Tomorrow, I will present with Lynne Liberato at the Texas Second Court of Appeals on using LLMs in appellate practice. We advocate for ethical and effective guidelines for AI application, emphasizing human oversight, confidentiality, and verification. Our goal is to enhance efficiency while maintaining public trust and judicial independence.Continue reading →
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Tailor FRE 502(d) Orders to the Case
Having taught Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (FRE 502) in my law classes for over a decade, I felt I …Continue reading →
Leery Lawyer’s Guide to AI
A practical guide for trial lawyers who want to try out AI LLMs (ChatGPT-4) in their practice and including simple-to-follow instructions and prompt examples.Continue reading →
Safety First: A Fun Day at the “Office”
As a forensic examiner, I’ve gathered data in locales ranging from vast, freezing data centers to the world’s largest classic …Continue reading →
“There’s No Better Rule”
“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” I quote this line from Charles Dickens’ Great …Continue reading →
Adapting Requests for Production for AI GLLM Assessment
The integration of Generative Large Language Models (GLLMs) into the discovery process is transforming how documents are reviewed for relevance …Continue reading →
AI Drawing Programs: ChatGPT Versus PlaygroundAI
Of late, I’ve come to use AI generated imagery in lieu of my own work or open-source and licensed works …Continue reading →
Doveryai, No Proveryai!
I recently published an AI prompt to run against search terms then get the AI to propose improvements. Among the …Continue reading →
AI Prompt to Improve Keyword Search
Twenty years ago, I dreamed up a website where you would submit a list of eDiscovery keywords and queries and …Continue reading →
Yes, AI is Here. No, You’re Not Gone.
Yesterday, I sought to defend the value of my law school course on E-Discovery & Digital Evidence to a law …Continue reading →
Garden Variety: Byte Fed. v. Lux Vending
My esteemed colleagues, Kelly Twigger and Doug Austin, both posted about a recent discovery decision out of a federal district …Continue reading →
Girding for the E-Savvy Opponent (Revisited)
A friend shared that she was seeing the Carole King musical, “Beautiful,” and I recalled the time I caught it …Continue reading →
Cloud Attachments: Versions and Purview
Last week, I dug into Cloud Attachments to email, probing the propensity of producing parties’ to shirk collection of linked …Continue reading →
What’s All the Fuss About Linked Attachments?
In the E-Discovery Bubble, we’re embroiled in a debate over “Linked Attachments.” Or should we say “Smart Attachments” or “Hyperlinked …Continue reading →
ESI Protocols: How Do I Get Out of a Bad Deal?
I watched a webinar this morning where the presenters addressed ESI Protocols. They were well-informed people sharing sound advice; but …Continue reading →
Lessons from Lousy Lexical Search (and Tips to Do Better)
Preparing a talk about keyword search, I set out to distill observations gleaned from a host of misbegotten keyword search …Continue reading →