented by Nextpoint, a magistrate judge demanded c...

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