Weekly Letter to Our Global EDRM Community – 20 June 2023

Dearest EDRM community,

The word of the week is cooking.

As we observed and celebrated receiving word of freedom on Juneteenth, the Emancipation Proclamation was put on display for one of its scarce viewings.

In legal tech this week, Noah Waisberg and Maya Lash parsed the Generative AI Providers’ Terms of Service.  Stephanie Wilkins and Rhys Dipshan covered the Casepoint ransomware incident.  EDRM’s AI Ethics and Bias team released the final Professional Responsibility Considerations in AI for eDiscovery: Competence, Confidentiality, Privacy & Ownership.

Recent Posts on the EDRM Blog:

Upcoming Webinars

27 Jun 2023: 1PM Eastern:  Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for June 2023
28 Jun 2023: 1PM Eastern:  How to Simplify Modern Mobile Data Collection and Review

Recent Podcasts

Our Syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network is available via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and your favorite podcast app, so you can listen at your leisure.  Recent podcasts guests include Purpose Legal’s Taryn Blair with Doug Kaminski, Sean Evans, Kevin Clark, Greg Mazares, Andrew Haslam and the eDiscovery Chicks, Dakota Bloch and Angie Nolet.

EDRM News

The following teams are in the organizing phase and open for contributors:

  1. EDRM 2.0 (already launched, Subteams forming) 
  2. ESI Protocol (TAR, Priv Log)
  3. Generative AI
  4. Review Workflow

AI Ethics and Bias released the final version of their whitepaper on Professional Responsibility Considerations in AI and eDiscovery: Competence, Confidentiality, Privacy and Ownership last week. 

EDRM celebrated Pride Month and Juneteenth by releasing our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Statement with an all community invitation to participate in our new DEI & B initiative. Interested? Reach out to info@edrm.net.

Thank you to our EDRM General Counsel, and  our Very Special Master Craig Ball, for leading our virtual encore by reprising his keynote, Ruminations on Attorney Technical Competence with Craig Ball.

Tune in over the summer for more encore sessions.

Every Tuesday at 6PM Eastern, community members gather via Zoom to offer or request support as we navigate our work and personal challenges.  Email us at info@edrm.net to be included on the group invitation for the 175th support call.  Remember, you are not alone, and you are welcome at our events, or to reach out for help.  If you are having a mental health emergency, please consider these resources for professional help.

We welcome your participation in our projects, webinars, support gatherings, and our EDRM Hub, our job board/event/directory website.  There is no charge for these EDRM offerings, thanks to our very generous Trusted Partners and Event Sponsors. 

You are welcome at our table,

Mary & Kaylee

Authors

  • Mary Mack is the CEO and Chief Legal Technologist for EDRM. Mary was the co-editor of the Thomson Reuters West Treatise, eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel for 10 years and the co-author of A Process of Illumination: the Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery. She holds the CISSP among her certifications.

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  • Kaylee Walstad, chief strategy officer of EDRM, leads the global project based organization and is the former VP of client engagement at a certification organization. Kaylee is known for her role in building communities, uniting people and companies across the globe, and brand amplification for partners through social media and events. A frequent public speaker on a variety of topics, from personal development to the nuances of e-discovery. Kaylee has a broad background in e-discovery and skills that uniquely position her to provide insight into the challenges faced by the end-users of e-discovery services and technology and the organizations serving them. She has extensive expertise in developing cross organizational discovery strategies for large litigation and investigations.

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