Dear EDRM Community,
The word of the week is clash.
Tucker Carlson is out at Fox in the wake of their $787mil settlement with Dominion. Diplomats are evacuating the Sudanas fighting continues in Ukraine. Cars turning into the wrong driveway, a teen ringing the wrong doorbell and a cheerleader entering the wrong car received volleys of shots resulting in deaths. Weather alerts will need to route around the blue check verification mess on Twitter.
In legal tech this week, Doug Austin published an Internet Minute graphic. The ABA notified its membership of a data breach, with a data breach class action suit already brought forth. EDRM gives a warm welcome to Michael Berman and David Netzer as they educate our EDRM and JD Supra community. Blogger extraordinaire, Ralph Losey, returns from a transatlantic cruise with some poetry. Trial technology expert Shannon Bales will be honored for his lifetime achievement by ILTA on May 4. ComplexDiscovery covers an IP shield to protect trade secrets from Large Language Models. Our Trusted Partner, Exterro invites us to listen in on their new podcast, Ediscovery Chicks.
Recent EDRM Blog Posts (reach out to info@edrm.net with your original content for consideration):
- The Poetry of e-Discovery: Rules 26(b), 37(e), 34 and 1, FRCP
- What the Spring 2023 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey Reveals about Future Job Opportunities
- What Hath Noom Wrought?
- Exterro Granted Patent for Innovative Data Source Discovery Software
- April’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery
- Is AI Finally Taking Jobs Away? Legal Tech Talent Network Evaluates Recent Trends in the Litigation Technology Job Market
- Authentication of a Disputed Email and Attachment
- GPT and Generative AI: How It Works, the Risks and How It Impacts the Legal Profession and Legal Services?
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. Sponsorship opportunities abound, please reach ot to us at info@edrm.net to see what is available.
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
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: *New Quarterly Series* 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 30: 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 Shawn Arnold and Clayton Romero, Matthew Rasmussen, Chris Wall and Brett Burney.
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 163rd 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.
Toward peace, love and understanding,
Mary & Kaylee
