This week's EDRM community update covers recent blog posts, upcoming webinars, updates from around the globe, recent podcasts, and important announcements. Stay engaged with the EDRM community for the latest insights and support.
In a recent ruling, the court denied TEDCO's privilege objections for lack of specificity, underscoring that blanket claims cannot shift the burden of proof to the court. However, TEDCO may refile supported objections after a “meet and confer.”
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post on Designing Generative AI for Legal Professionals. Ralph applies the findings of a May 2024 study by IBM researchers, including designing for both imperfection and co-creation.
Generative AI offers transformative possibilities for legal tech, but designing effective tools requires aligning with the realities of legal practice. This article explores six key principles identified by IBM researchers to guide AI developers in creating solutions that genuinely support legal professionals.
This analysis of Second Requests in U.S. antitrust review from 2000 to 2023 uncovers how political shifts affect regulatory scrutiny, with insights for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals under the newly re-elected Trump administration.
Exterro announces the addition of Jim Cox as Chief Revenue Officer and John Vincenzo as Chief Marketing Officer to strengthen its leadership team. These appointments are part of Exterro's strategy to accelerate data risk management market growth and expand its partner ecosystem.
Robert Keeling, Partner and leader of Redgrave's Second Request Practice sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about moving his highly technical and experienced practice team from Sidley to Redgrave. Known to many as the "King of Second Requests", Robert explained what makes that discipline challenging, and also what the "First request" is. Robert noted his and Redgrave's complimentary business models for providing the eDiscovery and technical foundation for merits counsel. We talked about Robert's pro bono work on unaccompanied minors, along with a very surprising and illuminating fun fact about him. We ended thanking Robert, the inaugural Chair of the EDRM Global Advisory Council, for his many contributions to our EDRM community.
Rig Consulting, Inc. v. Rogers addresses the enduring influence of the "reasonably calculated to lead to discovery" standard despite the 2015 amendment to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(1). This well-reasoned decision reiterates the importance of relevant, proportional discovery in litigation, cautioning parties against broad, unsupported discovery requests.
The October 2024 edition of Vendor Voices by ComplexDiscovery OÜ spotlights major eDiscovery trends, from AI-driven innovations like DISCO’s Cecilia AI launch to Harbor’s acquisition of Ascertus, offering legal professionals valuable tools and insights for navigating regulatory complexities.
This week's EDRM community update covers recent blog posts, upcoming webinars, updates from around the globe, recent podcasts, and important announcements. Stay engaged with the EDRM community for the latest insights and support.
Tom Gelbmann, Co-Founder of the EDRM, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to catch us up on what's been happening with him since his last Illumination Zone appearance three years ago. We talked about how the iconic EDRM model came about, his thoughts on the EDRM 2.0 update for it, the IGRM and we elicited a fun fact about this OG of the eDiscovery community.
Peter Gronvall, Senior Managing Director, Data & Technology for EDRM Trusted Partner, Ankura, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery from his Wall Street law firm days. Peter described his team's engineering approach to legal technology challenges in finding the right data and producing it timely, the unique challenges their flagship antitrust practice solves and how his background in construction informs building his businesses and relationships, ending with an invitation to share in the results of Ankura's research, scholarship and case studies.