Dear EDRM Community,
The word of the week is strike.
The bells rang across England for the Coronation of King Charles III with Ukrainian colors visible as the Wagner Group threatened to quit on the eve of the Spring Offensive. The Hollywood Writer’s strike illustrates the stakes for creative workers as AI enters labor negotiations. IBM announced a hiring pause to see how AI would impact 7800 open positions. The New York Times gives us a glimpse of why data scientists might be raising alarms on AI: Scientists are turning thoughts into words by interpreting brain scans with LLMs, raising the possibility of an API for the human mind (Patently-O).
In legal tech this week, large layoffs underscore a tightening in our community and we continue to assist in connecting those impacted with the teams in hiring mode. Even Lexis has an AI enabled product now. Greg Bufithes shares his perspective on the AI moment. Apple, Google and others are creating standards about trackable tags to reduce their use in stalking, standards that can be instructive for IoT evidence. Forensics genius David Cowen surfaced the Solar Winds hack.
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 out to us at info@edrm.net to see what is available. Read the agenda and register here.
Recent EDRM Blog Posts (reach out to info@edrm.net with your original content for consideration):
- “I hate, hate, hate motions for sanctions.”
- Beware of the Deceptive Intelligence of ChatGPT: Little Can Be Known From Mere Language Alone.
- EDRM Announces New Global Advisory Council Leaders 2023
- Deposition Transcript Software – Q2 2023 Facts & Findings
- ChatGPT Has Severe Memory Limitations: Judges, Arbitrators and Commercial Litigation Lawyers, Your Jobs Are Safe, For Now.
- Illumination Zone: Episode 121 | eDiscovery Chicks Dakota Bloch and Angie Nolet sit down with Kaylee & Mary
- Elimination of Judicial Disappearing Ink in Maryland
- The Case for Targeted Smartphone Data Collection
- Relativity to Enhance Access to Education and Technology with Support from Microsoft
- ESI 101: Don’t Spoliate Evidence That’s Been Photographed
- Exterro President and CEO Bobby Balachandran named a Gold Stevie winner for Achievement in Management
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 out to us at info@edrm.net to see what is available. Read the agenda and register here.
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 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 24: 1PM Eastern: Mastering eDiscovery in Box: Best Practices for Legal Teams with Anna Simpson, Senior Director of Product Management, Box John Price, Technical Success Manager, Onna
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 the eDiscovery Chicks: Dakota Bloch and Angie Nolet, Shawn Arnold and Clayton Romero, Matthew Rasmussen, and Chris Wall.
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 165th 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.
The iron is hot,
Mary & Kaylee
