Dear EDRM Community,
The word of the week is competition.
Microsoft’s LinkedIn will verify the employers of people in collaboration with Clear. Amazon announces AI enabling tools on the AWS platform. Google will release Magi, its AI as it meets competition for search. The National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) is looking for input on how to audit AI. Brad Smith, Microsoft President, said the Russians have penetrated video games.
In legal tech this week, Kristen Sonday of Paladin on funding justice tech. Fox was sanctioned in the Dominion suit for withholding evidence. Doug Austin covered a criminal case with a twist of both Google and Apple Watch data and another case with fraudulent text messages. ComplexDiscovery looks at ChatGPT, magic and hallucinations and released the results of their Spring 2023 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey.
EDRM 2.0 project is in full launch phase with the updated EDRM diagram. Subteams and the governing leadership are in formation this month. Reach out to info@edrm.net to get involved. See the Q&A by Legaltech News’ Isha Marathe here. See Law 360’s Sarah Martinson’s article here.
Recent EDRM Blog Posts (reach out to info@edrm.net with your original content for consideration):
- GPT and Generative AI: How It Works, the Risks and How It Impacts the Legal Profession and Legal Services? by Matthew Golab for InfoGovANZ
- Recent “Textbook” Analysis of Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(e) with EDRM’s newest author, Michael D. Berman.
- Bob Lorum, B2B Technology Branding and Marketing Leader, Joins Merlin Search Technologies as CMO
- New Challenges on the Horizon: eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey Spring 2023 Results
- The First 100 Days: Relativity CEO Phil Saunders on New Role, AI, Legalweek and More
- Illumination Zone: Episode 118 | Matthew Rasmussen, founder and CEO at ModeOne sits down with Kaylee & Mary
- The Proposal of Chat-GPT for an “AI Guardian” to Protect Privacy in Legal Cases
Recent EDRM Project Activity
EDRM 2.0 project is in full launch phase with the updated EDRM diagram. Subteams and the governing leadership are in formation this month. Reach out to info@edrm.net to get involved. See the Q&A by Legaltech News’ Isha Marathe here. See Law360’s Sarah Martinson’s article here.
EDRM Announces the EDRM Detroit Symposium June 1-2, kicking off with a reception, a Craig Ball keynote, education with Judicial Stories of eDiscovery Disasters, a You Be the Judge interactive CLE, project team overviews and collaboration and more.
EDRM Cross Platform Duplicate Identification Specification, EDRM Message ID Hash (MIH) got quite a bit of attention. The MIH Toolkit includes the specification, guidelines for use, a one-page infographic and a white paper authored by Craig Ball. In addition, two new tools were published: An Excel calculator using webservices rather than macros, and a method to calculate the hash in Notepad. Two webinars open to the community were held and recorded for later replay with Trustee Beth Patterson, Craig Ball, Matt Golab and Ian Folkman. Access the recording here 24×7.
The Privilege Log project released its Privilege Log 2.0 protocol, also for public comment. The Public Comment Period is complete and the project team is considering the input.
The State Rules Project is looking for some contributors to fill out the rest of the US map. See if your state is covered here
EDRM’s project listings are here, please reach out to info@edrm.net if you are interested in joining a project or championing a new idea.
Webinars
Apr 20: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for April 2023 with Doug Austin, Hon. Judge Andrew Peck (ret.), Tom O’Connor & Mary Mack.
May 2: 1PM Eastern: Deep Data Analytics: Convert Data Signals into Valuable Insights in Ediscovery with Brett Burney, Megan O’Leary and TracyAnn Eggen, CEDS.
May 3: 1PM Eastern: Survey Says…Top 3 E-Discovery Takeaways from Recent Survey of +800 CLOs with Linda Luperchio, The Hanover Insurance Group; Jessica Averitt, Esq. Baker McKenzie; David Yerich, Esq., UHG; Mike Hamilton, Exterro.
May 16: 1PM Eastern: Finger on the Pulse: The Doctor is IN! Legal Tech Job Success Strategies with David Netzer, President, Chief Recruiting Officer, Legal Tech Talent Network, Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad.
May 18: 1PM Eastern: Streamline Investigations with Remote Collection of Androids and Workplace Apps with Emmy Gamble, Technical Customer Success Manager, Cellebrite Enterprise Solution
May 20: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for May 2023 with Doug Austin, Hon. Judge Andrew Peck (ret.), Tom O’Connor & Mary Mack
And, we’d love to hear from you: info@edrm.net will get to both Kaylee and Mary.
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. Our latest guests include Matthew Rasmussen, Chris Wall, Brett Burney and TracyAnn Eggen/
Every Tuesday at 6PM Eastern, community members gather via Zoom to offer or request support as we navigate our work and personal challenges. Email us at info@edrm.net to be included on the group invitation for the 162nd support call. 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. Tall Poppy has some resources specifically for those experiencing online harassment.
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.
Looking for win-win,
Mary & Kaylee
