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AI Can Improve Great Lawyers—But It Can’t Replace Them

The rise of legal AI has sparked a familiar fear: that our hard-won expertise might be absorbed into machines. That lawyers will be off-loaded—our reasoning encoded, commodified, and reduced to prompts. That we’ll be...more

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Live from Legalweek 2025: Industry Leaders Kelly Twigger and Doug Austin Share Insights on AI Innovation, Industry Trends, and...

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At this year’s Legalweek, the Nextpoint team joined EDRM to host a “Live from Legalweek” webinar and connect with leaders across the legal tech industry. As part of the series, Brett Burney, Nextpoint’s eLaw Evangelist, sat...more

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GenAI Prompting for Smart Legal Professionals

When working with modern generative AI tools, creating effective prompts doesn’t have to be complicated or intimidating. One of the most powerful aspects of these systems is that you simply ask questions in plain English. In...more

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How AI Helps Streamline Medical Record Summaries

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When it comes to the “iron triangle” points of time, cost, and quality, we’re often asked to choose which one should be sacrificed. AI’s ability to streamline medical record summarization, however, is a shift that can benefit...more

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1H 2025 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey Results Released by ComplexDiscovery OÜ and EDRM

ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: The 1H 2025 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey marks the 37th edition of this trusted industry snapshot, drawing insights from 77 professionals across the legal, technology, and corporate...more

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“This Was a Collective Debacle”

In Lacey v. State Farm General Ins. Co., 2025 WL 1363069 (C.D. Cal. May 5, 2025), plaintiff submitted a filing with erroneous AI-generated citations. The Special Master pointed out some of them. The plaintiff resubmitted a...more

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ESI Protocols in the Age of AI: 4 Essential Questions for Modern Discovery

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With the evolution of AI capabilities and adoption outpacing procedural frameworks, its important to reevaluate your approach to ESI protocols. Learn about four key considerations that will help you to create effective and...more

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Navigating the Maze: eDiscovery Essentials for Employers — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter explore eDiscovery processes and procedures with Alison Grounds, founder and managing partner of eMerge. Learn about the importance of eDiscovery in...more

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Cybersecurity’s Role in Legal Transcription

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Legal transcription services play a vital role in legal matters, ensuring that live oral arguments and other audio or video content are fully accessible to all stakeholders in text. When managing transcription...more

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Harnessing the Power of eDiscovery: The Revolution of AI and Technology in Litigation and Investigations - The Consumer Finance...

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Joseph DeFazio and Jason Manning, along with Alison Grounds, founder and managing partner of Troutman Pepper Locke’s...more

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Enhancing Discovery with Alchemy Textract: How AI-Powered OCR Captures Handwritten Notes and Poorly Scanned Documents

In today’s legal landscape, investigations and discovery often involve processing thousands of complex documents. Traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology struggles with the varied document types legal...more

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Don’t be Kodak: A Parable About AI and the Legal Profession

I was speaking to Jack, an old friend and senior partner at a national law firm, late one afternoon. Our topic was how GenAI technology could handle a wide variety of litigation tasks in seconds—work that would otherwise...more

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Utilizing Digital Forensics Expertise in Intellectual Property, Copyright & Trade Secret Matters

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Need Assessment, Vetting, and Identification of a Reliable Expert in the Digital Forensics Process - Whether your organization is looking for advisory and expert support for an internal investigation into allegations of...more

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Court Holds That an ESI Protocol Must be Specific in GenAI Copyright Class Action

In Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd., 2025 WL 870358 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 19, 2025), the court resolved a dispute over an ESI Protocol. The starting point was a Standing Order that, absent good cause, parties “shall use” one of the...more

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Why keyword search isn’t enough for modern collaboration—Or how AI can help detect hidden relevance in digital conversations

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It goes without saying, workplace communication has transformed. Gone are the days when structured emails dominated business interactions. Today, collaboration tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat have taken...more

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[Podcast] Multidimensional Data Reversion: E-Discovery Evolution—From Paper Trails to AI

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Welcome to Multidimensional Data Reversion, a four-part podcast series from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab where data analysis intersects with the law. On this first episode, join Shannon Capone Kirk, managing principal and...more

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Chess, Not Checkers: Data Collection Strategies in Complex Litigation

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Understanding data sources before complex litigation begins is essential to address the challenges associated with data preservation and collection. Complex cases often involve large volumes of data from a diverse set of...more

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ComplexDiscovery OÜ – Winter 2025 eDiscovery Pricing Report: A Market in Transition

In a year marked by technological innovation and market adaptation, the Winter 2025 eDiscovery Pricing Survey from ComplexDiscovery OÜ and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model provides a timely snapshot of pricing trends...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: How to Scope an eDiscovery Project | Is AI Discoverable?

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of March 9-16. Here’s what’s...more

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New Battle of the Bots: ChatGPT 4.5 Challenges Reigning Champ ChatGPT 4o

Two AI heavyweights step into the ring: ChatGPT 4o, the reigning champion of fluency and speed, and the new challenger, ChatGPT 4.5, boasting an upgraded intellect and sharper wit. But which one is truly the best? To find...more

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The Final Challenge: How GenAI Crafted BP’s “Impossible” Closing Argument

Over the past few months, we’ve been exploring how generative AI can transform trial preparation by analyzing complex litigation materials and producing sophisticated closing arguments. Our series began with an exploration of...more

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Illumination Zone: Episode 199 | Nicole Fryson of Level Legal sits down with Kaylee & Mary

Nicole Fryson, Director of Managed Review with EDRM Trusted Partner, Level Legal, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery, the people and culture of Level Legal, some of the challenges in her 20...more

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Transforming Challenges Into Opportunities: The Case for Durable Skills in 2025

In the Art of War, Sun Tzu teaches that “[i]n the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” As we enter 2025, the rapid changes in the legal and tech fields can feel overwhelming, like navigating through the fog of war....more

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The Evolution of AI in Litigation

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Although occasional murmurings about general AI reached the public during the 2010s, it was ChatGPT’s November ‘22 entrance onto the global stage that officially introduced the world to artificial intelligence....more

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All in the Family: What’s Next for Cloud Attachments in eDiscovery?

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Hyperlinked files, modern attachments, linked documents. No matter what you call them, they are now commonplace in the enterprise data landscape. Their treatment in litigation, however, remains a complex issue. In this...more

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