Dear EDRM community,
The word for the week is regulation.
Tornados in Louisiana, an iceshelf the size of Los Angeles calving in Antarctica and another earthquake near Fukushima combined with combat near nuclear facilities bookend the shifts in weather and geopolitical patterns. International organizations are challenged to stop cities from being destroyed as civilians are killed and relocated. Rules around COVID prevention are scattered to the wind, leaving individuals, businesses and organizations to develop, socialize and enforce their own.
And we say goodbye for now, and thank you, to Mary Rechtoris and Mila Taylor of our Trusted Partner, Relativity’s Stellar Women.
Social media is struggling to keep up with gratuitous violent content and content posted by activists during war time. The US and the EU have agreed in principle on a new framework for cross border data flows, anticipating an Executive Order rather than legislation to implement, and focusing on rationales and remedies for US surveillance.
Competition with technology platforms is coming into its own, with the EU moving first with its Digital Markets Act mandating a level playing field, and upping the maximum penalty from the GDPR’s shocking 4% global turnover to 10% global turnover for a first offense and 20% for repeated violations. Ukranians and Russian dissidents are on “lists” and in danger of being rounded up—the very reason privacy laws are so strong in the EU given historical memory of the Stasi in World War II.
In legal tech this week, Bob Ambrogi reports that Hawaii has joined the states requiring technical competence for attorneys. (HT @ronfriedmann). Victoria Hudgins covers mental health in the legal tech profession.
And we say goodbye for now, and thank you, to Mary Rechtoris and Mila Taylor of our Trusted Partner, Relativity’s Stellar Women. Join Blair Heidenreich Cohen, Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack on Wednesday at 1pm ET for a proper sendoff. Join the LinkedIn Stellar Women group to get the link to join.
Our “Run-Up to Legalweek” had great webinar presentations from our EDRM Trusted Partners to give you a taste of their offerings in case you missed them. The offerings from Onna, Exterro, Cellebrite and Merlin Search Technologies are freely available on demand.
EDRM projects are open to new contributors again, please reach out to info@edrm.net to let us know your interest, and we will introduce you to the appropriate Project Trustee. You can check out EDRM’s project listings here.
Our Syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network is available via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and your favorite podcast app, so you can listen at your leisure. Kaylee and Mary have our own podcast, the Illumination Zone, joining TAR Talk podcast and Ryan Short’s eDiscovery After Hours. Reach out to info@edrm.net to suggest guests, including your own fabulous self.
We continue to Zoom gather for an hour to give and get general support in our one hundred and seventh week each Tuesday. These sessions are point in time for us as humans and are not recorded.
Email us at info@edrm.net to be included on the group invitation for our interactive general support. Remember, you are not alone, and you are welcome at our events, or to reach out for help. If you are having a mental health emergency, please consider these resources for professional help.
We welcome your participation in our projects, webinars, support gatherings, and our EDRM Hub, our job board/event/directory website. There is no charge for these EDRM offerings, thanks to our very generous partners.
Grace under pressure,
Mary & Kaylee
