Dearest EDRM Community,
The word of the week is: reconfigure.
In our legal tech world this week, a Circuit Court Judge evangelized ChatGPT in a written concurrence, Autonomy’s Mike Lynch was found not guilty of fraud in the US and Chambers is out with their US Legal rankings.
Join us June 18 for the Hon. Ron Hedges (ret.), who will explain Public Access or Not: What Can and Cannot Be Protected from Disclosure in Litigation and on June 20 for the Hon. Ralph Artigliere (ret.) with Trusted Partner, CodexTen for the final Rise of the Machines IV: Maximizing the Benefits of Technology in Law Practice Workflow, both live, complimentary and starting at 1PM Eastern.
Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack.
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 226th weekly Community Support Call.
On the EDRM Blog:
- EDRM Announces AI CLE Webinar with the Hon. Ralph Artigliere (ret.) and Ralph Losey sponsored by Losey AI, LLC
- EDRM Congratulates its 2024 Chambers USA Legal Guide Leaders
- How Does Generative AI Auto Summarization Work and How Can it Be Applied to eDiscovery & Surveillance Workflows?
- Eleventh Circuit Judge Admits to Using ChatGPT to Help Decide a Case and Urges Other Judges and Lawyers to Follow Suit
- EDRM Announces DISCO as Newest Trusted Partner
- Sanction for Dropbox Rummaging Affirmed
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 17 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for June
- 18 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: Public Access or Not: What Can and Cannot Be Protected from Disclosure in Litigation
- 20 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: Rise of the Machines IV: Maximizing the Benefits of Technology in Law Practice Workflow
- 25 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: Get your SaaS in Gear with Cloud-Based Remote Data Collection
- 26 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: Solving the Small Firm Legal Tech Puzzle: How small and solo firms can find and leverage the right technology for litigation
- 27 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: Revolutionizing Document Review with Generative AI: Present and Future
- 28 Jun 2024: 1PM Eastern: “My AI Did It!” Is No Excuse for Unethical or Unprofessional Conduct: Consideration of Recent Case Law and Ethics Opinions
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Isha Marathe of Legaltech News wrote on both the judges’ reaction to Judge Newsom’s AI filled concurrence and the latest on the Thomson/Lexis/Stanford dustup about benchmarking hallucinations in AI. Users worried about Adobe’s changes In the Terms of Use which might appropriate or share their proprietary and confidential data and Adobe responded quickly with a redline version. Robots are in the home with natural language input (voice) and multi-step reasoning. EDRM’s Director of Content and Community Initiatives and our Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s Director of Content Marketing, Mary Bennett wrote for ALM’s Law.com about whether it matters that AI is used to help craft legal content. Blogger Dave Winer compared ChatGPT to Wikipedia.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Microsoft Recall was white hat hacked, demonstrating screenshots of passwords, encrypted messages and other sensitive data can be displayed in plain text and Microsoft later announced Recall will be off by default. Mike Lynch of Autonomy was acquitted on fraud charges in the US. 11th US Circuit Court Judge Concurs on Using ChatGPT. Rob Robinson of Complex Discovery on OpenAI Confirms Use of its Tools in Russian Disinformation Campaigns. Sensei has great tips for legal professionals to combat deepfake audio and video scams.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: 4 Israeli hostages were rescued with hundreds of civilian casualties, Benny Gantz resigned from the emergency government and the World Food Programme paused distribution due to safety concerns. At the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the US apologized to Ukraine for the delay in arms. Macron called for early elections in France after the European Union elections swung right. Extreme heat in Texas and tornados in the Midwest are taxing the Red Cross and reinsurers expressed doubts about South Africa..
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. Recent guests include Gabe Landau, John Burchfield, Rene Novoa, Zef Deda, Nate Latessa, Andy Paredes, Greg Witczak, Sheila Johnston and Charisma Star .
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM Announces DISCO as Newest Trusted Partner
- Over 50 global leaders joined the EDRM 2.0 project team’s formal kickoff call Three subgroups have formed which start meeting this week: Left-side, stewarded by Charisma Starr, Middle, stewarded by Stephanie Clerkin and Shannon Bales and the Right-side, stewarded by Brett Burney. Contact info@edrm.net to be connected to the Project Trustees.
- 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.
Weekly Community Support Call: Join us every Tuesday at 6PM Eastern on Zoom for support and camaraderie. For an invitation to our 226th weekly call, email info@edrm.net. In case of a mental health emergency, consider these professional resources.
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Adapt and thrive,
Mary & Kaylee
P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy.
