Dearest EDRM community,
The word of the week is persevere.
Senator Bob Menendez and his wife were indicted. Fox and News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch retired. A military stealth jet crashed and caused a commotion when it could not be located. New Orleans is anticipating a “Salt Wedge” will impact some drinking water in October. Election platform makers are inviting white hat hackers to stress test the systems. LLM’s have a benchmark. Cambridge has released a law corpus.
In legal tech this week
Cross Platform email duplicate identification is now a reality thanks to the DupeID project team, led by Trustee Beth Patterson, with Reveal, Relativity, edt, Nuix and Law In Order supporting the EDRM MIH in their platforms and processes. Kiwi Camara and DISCO are facing securities suits and more. Mark your calendars, E-Discovery Day is December 7, 2023. Mike Berman concluded his three part series on Maryland’s Sunshine Laws compared to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Bob Ambrogicovered the Harvard Law AI Summit . John Tredennick and Dr. William Webber will be in London hosting an EDRM and Trusted Partner Merlin Search Technologies complimentary luncheon event 10 October: Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize Investigations and Discovery Workflow: An In-Person Masterclass for Legal Innovators. This is the last week to participate in the ComplexDiscovery Quarterly eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey- Fall. We highly encourage all to share 3-5 minutes on this short, important survey.
Cross Platform email duplicate identification is now a reality thanks to the DupeID project team, led by Trustee Beth Patterson, with Reveal, Relativity, edt, Nuix and Law In Order supporting the EDRM MIH in their platforms and processes.
Recent Posts on the EDRM Blog
Industry Leader Andy Paredes to Head HaystackID’s Powerhouse Global Managed Review Operation
New Tech, New Threat, and New Data Collection Challenges: Solutions for Modern Workplace Investigations
EDRM Announces Platforms Incorporating Email Duplicate Identification Specification: EDRM MIH
September’s Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery
Maryland’s “Sunshine Law”: Cooperation, Searches, Metadata, and Costs (Part III)
Maryland’s “Sunshine Law”: Cooperation, Searches, Metadata, and Costs (Part II)
Using a Multi-LLM Platform for Investigations and Ediscovery: Smarter and Way More Cost-Effective
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 26 Sep 2023: 1PM Eastern: Tips and Tricks for Collecting Employee Chat Data
- 28 Sep 2023: 2PM BST Are Large Language Models Like GPT Secure? A Look at the Technology and the Law
- 04 Oct 2023: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for September 2023
- 11 Oct 2023: 1PM Eastern: Texts, Instant Messaging, US Data Privacy Laws Oh My! Best Practices for Protecting Your Org. From Growing Litigation Risks
- 30 Oct 2023: 1PM Eastern: Nightmare on Review Street: Horror Stories of Managed 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 John Wilson, Robin Perkins, John Brewer, the Hon. Judge Ralph Artigliere (ret.)and Sharon Nelson with John Simek.
EDRM News
The DupeID project, led by Trustee Beth Patterson, announced that four major platforms have implemented the EDRM MIH for cross-platform email duplicate identification. Reveal, Relativity, edt and Nuix support the EDRM MIH in their respective platforms with Law In Order writing the app for Relativity support.
The Priv Log project, led by Trustee Cristin Traylor, considered the public comments submitted and published its final paper this week.
EDRM Project Leaders Khrys McKinney (AI Ethics/Bias), Cristin Traylor (Priv Logs), Jay Yelton (Special Masters and Discovery Mediators), Monica Harris and Matt Rasmussen (Short Message Metadata Primer 1.0) and Dave Cohen (GDPR) updated the community on progress on the EDRM Global Webinar channel. It’s available on demand if you missed it.
EDRM updated its Generative AI and Large Language Model policy to address the need for disclosure and fact checking, with consequences. Read all the policies here.
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One foot forward,
Mary & Kaylee
