Dearest EDRM Community,
The word of the week is: Precarious.
In Legaltech this week, advances in AI continue to challenge and inspire as social media platform moderation is on the Supreme Court docket.
Let’s remain united in our support for each other, For support or to assist a colleague, contact us at info@edrm.net and join our weekly Community Support Call, now in its fourth year.
In our upcoming EDRM workshop sponsored by our Trusted Partner, HaystackID, we invite our community to come together to learn how we can use generative AI to uplevel what we do.
Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack, EDRM.
EDRM Workshop: Let’s Deep Dive into How eDiscovery Pros Make Generative AI Their Greatest Asse
Let’s remain united in our support for each other. For support or to assist a colleague, contact us at info@edrm.net and join our 211th weekly Community Support Call.
On the EDRM Blog:
- EDRM Workshop: Let’s Deep Dive into How eDiscovery Pros Make Generative AI Their Greatest Asset
- Emojis Are the eDiscovery Challenge That Can No Longer Be Ignored·
- New Study Shows AIs are Genuinely Nicer than Most People – ‘More Human Than Human’
- Maryland Bills to Protect Judges and Their Children·
- Collaborative eDiscovery with the Right Strategy and Solutions·
- Optimism Amidst Challenges: Key Takeaways from the Winter 2024 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey·
- February’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery·
- Rusty Texts: Sending Privileged Information to Clients
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 27 Feb 2024: 1PM Eastern: Nextpoint AI in Action: Winter Product Showcase
- 28 Feb 2024: 1PM Eastern: Unveiling Cellebrite Inseyets for Enterprise: The Digital Forensics Game Changer
- 29 Feb 2024: 1PM Eastern: Tracking User Behavior using the Windows Registry
- 05 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: RISE OF THE MACHINES: TRANSITIONING TO AI POWERED WORKFLOW IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW
- 07 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Generative AI: What Can It Do For – and To – You and Your Clients
- 12 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Challenges in Vendor Collaboration: Effective Strategies for Legal Partnerships
- 13 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Survey Says… Top 5 E-Discovery Learnings from Recent Survey of +600 CLOs
- 20 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Mastering the Cyber Storm: Tailored Tabletop Exercises for Unmatched Resilience
Updates from Around the Globe –
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Social media content moderation laws come before Supreme Court. Joe Patrice of ATL skewers the firm who used ChatGPT hallucinations to support a fee request. ATT will apply a $5 credit to make up for this month’s surprise outage. A man pleaded guilty to insider trading after eavesdropping while working from home. A Democratic operative was subpoenaed for NH deepfake Biden robocall. Tyler Perry put his $800 million movie production studio expansion on hold after seeing the potential impact of OpenAI’s Sora.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Bob Zeidman won the appeal of his arbitration award for a contest sponsored by Mike Lindell (EDRM webinar with Bob here). A judge granted The Lubrizol Corp.’s motion to compel the production of documents in support of its claims for spoliation of evidence against IBM. An attorney was arrested for advising client to dispose of their cellphone. Greg Buckles looks at preservation and legal hold in 2024.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Ukraine has lost over 30,000 souls since the Russian invasion. An Air Force IT person who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy to protest the Gaza bombardments has died. Mexico City may run out of water in a few short months. Reddit (RDDT) filed to go public. Walmart bought Vizio, Capital One bought Discover and Ford stopped shipping electric F-150’s. The US government is on another brink of a shutdown.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. Recent guests include Jason Covey, Joey Seeber, David Greetham, Anya Korolyov, Tom O’Connor, Aaron Patton aka Gates Dogfish, Vazantha Meyers and Marla Crawford.
EDRM Announcements
- Event: EDRM Workshop: Let’s Deep Dive into How eDiscovery Pros Make Generative AI Their Greatest Asset
- Update to EDRM’s Code of Conduct: As part of our own reflection on the unfortunate and horrifying events of Legalweek, EDRM has updated our Code of Conduct around in person, virtual, social and project events for respect and civility. The time is now to make a difference. New projects including eDiscovery Workflows and EDRM 2.0 project are off and running.
- Generative AI Policy Update: Check out our updated Generative AI and Large Language Model policy, focusing on disclosure and fact-checking. Read the Policies Here.
Weekly Community Support Call Join us every Tuesday at 6PM Eastern on Zoom for support and camaraderie. For the invitation to our 211th weekly call, email info@edrm.net. In case of a mental health emergency, consider these professional resources.
Get Involved with EDRM We invite you to participate in our projects, webinars, support gatherings, and the EDRM Hub. Access these offerings at no cost, courtesy of our Trusted Partners and Event Sponsors. Please reach out to info@edrm.net for more information.
We’re at your side,
Mary & Kaylee
P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy.
