Weekly Letter to our EDRM Global Community – 19 Dec 2023


Weekly Letter to our EDRM Global Community 19 Dec 2023
Image: Kaylee Walstad, EDRM

Dearest EDRM Community,

The  word of the week is tumult. 

A breakthrough was made in 3D printing to print medical devices inside the human body. Queensland floods have an airport submerged. Move over lettuce, we need to worry about salmonella in granola as Quaker Oats announced a voluntary recall. A Vatican court convicted a cardinal of fraud.  The Northern Lights will put on a pre-holiday show.

EDRM thanks those who commented on the “General Data Protection Regulation Cross-Border Discovery Guidelines,” released for public comment.  The public comment period is now closed and the project team is reviewing the comments received.

With EDRM Global Advisory Council member and co-founder of Altorney, Rachi Messing’s help, Stephanie Wilkins, Editor in Chief of Legaltech News asked Israeli startup leaders to speak of their experience of the last few weeks in their own words.  Bob Zeidman returned to the EDRM Global Webinar channel last week and discussed his case to collect from Mike Lindell and Mike Lindell’s appeal will start January 3rd.  Google moved to end geofence warrants.  Biglaw is offering six figure bonuses this year.  We may see a Supreme Court case on cell phone passcodes this term.

Before we leave for the holiday, we’ll look at modern methods to manage multidistrict litigation.

On the EDRM Blog

Jensen Huang’s Life and Company – NVIDIA: building supercomputers today for tomorrow’s AI, his prediction of AGI by 2028 and his thoughts on AI safety, prosperity and new jobs

Replacing Attorney Review? Sidley’s Experimental Assessment of GPT-4’s Performance in Document Review

How to Read a Load File

Litigation Services Leader Greg Mazares Joins Purpose Legal as CEO

Proposed A.I. Rule in Eastern District of Michigan

Leveling the eDiscovery Playing Field with SaaS Digital Forensics Solutions

Text Messages Used to Support Conviction: Prejudice Did Not Outweigh Probative Value

Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel

Recent Podcasts

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.  Recent podcasts guests include Monica HarrisJoan Davison, Jason CoveyJoey Seeber and David GreethamAnya Korolyovand Briordy Meyers.

EDRM thanks those who commented on the “General Data Protection Regulation Cross-Border Discovery Guidelines,” released for public comment.  The public comment period is now closed and the project team is reviewing the comments received.

EDRM updated its Generative AI and Large Language Model policy to address the need for disclosure and fact checking. Read all the policies here.

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 201st 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.

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 Trusted Partners and Event Sponsors. 

Wishing you peace, health and light,

Mary & Kaylee

P.S. Assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy: Images via Dall-E, SEO excerpt and word of the week via Gemini.


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Authors

  • Kaylee Walstad

    Kaylee Walstad, chief strategy officer of EDRM, leads the global project based organization and is the former VP of client engagement at a certification organization. Kaylee is known for her role in building communities, uniting people and companies across the globe, and brand amplification for partners through social media and events. A frequent public speaker on a variety of topics, from personal development to the nuances of e-discovery. Kaylee has a broad background in e-discovery and skills that uniquely position her to provide insight into the challenges faced by the end-users of e-discovery services and technology and the organizations serving them. She has extensive expertise in developing cross organizational discovery strategies for large litigation and investigations.

  • Mary Mack

    Mary Mack is the CEO and Chief Legal Technologist for EDRM. Mary was the co-editor of the Thomson Reuters West Treatise, eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel for 10 years and the co-author of A Process of Illumination: the Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery. She holds the CISSP among her certifications.