Lawyers using AI keep turning up in the news for all the wrong reasons—usually because they filed a brief brimming …Continue reading →
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Kaylee Walstad, 1962-2025
By Craig Ball
Writing through tears, I am heartbroken to share that Kaylee Walstad has died suddenly and unexpectedly. Kaylee was the loving, …Continue reading →
Native or Not? Rethinking Public E-Mail Corpora for E-Discovery (Redux, 2013→2025)
By Craig Ball
Yesterday, I found myself in a spirited exchange with a colleague about whether the e-discovery community has suitable replacements for …Continue reading →
Still on Dial-Up: Why It’s Time to Retire the Enron Email Corpus
By Craig Ball
Late in the last century, when I was gaining a reputation as a trial lawyer who understood e-discovery and digital …Continue reading →
Chambers Guidance: Using AI Large Language Models (LLMs) Wisely and Ethically
By Craig Ball
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 →
Tailor FRE 502(d) Orders to the Case
By Craig Ball
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
By Craig Ball
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”
By Craig Ball
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”
By Craig Ball
“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
By Craig Ball
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
By Craig Ball
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!
By Craig Ball
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
By Craig Ball
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.
By Craig Ball
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
By Craig Ball
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)
By Craig Ball
A friend shared that she was seeing the Carole King musical, “Beautiful,” and I recalled the time I caught it …Continue reading →