Dearest EDRM Community,
The word of the week is turbulent.
Biden and Xi will sign an agreement between the US and China keeping AI out of control systems for nuclear weapons. The Israel Hamas war threatens to expand in the Mideast. Ukraine warns Russia it will retaliate for energy infrastructure attacks. A mass killing claimed the lives of over 1300 souls in Sudan’s civil war. Moody’s, like its name, cut its credit risk assessment on the US to negative. The National Association of Realtors is reeling from a price fixing verdict regarding commissions in a business climate that reportedly has a 100% online component. Iceland has declared a state of emergency due to earthquake and possible volcanic eruption. Kenyans get a holiday to plant a hundred million seedlings. French police thwart €600,000 champagne heist after a chase with the help of tracking devices.
EDRM is pleased to release its “General Data Protection Regulation Cross-Border Discovery Guidelines,” which have been released for public comment. The public comment period will close on 11/20/2023 and all comments are welcomed.
In Legal Tech this week
Array acquires Acorn. The law must govern AI, or AI will govern the law. ComplexDiscovery reviews the 2023 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey finding AI, ESG and technology adoption challenges to include recruiting and retaining talent in these areas. Stephen Embry brings us the Major Lindsay & Africa survey showing “a startling gap between law firm management and associates.” The European Data Protection Supervisor and UK ICO Sign Memorandum of Understanding per Hunton. Allen & Overy suffered a cyberattack to a “small number of servers,” per Legal IT Insider, as Legal IT Insider’s survey in collaboration with Litera exposes almost half of eDiscovery is not yet in the cloud. OpenAI’s Dev Day announced more power, more data and the ability to make no-code models per eDiscovery Today. Fitting that one of the memorials for Monica Bay will be on eDiscovery Day.
On the EDRM Blog
“Self Help” Discovery in Someone Else’s Dropbox is Held to be Sanctionable
Mobile Ultra: Advancing Digital Investigations in the Age of Evolving Technology
Pythia: Prediction of AI-Human Merger as a Best Possible Future
Meet Your New Litigation Associate: Jen AI
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- 14 Nov 2023: 1PM Eastern: Nextpoint Product Spotlight
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- 16 Nov 2023: 3PM Eastern: ADVANCING YOUR E-DISCOVERY CAREER: HOW TO LEVERAGE E-DISCOVERY DAY TO IT’S FULLEST
- 05 Dec 2023: 1PM Eastern: Streamline and Save: Smart ESI Collection Strategies for eDiscovery
- 06 Dec 2023: 1PM Eastern: Harnessing the Power of Advanced Extractions with Mobile Ultra
- 07 Dec 2023: 3PM Eastern: 2023 Gayle O’Connor Spirit Award Presentation
- 07 Dec 2023: 345PM Eastern: eDiscovery Evolution: A Journey from the Dawn of ESI to Today
- 14 Dec 2023: 1PM Eastern: Guardians of Data: Ethics & Governance for Legal Professionals in an AI-Driven World
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EDRM News
EDRM is pleased to release its “General Data Protection Regulation Cross-Border Discovery Guidelines,” which have been released for public comment. The public comment period will close on 11/20/2023 and all comments are welcomed.
EDRM updated its Generative AI and Large Language Model policy to address the need for disclosure and fact checking. Read all the policies here.
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Striving for balance,,
Mary & Kaylee
