Dearest EDRM Community,
The phrase of the week is: Interconnected.
In our legal tech world this week, we continue to explore the edges of practice with deep fakes, GenAI and elections as ESI features prominently in cases, regulation and geopolitical events.
Complex Discovery’s Spring 2024 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey is nearing completion. Your input into the current and future conditions in our ecosystem is much needed. You can complete the anonymized three minute survey here.
Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack, EDRM.
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 221st weekly Community Support Call.
On the EDRM Blog:
- A Finger on the Ethical Pulse: Navigating AI in Legal Practice with Confidence
- Some Legal Ethics Quandaries on Use of AI, the Duty of Competence, and AI Practice as a Legal Specialty
- 4 Things You Never Wanted to Hear + 8 Lessons & a Dispute Over Revealing Recipients of Litigation Hold Notices, All in One Case
- ·EDRM Announces GenAI Judicial Orders Repository
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 7 May 2024: 12PM Eastern: Deep Fakes and the Justice System
- 8 May 2024: 1PM Eastern: Efficiency Unlocked: Mastering Problem-Solving for Legal Professionals
- 9 May 2024: 1PM Eastern: Testimony Tells a Story: Build a Winning Argument with Deposition Transcripts
- 16 May 2024: 1PM Eastern: Empowering Investigations with Data from the Cloud
- 22 May 2024: 1PM Eastern: ESI and Crimes: Catching Criminals and Protecting Rights
- 23 May 2024: 1PM Eastern: How Legal Must Mitigate Risk in Today’s Dangerous and Changing Data Landscape
- 28 May 2024: 1PM Eastern: Unlocking Microsoft 365: Navigating the Future of eDiscovery Tools
- 30 May 2014: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for May
Updates from Around the Globe –
- Global Legal Tech Developments: The UK made default passwords illegal for devices connecting to the internet. RAG can reduce hallucinations but not eliminate them according to TechCrunch. The US FCC fined cell carriers for selling location data. Wireless signals are being captured by surveillance tools in at least two US border towns. French cyberwarriors will test their defenses at the Olympics. A doctored election related video gave rise to an arrest of an Indian opposition party leader.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Microsoft has an API export overage charge for data collected from M365 and Greg Buckles has scenarios to break budgets. Some data breach reports are not privileged in Ontario. EDRM Trusted Partner, eDiscovery Today’s Kitchen Sink includes links to Ralph Losey on AI competence and the first scientific study on work tasks and GenAI, Rob Robinson on the FTC/Amazon ephemeral messaging dustup and Legaltech News’ Cassandre Coyer on a WA state court ban on AI enhanced video. Congratulations to David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director to EDRM’s Trusted Partner, Relativity, on the Lifetime Achievement Award he received this week at ILTA’s 2024 Distinguished Peer Awards. Google may be severely sanctioned for turning history off and not preserving text messages in an existential antitrust suit. Rhys Dipshan reported on KLDiscovery’s swap of debt for equity.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Houston, Tanzania and Brazil suffered flooding this week, with record high temperatures in Southeast Asia. There is a serious settlement offer on the table in the Israel – Hamas war even as rockets fly and Gaza is in famine. Student protests supporting Gaza continue during graduation ceremonies on some campuses and have ended on others. Moscow highlighted NATO drills as preparation for fighting. The US Air Force is publicly piloting AI controlled fighter jets. China flies to the dark side of the moon. Scientists found a way to convert blood from A and B into universal donor O type blood. It was the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. Recent guests include Rene Novoa, Zef Deda, Nate Latessa, Andy Paredes, Greg Witczak and Charisma Star .
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM’s AI Ethics &Bias team released its GenAI Judicial Orders Repository
- EDRM announced two new projects seeking contributors, the Testimony Evidence Reference Model (TERM) project and the Gigabytes Metrics (ESI File Size Project.) Reach out to info@edrm.net to learn more and get involved.
- Update to EDRM’s Code of Conduct: EDRM has updated our Code of Conduct around in person, virtual, social and project events for respect and civility.
- Generative AI Policy Update: Check out our updated Generative AI and Large Language Model policy, focusing on disclosure and fact-checking. Read the Policy Here.
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We are all part of one another,
Mary & Kaylee
P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy.
