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The Future is Now: Why Trial Lawyers and Judges Should Embrace Generative AI Now and How to Do It Safely and Productively

Introduction: The Urgency and Promise of Generative AI in Law - The unprecedented rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide presents the legal profession with a pivotal opportunity for...more

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The EU’s Legal Tech Tipping Point – AI Regulation, Data Sovereignty, and eDiscovery in 2025

As we navigate through 2025, the European legal landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, particularly in the realms of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation and data sovereignty. These changes are reshaping how...more

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Staying Curious: One Practical Defense Against Creative Burnout

In the high-stakes convergence of business, technology and law, creative burnout isn’t just an individual challenge—it’s a systemic risk. The relentless push for efficiency, digital acceleration and hyperspecialization can...more

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Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(g) Was Violated by Permitting Client Searches With Minimal Oversight by Counsel

Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(g) is called the “stop and think” rule.  In Grullon v. Lewis, 2025 WL 1693425 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 17, 2025), the court found a violation of that rule....more

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Case Study: Practical Testing for Effectively Organizing Documents with GenAI Review

This case study outlines a practical framework for evaluating Generative AI (“GenAI”) review for organizing documents in discovery using Relativity’s aiR for Review....more

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Chambers Guidance: Using AI Large Language Models (LLMs) Wisely and Ethically

Tomorrow, I’m delivering a talk to the Texas Second Court of Appeals (Fort Worth), joined by my friend, Lynne Liberato of Houston. We will address LLM use in chambers and in support of appellate practice, where Lynne is a...more

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Privilege Log Deemed Partially Inadequate

In Gilbane Bldg. Co. v. School Bd. of Broward County, 2025 WL 1615553 (S.D. Fl. Jun 6, 2025), plaintiff moved to compel a “compliant” privilege log. The court decided six issues. The court wrote: “I agree that Defendant...more

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The Legal Ops Advantage: Why Smart Lawyers Don’t Go It Alone

Picture this: you’re in-house counsel, and your company’s just been sued. But you’ve seen this film before. You know (with reasonable certainty) how much it’ll cost to get from complaint to Rule 26, through discovery, motions...more

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Strategic Signals: May 2025 HSR Filings Reveal Steady M&A Amid Market Shifts

ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: Strategic transactions in the U.S. are holding steady, even as economic pressures mount. The latest Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing data through May 2025 reveals not a retreat, but a...more

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“Diligent Search,” But No Responsive Data Is Insufficient Response

In EEOC v. Mia Aesthetics Clinic ATL, LLC, No. 1:24-CV-3407-MLB-AWH (N.D. Ga. May 30, 2025), the EEOC prevailed on several discovery disputes. It prevailed because its attorneys did their homework and supported their...more

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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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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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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 Protocol Should Define “Documents” and Address Redaction Based on Irrelevancy

We the Protestors, Inc. v. Sinyangwe, 348 F.R.D. 175 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2024), makes several important points about the relationship between ESI Protocols and redaction of produced documents....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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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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From Texts to Trials: The Impact of Mobile Data on eDiscovery Today

Mobile devices have fundamentally reshaped how we communicate, work, and live. With 91 percent of Americans owning a smartphone and spending nearly five hours per day on these devices, mobile devices have become integral to...more

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“It Ends With Us”

In Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2025 WL 662896 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court granted in part and denied in part a motion to quash subpoenas issued to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (the “Wayfarer Parties”) by Ms. Blake...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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Escaping Orwell’s Memory Hole: Why Digital Truth Should Outlast Big Brother

George Orwell warned us in his dark masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four how effortlessly authoritarian regimes could erase inconvenient truths by tossing records into a “memory hole”—a pneumatic chute leading directly to...more

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Key Discovery Points: Timing is Mostly Everything in eDiscovery

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In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today dive into a recent court ruling in Riviera v. Costco Wholesale Corp. – where a plaintiff's request for an independent forensic...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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