Summary - Law firms that embrace AI in 2025 will gain a strategic edge in eDiscovery, from early case assessment to data-driven negotiations. Cutting-edge firms are using AI to analyze modern data, optimize document review,...more
2/6/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Management ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery ,
Information Governance ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology-Assisted Review
Where are we with AI? With the avalanche of new generative AI tools and applications released to everyday consumers since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, it’s a more complex answer for eDiscovery, particularly because...more
Summary: Navigating eDiscovery in the era of modern data presents new complexities that can make or break a case. We explore five critical considerations outside counsel must address, including the implications of generative...more
Preparing for a Rule 26(f) meet and confer and codifying eDiscovery workflow decisions into an ESI protocol is more technically complex and challenging than ever before. In large part, this increased complexity is due to the...more
Generative AI has continued to dominate industry conversations. With new articles on the effect of AI on businesses and eDiscovery seemingly every day, it can be hard to keep up. This raises broader questions about the role...more
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” The theme asks us to celebrate women’s achievement while challenging us to imagine a world where every difference is valued....more
Modern AI can unlock new levels of accuracy and efficiency in eDiscovery, especially during document review. But in order to realize these benefits, legal teams must choose and implement AI tools with care....more
Most legal teams would say that reviewing the same documents multiple times across multiple matters—aka “repeated review”—is a costly but necessary part of eDiscovery. With legacy tools and methods, that may be the case. You...more
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are raising questions and opportunities in every industry. AI capabilities like natural language processing, prediction, and content generation have taken massive leaps forward in...more
Similar matters often pull in the same documents for review during eDiscovery. Many legal teams default to manually reviewing these documents for each matter, but this is quickly becoming untenable....more
By now, legal teams facing discovery are aware of many of the common technology and technology-enabled workflows used to increase the efficiency of document review on a single matter. But as data volumes grow and legal...more
Generative AI. Bard. Bing AI. Large language models. Artificial intelligence continues to dominate headlines and workplace chats across every industry since OpenAI’s public release of ChatGPT in November of 2022....more
Building on our conversation from part one, we explore some practical advice and steps for achieving equity, including the role of allies, and how this work will benefit us in the future....more
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “embracing equity.” The theme challenges us to consider why “equal opportunities are not enough” and reminds us that allies are “incredibly important for the social, economic,...more
Few things are more ominous to a company’s in-house counsel than the prospect of facing thousands of individual lawsuits across 30-40 jurisdictions, alongside various other companies in a multi-district litigation (MDL)...more
Data privacy continues to be a critical issue for the legal industry—and for good reason. New legislation and updates to existing regulations appeared throughout 2021 worldwide and have implications for businesses operating...more
This year’s Legalweek conference was back to an in-person event in New York City — a significant change from the virtual format in 2021. Folks who hadn’t seen each other in person in over two years (or met for the first time...more
eDiscovery is currently undergoing a fundamental sea change, including how we think about data governance and the EDRM. Linear review and older analytic tools are quickly becoming outdated and unable to handle modern...more
1/14/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Big Data ,
Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
EDRM ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Information Governance ,
Legal Technology ,
ROI
While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more
1/12/2022
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Legislation ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
China ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Multinationals ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Acts ,
Privacy Laws ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
Legal professionals often take for granted that the ediscovery software they leverage in-house must come with capability tradeoffs (i.e., if the production capability is easy to use, then the analytics tools are lacking; if...more
What does Artificial Intelligence (AI) mean to you? In the non-legal space, AI has taken a prominent role, influencing almost every facet of our day-to-day life – from how we socialize, to our medical care, to how we eat, to...more
Since the dawn of modern litigation, attorneys have grappled with finding the most efficient and strategic method of producing discovery. However, the shift to computers and electronically stored information (ESI) within...more
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed a sweeping new Executive Order (“the Order”) with the stated goal of increasing competition in American markets. Like the recently issued Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s...more
7/26/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Investigations ,
Legal Technology ,
Mergers ,
Unfair Competition
Ever since ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 was modified in 2012 to include an ethical obligation for attorneys to “keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated...more
5/21/2021
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Client Representation ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Ethical Duties ,
Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Rules of Professional Conduct ,
Technology-Assisted Review
LegalWeek’s April conference took place recently, and as with the sessions earlier this year, the April thought leadership panels touched on many of the struggles we are all facing in the legal technology space. But where the...more
4/28/2021
/ Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Information Governance ,
Innovation ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Stakeholder Engagement