Dearest EDRM Community,
Phrase of the week: Vision
In our legal tech world this week, we are grateful to Stephanie Wilkins and Rhys Dipshan of Legaltech News for publishing our white paper, Deepfakes in Legal Proceedings – A Strategic Framework for Collaborative Solutions, as the legal community grapples with artificially generated evidence at scale.
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:
- July 2024 HSR Transactions: What GDP Growth and Economic Trends Mean for eDiscovery
- EDRM Announces Clarity as Newest Trusted Partner
- Deepfakes in Legal Proceedings – a Strategic Framework for Collaborative Solutions
- Florida Takes a Measured Approach to Ethical Guardrails on Generative AI
- Discovery is the Lawyer’s X-Ray; However, an MRI May Not Be Reasonable
- LT Harper Takes Majority Shareholding in APT
- Court Denied Unopposed Motions for Protective Order and Approval of ESI Protocol
- Generative Search Engines: Providing Answers Not Links
- Vendor Voices on AI, eDiscovery Pricing, and Industry Developments in August 2024
- EDRM Mentorship in Action: Holley Robinson’s Path in eDiscovery
- When Must a Motion to Compel Be Filed? – Part 2
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 9 September 2024: 1PM Eastern: Privilege Logging in the Age of GenAI: Mitigating Burdens and Risks (CLE)
- 12 September 2024: 1PM Eastern: Data Risk & Resilience Part II – E-Discovery Unlocked: Managing the E-Discovery Data Minefield
- 16 September 2024: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for September
- 19 September 2024: 1PM Eastern: Data Risk & Resilience Part III – Digital Forensics in your Incident Response Plan
- 26 September 2024: 1 PM Eastern: Data Risk & Resilience Part IV – Data Deletion Dilemma: A Unified Approach to Defensible Data Disposal
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Complex Discovery released Vendor Voices. Head of the US FTC’s efforts on antitrust, competition, and consumer protection, Lena Khan was named a Fast Company Most Innovative of the Last 10 Years. Apple is announcing its new lineup this week. eWeek predicts greater uptake of ethical generative AI. Elon Musk backtracked in his judicial standoff in Brazil.
- International eDiscovery Trends: EDRM released our White Paper on Deepfake Evidence with our newest Trusted Partner, Clarity. Ralph Losey wrote on Generative Search Engines Providing Answers not Links. Mike Berman wonders if asking for a Discovery Plan would be more effective than asking for an ESI Protocol in some jurisdictions. Rob Robinson honored us with this account of our wonderful Marketing Operations Manager, Holley Robinson’s mentorship journey at EDRM. Mark your calendars for E-Discovery Day on December 5. Thank you to Doug Austin and his full-to-the-brim Kitchen Sink for including Ralph Losey, Complex Discovery’s 2024 Summer eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey (EDRM encourages community input to support the survey), and so much more.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Draghi: It will take investment for the EU to remain competitive. Morgan Stanley slashed the oil futures target again. It’s respiratory illness time again. Here are resources for shots and tests. Complex Discovery analyzed Russia, Ukraine, and Kursk Oblast. The Israel Hamas war continues.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. Recent guests include Holley Robinson, Laura Danielson, Rebecca Perry, Rakesh Madhava with Brett Burney, Bryan Bellack, and Doug Kaminski.
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM’s AI Ethics & Bias team released its GenAI Judicial Orders Repository.
- Update to EDRM’s Code of Conduct: EDRM has updated its Code of Conduct for respect and civility at in-person, virtual, social, and project events.
- 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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Look again,
Kaylee & Mary
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P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy.