Having taught Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (FRE 502) in my law classes for over a decade, I felt I …Continue reading →
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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 →
Surviving a Registration Bomb Attack
It started just after 7:00 last night. My mailbox swelled with messages confirming I’d subscribed to websites and newsletters around …Continue reading →