Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the Week: Vicissitudes.
In our legal tech world this week, Judge Xavier Rodriguez leads the way on AI, noncompetes are back, and everyone’s passwords for all time have been leaked.
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.
On the EDRM Blog:
- The Standard for In Camera Review of Assertedly Privileged Documents
- EDRM Welcomes ComplexDiscovery OÜ as Trusted Partner, Enhancing eDiscovery Resources
- Worrying About Sycophantism: Why I again tweaked the custom GPT ‘Panel of AI Experts for Lawyers’ to add more barriers against sycophantism and bias
- Documents Withheld by Admin Agency Must be Logged Even if Not in Admin Record
- The Federal “Official Information” Privilege
- Recent Example of a Valid Effort to “Meet and Confer” to Resolve Discovery Disputes
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 10 Jul 2024: 1PM Eastern: eDiscovery for the Rest of Us Author Panel (Part 2): Strategic Tips for Modern eDiscovery
- 16 Jul 2024: 1PM Eastern: Generative AI for Smart Discovery Professionals: An Introduction to Large Language Models
- 16 Jul 2024: 2PM Eastern: 20 years later: revisiting the landmark Zubulake e-discovery precedents
- 17 Jul 2024: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for July
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Judge Xavier Rodriguez created a test for AI where he and his team will compare a previously adjudicated case against an AI-enabled process. Ken Withers, long-time Deputy Directorwas named Executive Director of The Sedona Conference. EDRM Trusted Partner Opentext achieved FedRAMP status. A federal judge partially blocked the FTC’s order banning most noncompetes. ComplexDiscovery covered the latest massive password leak. YouTube released a tool to erase copyrighted music without altering other audio. EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, offered a new career planning webinar transcript.
- International eDiscovery Trends: EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro looked at eDiscovery Guru Amy Bowser-Rollins’ checklist to prepare to scale a document review. eDJ’s Greg Buckles analyzed the Microsoft 365 roadmap and explains the many kinds of Microsoft 365 mailboxes. Japan has phased out floppy disks. Thomson Reuters has a deep new survey on GenAI plans and adoption, and doc review is at the top of use cases across the board. Doug Austin’s Kitchen Sink is filled with Gates Dogfish, Mike Berman on Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid, Rob Robinson on the massive password breach, and Ralph Losey on sycophantism, among others.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Hungary’s Orban went to Moscow on a peace mission. Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks gained momentum. The UK’s election trended decisively left as France’s election saw physical attacks on candidates. Iran elected a Reformist President. Hurricane Beryl devastated islands on its way to the US mainland. A Minoan palace was discovered on Crete while Mt. Etna erupted on Sicily. A drug made by Gilead has been shown successful in preventing HIV infection with two injections per year.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. Recent guests include Brett Burney with Doug Austin, Gabe Landau, John Burchfield, Rene Novoa, Zef Deda, and Nate Latessa.
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM Announces ComplexDiscovery as its Newest Trusted Partner.
- EDRM’s AI Ethics & Bias team released its GenAI Judicial Orders Repository.
- 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. The time is now to make a difference.
- 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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Change is constant,
Mary & Kaylee
P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy