Key Discovery Points: Lots of AI but Less Discovery at Legalweek 2026
No Password Required: Social Media Security and Governance Leader and Lover of All Beagles
Key Discovery Points: 2026 State of the Industry Report — Less Slop, More Competence
Key Discovery Points: Keep Learning and Talking about Hyperlinked Files – Don’t Dismiss Them!
From Early Case Assessment to Early Case Intelligence
The LathamTECH Podcast — Transatlantic Crypto Insights: Stablecoins
Introducing LighthouseIQ: Where Intelligence Meets Performance
Key Discovery Points: Understanding the Ethics of AI for the Rest of Us
Key Discovery Points: Feasible Production of Contemporaneous Hyperlinked Files
Building the Case: Why an Email Policy & Etiquette Matters for Construction Litigation
No Password Required: CISO at RSA and Champion of a Passwordless Future
Legal AI in Practice: Firm Governance, Build vs. Buy Decisions, and Vendor Due Diligence — The Good Bot Podcast
Building a Quantifiable Business Case for AI in Corporate Legal Departments
Identifying Good and Bad Use Cases for AI for Law Firms
No Password Required: Founder of ThreatLocker and the Zero-Trust Revolution
Building the Case: Construction Litigation Essentials
Key Discovery Points: If You’re Planning to Submit GenAI Deepfake Evidence, Make Sure It’s Believable
The Modern Discovery Traps that Are Upending Cases
No Password Required: Building Trust at Intel and the Poker Table
The "Lesser-Included" Email Debate: What Does Rule 34 Really Require for Production?
The rise of AI use in deal processes, whether for analyzing term sheets, summarizing due diligence findings, or identifying mark-up issues, creates an emerging category of potentially discoverable evidence. No practitioner...more
ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: Generative AI is no longer a future-state concept in eDiscovery pricing; it is already reshaping how legal, technology, and corporate teams evaluate cost, value, and defensibility. In this...more
Part one of this series highlighted the historic high that trade secret litigation hit in 2025 with more than 1,550 cases filed in courts across the United States and suggested proactive, common-sense steps that businesses...more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming embedded in legal practice, influencing research, drafting, discovery, and client service delivery. As adoption accelerates, lawyers face growing expectations to demonstrate AI...more
As every trial attorney knows, litigation hinges on evidence. Not just any evidence, but evidence that is relevant and authentic and which meets the standards for admission “into evidence” in the case at hand. But with...more
Legalweek 2026 is here! In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today unpack what’s standing out ahead of this year's Legalweek — and what’s surprisingly missing. Using...more
Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) governs how discovery is handled in civil litigation. This includes initial disclosure of information and the scope of what can be requested and produced later on. While...more
During Legalweek, amid conversations about broad industry trends, attendees seek actionable strategies for the high-stakes demands that shape their daily work. One of the most persistent issues many companies struggle with is...more
If you are facing the possibility of a lawsuit, investigation, or regulatory inquiry, understanding what a litigation hold is and how it functions is critical. In simple terms, a litigation hold is a legal directive that...more
Most discovery early case assessment workflows are built around rudimentary sorting, filtering, and counting by Custodian, Date, Search term hits, etc. These activities can be very time-consuming, with strategic value...more
ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: AI literacy has become the baseline expectation for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery work—and the organizations treating it as “nice to have” are already paying for that...more
The American Conference Institute FCPA & Global Anti-Corruption Conference in Houston made one thing clear: technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in compliance programs are no longer optional. They are now an...more
With the recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), some clients may be asking themselves, ‘Why should I ask a lawyer for legal advice when I can simply ask AI?’ While it is true that AI can be a helpful...more
Two recent US cases have considered whether communications involving AI tools are protected by attorney–client privilege or the work product doctrine. While these decisions arise under US law, the principles – particularly in...more
In February 2026, two federal courts issued the first rulings addressing whether materials created using publicly available generative AI tools are protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. ...more
eDiscovery is expensive—and unpredictable. And that variance wrecks budgets. The fix isn’t cheaper eDiscovery; it’s controlled eDiscovery cost forecasting through an operating model that forces cost-driving decisions upfront....more
On November 4, 2025, federal agents arrested Bradley Heppner and seized thirty-one AIgenerated documents created for the express purpose of obtaining legal advice. See United States v. Heppner, No. 25-cr-503 (JSR), 2026 WL...more
The Massachusetts Superior Court recently issued a notable discovery ruling that serves as an important reminder for litigants who consider naming a former attorney as an expert witness. In Cummings v. Deloitte, the court...more
Generative AI tools have quietly moved from novelty to fixture in how lawyers and their clients research, write, and prepare for litigation. Two US federal courts just issued the first rulings of their kind addressing the...more
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in day-to-day life and in the legal field, in particular, thorny questions arise regarding the implications of that use. One such question is whether exchanges...more
Sir Brian Leveson used his Westminster Legal Policy Forum speech to connect two strands of the criminal courts debate that are often treated separately: the scale of delay, and the operational role of technology in reducing...more
This program is part of the ACEDS “AI and You” series and will spotlight the opportunities that AI has created for e-discovery and legal professionals, the pitfalls it presents, and the possibilities for transforming your...more
Think about last week. How many hours did you spend searching through case law, tracking deadlines, or writing routine correspondence?...more
Courts are increasingly faced with deciding whether information litigants share with public artificial intelligence (“AI”) services and the AI’s output (together, “AI materials”) can be attorney-client privileged or protected...more
On February 17, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling in United States v. Heppner, No. 25‑cr‑00503‑JSR (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 28, 2025), holding that the attorney‑client privilege and the...more