Chat applications in corporate settings present significant challenges—especially as it relates to the discovery process in litigation. Companies should both carefully manage how chat communications are used and retained, to ensure privileged conversations are protected, and consider special policies and training for in-house counsel to avoid inadvertent disclosure of privileged information, advise Morgan Lewis associates Aurora de Heer, Elizabeth Gary, and Sheri Graham in a Legal Intelligencer article (part of an ongoing series on ediscovery issues and best practices).