Dearest EDRM Community,
The word of the week is: Differences.
As International Woman’s Day turns to International Women’s month, we take a measure of how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go as conflicts rage. High profile and high impact trials are hinging on evidence from newer data sources. The rapid acceleration of AI is giving rise to its own ecosystem of lawsuits which will be very instructive as to what data is available and persuasive in evidence. We’re all learning together!
You are invited to the Event: EDRM Virtual Workshop: Let’s Deep Dive into How eDiscovery Pros Make Generative AI Their Greatest Asset, sponsored by EDRM’s longstanding Trusted Partner, HaystackID. The event will be facilitated by Mary Rechtoris Bennet with Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack and features experts Dr. Maura R. Grossman, Dave Cohen and John Brewer.
Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack, EDRM.
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 213th weekly Community Support Call.
On the EDRM Blog:
- Claude 3: A First Look at this Exciting New Technology
- Ninth Circuit – – Don’t Destroy Relevant Texts
- More Than Algorithms: The Human Expertise Amplified by Legal Technology
- Kendra Smith joins Merlin as Chief Operating Officer
- EDRM Earns JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Award for 2024
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 12 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Challenges in Vendor Collaboration: Effective Strategies for Legal Partnerships
- 13 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Survey Says… Top 5 E-Discovery Learnings from Recent Survey of +600 CLOs
- 14 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: eDiscovery for the Rest of Us Author Panel: Strategic Tips for Modern eDiscovery
- 20 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Mastering the Cyber Storm: Tailored Tabletop Exercises for Unmatched Resilience
- 21 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: An explorer’s guide: Using AI tools to find treasure in e-discovery
- 27 Mar 2024: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for March
Updates from Around the Globe –
- Global Legal Tech Developments: For International Women’s Month, USA Today has an explainer on how to participate. Europe’s female data regulators are wrangling the tech platforms. OpenAI appointed three new women directors. TechCrunch celebrated women in AI. Stanford cataloged AI in the Legal Tech landscape, with a glance at eDiscovery. Harvard’s Caselaw project is now free from commercial constraint per Bob Ambrogi. Our friends at Sensei encourage law firms to assess security and not screw up. Wyoming wants to be the Delaware of blockchain created corporate entities (DAO).
- International eDiscovery Trends: Florida teens were arrested for creating deep fake nudes of classmates. OpenAI released Elon Musk’s emailsin one case and introduced a hacker defense in another (Ralph Losey covers it here.). Rob Robinson reviewed the recently published Judicature article with Cary Coglianese, Dr. Maura Grossman and the Hon. Paul W. Grimm (ret.) in conversation about AI and evidence in the courts. Redgrave Data’s Tara Emory, Dr. Jeremy Pickensand Wilzette Louis published their TAR 1 Reference Model: An Established Framework Unifying Traditional and GenAI Approaches to Technology-Assisted Review With The Sedona Conference.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Ramadan began with no ceasefire. US troops will build an offshore port to bring in food and supplies to Gaza. Haiti’s violence continues to destabilize. Russian hackers are still inside Microsoft’s source code. A British Royal photograph’s metadata has been investigated by the press and is instructive for eDiscovery and authenticity.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more. Recent guests include Shawn Belovich, Stephanie Wilkins, Danny Pelc, JC Steinbrunner and Jen Grandkoski, Jason Covey, Joey Seeber and David Greetham.
EDRM Announcements:
- Event: EDRM Virtual Workshop: Let’s Deep Dive into How eDiscovery Pros Make Generative AI Their Greatest Asset. Sponsored by EDRM’s longstanding Trusted Partner, HaystackID, the workshop will be facilitated by Mary Rechtoris Bennet with Kaylee Walstad and Mary Mack and features experts Dr. Maura R. Grossman, Dave Cohen and John Brewer.
- Update to EDRM’s Code of Conduct: As part of our own reflection on the unfortunate and horrifying events of Legalweek, 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. New projects including eDiscovery Workflows and EDRM 2.0 project are off and running.
- Generative AI Policy Update: Check out our updated Generative AI and Large Language Model policy, focusing on disclosure and fact-checking. Read the Policies Here.
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All are welcome!
Mary & Kaylee
P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy.
