EDRM Global Podcast Network: Recent Episodes
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Interviews and discussions with global leaders in eDiscovery and adjacent disciplines. Interviews by Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad.
Erin Meyer, Senior Vice President of Marketing Operations; Mary Bennett, Senior Director of Content Marketing; Jason Cassel, Director of Marketing; and Alex Lewandowski, Marketing Coordinator, of EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, the team returns to the Illumination Zone to share how their AI tools and workflows have evolved. They walk through their three-part design specification for working across Claude, ChatGPT, and other LLMs; how they turn competing models loose on each other to critique and quality-check their work; and where human judgment still has the final word. The conversation also distinguishes prompt writing from framework building, looks at how the team pushes AI-generated design past generic defaults, and covers how quality control now accounts for copyright and AI-assistance disclosures. We ended with each team member naming their ride-or-die LLM.
Ralph Losey, eDiscovery, AI, and quantum law expert, CEO of Losey AI, LLC, returns to sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Ralph explains how decades spent riding the waves of major legal tech shifts helped him recognize the impact quantum computing will have on the legal profession. That instinct, combined with a lifelong fascination with quantum physics dating back to a high school physics project, drove him to create his course, "Quantum Law: From Causation to Probability," available at quantumlawcourse.com. Ralph offers a vivid analogy for what's coming: today's computing works like a mouse running one path through a maze at a time, while quantum computing works like water flooding the entire maze at once. He stresses the importance of getting "quantum hardened" now and of positioning early to help clients navigate the shift, including in matters of evidence. As always, we ended with a fun fact from Ralph and how best to reach him.
Michael Huber, Managing Director of Legal Technology & Data Analytics at EDRM Trusted Partner Ankura, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Michael talks about his journey into legal technology and eDiscovery. He discussed the critical importance of early preservation in high-stakes engagements, why off-channel communication is a data problem and not just a policy problem, and the evolving and complementary roles of GenAI and TAR in document review. He also addressed the key questions legal teams should be asking AI vendors before signing on. We ended with a heartwarming fun fact from Michael and an invitation to contact him.
Bobby Balachandran, Founder and CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Bobby talks about his journey to Exterro and his team's laser focus on building a platform that brings siloed functions together. He also explains ARMOUR, Exterro's agentic framework, and their first stress-test-level application of the framework in Subpoena Manager, their agentic AI app that saves time for legal teams organizing their responses to subpoenas. We ended with a worldwide fun fact from Bobby and an invitation to connect with him on LinkedIn.
Ryan Costello, Executive Vice President of Global Advisory and Client Engagement for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, we discussed the three areas driving his advisory work at HaystackID since his last appearance on the Illumination Zone (Episode 194), including data subject access requests, behind-the-firewall data management, and AI governance. We also covered some eye-opening DSAR statistics and the idea of applying privacy-by-design principles to AI adoption. We ended with Ryan's out-of-the-park fun fact and an invitation to connect with him.
Frank Ready, Manager of External Communications, Legal and Regulatory for Wolters Kluwer, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Frank talks about his journey from legal tech journalism to corporate communications and his transition to Wolters Kluwer. He shares how Wolters Kluwer approaches AI with legal professionals' specific needs in mind, key findings from their 2026 Future Ready Lawyer Survey on AI adoption and ROI, and the legal expertise behind their solutions that he wishes more in the industry knew about. The episode concludes with a celebrity fun fact from Frank and an invitation to connect with him on LinkedIn.
Rishi Chhatwal, Partner at EDRM Trusted Partner Redgrave LLP, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Rishi talks about his journey to eDiscovery through two major corporate accountabilities coupled with high-level consulting prior to joining the team at Redgrave. Rishi talked about scaling eDiscovery, not only at a traditional technology company like AT&T, but also at Coinbase, a newer company positioned at the intersection of finance, bitcoin, and regulation. We ended with Rishi's surprising fun fact and an invitation to contact him.
Jeff Rutherford, Forensic Consultant, and Justin Fitzsimmons, Technical Prosecutor Lead for EDRM Trusted Partner Magnet Forensics, sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jeff and Justin recount their journeys into digital forensics, prosecutorial practice, and what attracted them to Magnet Forensics. They discuss the exploding volume of digital evidence, the evolving challenges of enterprise investigations in a cloud-first world, and how AI is being used across forensic and legal workflows. Jeff shares insights from business email compromise investigations and why these cases deserve more attention, and Justin addresses the risks of AI misuse in prosecutorial practice and the importance of human oversight. The episode concludes with a fun fact from each guest and invitations to connect. Want to continue the conversation with Jeff and Justin? Join them for Magnet Forensics' Ask Me Anything: Strengthening eDiscovery with digital forensics on June 11.
Matthew Hamilton, Forensic Analyst for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Matt talks about his journey to eDiscovery, what attracted him to the team at HaystackID, and the unique challenges of digital forensics in the UK and European regulatory environment. Matt drew on his 26 years with the London Metropolitan Police, including more than a decade in counter-terrorism digital forensics, to explain how evidence standards, defensibility, and the pace of corporate investigations differ from law enforcement. He also addressed how GDPR and cross-border data requirements shape forensic workflows, and what legal defensibility looks like in practice when dealing with cloud data and AI-generated content. We ended with a royal fun fact from Matt and an invitation to connect with him.
Jeffrey Shapiro, Managing Director for Europe for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jeff talks about his journey to eDiscovery, what attracted him to the team at HaystackID, and the trends in the UK and EU. Jeff explained the tight deadline for responding to the EU e-Evidence Regulation and its impact on law firms and providers supporting multinationals with data in jurisdictions, which he will discuss on the EDRM Workshop, "Discovery at a Crossroads: Global Perspectives on Emerging Challenges," on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel. We ended with an intergalactic fun fact from Jeff and an invitation to contact him.
Jim Sullivan, Founder and CEO of eDiscovery AI, EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID's newest acquisition, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jim talks about his start in eDiscovery, stepping away from the always-on eDiscovery market, and his return to launch eDiscovery AI. He explains that eDiscovery AI operates as a separate company while simultaneously integrating into proven workflows. The conversation explores validation, privilege review, and emerging use cases, with observations on what will distinguish teams approaching GenAI successfully from those who may struggle over the next 12 to 18 months. The episode concludes with Jim's fun fact and the myriad of ways to contact him.
Jon Robins, CTO and Vice President of eDiscovery for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jon shares Level Legal's approach to building systems, emphasizing the importance of asking the right initial questions and the value of being tool-agnostic, particularly in AI integration. The conversation also explores Level Legal's commitment to care and responsiveness to client requests and requirements, concluding with perspectives on how quantum computing will influence eDiscovery in the future.
Michael Cammack, Deputy Information Security Officer, and Stephanie Wienke, Security Specialist for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Michael and Stephanie recount their journeys to cyber and eDiscovery as well as their University of Wisconsin alumni relationship. The two share insights into the unique challenges of bringing an entire organization into an AI governance framework, covering topics from the highly technical to the entirely human. They introduce the concept of governance debt as new, exciting systems come online. With the field moving rapidly and a desire to stay compliant with the multiple security certifications HaystackID has earned, this duo shares their rich experience and tips for getting value from AI without compromising security, and the conversation concluded with a fun fact from each.
Greg Moreman, Partner, Client Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Greg shares Level Legal's approach to integrating AI into client workflows, emphasizing defensibility, measurable outcomes, and the importance of not just a human in the loop, but an expert human in the loop. He discusses starting with smaller pilots before scaling, explaining why AI is not an "easy button," but a transformative one when implemented thoughtfully. The conversation concludes with plans to connect at Legalweek, where Level Legal will be at booth 345 and EDRM at booth 750.
Cash Butler, founder of Legalverse Media, and Marc Mandel, senior vice president and general counsel for Exos, sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Cash and Marc recount their journeys to their current remit as well as Marc's potential recognition as an ACC Value Champion for the changes he has made in how his legal department functions and serves the business. Marc talks about his current coding project, which he will be releasing soon, and they both share a fun fact about themselves.
Timothy Conlon, a partner and practice leader for DarrowEverett's Private Client Group and co-chair of its Family Law Practice Group, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Tim recounts his journey from family law to eDiscovery and discusses his book, "Electronic Evidence for Family Law Attorneys." Tim explains how his investigative experience with early computer fraud cases sensitized him to the impact of electronic evidence, noting how the "supercomputer in a pocket" can contain self-disclosed, damaging evidence in domestic relations cases. He also offers tips for new attorneys in the field and shares a musical fun fact.
Jeffrey Fleming and Aleida Gonzalez, Managing Directors for EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jeff and Aleida recount their journeys to cyber and eDiscovery as well as their professional association over the years spanning policy, practice and technology. The two shared insights into the unique challenges of governing AI from a cyber and risk focused perspective, and how organizations and teams can get started. With the field moving rapidly, this duo shared their rich experience and tips for getting value out of AI without compromising security, ending with a fun fact from each of them.
Elizabeth Guthrie, Content Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Elizabeth recounts her journey from Northwestern University to eDiscovery. Elizabeth explained how being new to eDiscovery allowed her to explore and construct understandable instructional material. Later, as her understanding deepened, she enjoyed describing the unsettled areas of practice. Elizabeth also gave us a good look at what is upcoming in 2026, a preview of their fall user conference in Chicago (On Point), and we made a plan to connect at Legalweek. Elizabeth ended on her fun fact and gave listeners the link to order their own copies of the books she edited, eDiscovery for the Rest of Us and AI for the Rest of Us.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Lessons for Legal Profession from the Latest Viral Meme: 'Ask an AI What It Would Do If It Became Human For a Day?'"
Jenny Hamilton, Chief Legal Officer of EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jenny talks about her journey from private practice to corporate to in-house at a provider. She explained the trends she's observed, emphasizing her view that legal and eDiscovery professionals are well suited to lead AI adoption with a risk-aware approach. Jenny also talks about her collaboration with her podcasting team in producing Data Xposure and the compelling conversations they have, ending with a surprising, fun fact from her early style blogging days.
Elizabeth Guthrie, Brett Burney, eLaw Evangelist of EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, and Tom O'Connor, Director of the Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center, sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, the team shares their excitement over the release of Tom's new book, Artificial Intelligence for the Rest of Us. The team explained the challenges of nailing down the book in the midst of rapid Large Language Model (LLM) upgrades and changes. Elizabeth, Tom, and Brett were laser-focused on the benefits for smaller law firms and corporate teams so much that the glossary was repurposed from the end to the beginning to facilitate understanding. We ended our discussion with surprising fun facts from all three guests. You can order your copy of the book at https://www.nextpoint.com/ai-for-the-rest-of-us-book/.
Sam Morgan, Director of Legal Solutions and Mark MacDonald, SVP of Business Development for EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Sam and Mark were live from the 2025 Construction Super Conference in FL. The two shared insights into the unique challenges of those with construction related proprietary files, and partially repetitive items that can be key in a dispute like change orders. They explained how HaystackID has carefully implemented AI to assist moving through the volumes and variety of the data. Sam and Mark ended with their respective fun facts and ways to contact them. Sam and Mark were recently featured on an EDRM Workshop, Framing Construction Discovery's Future with AI-Powered Document Review, available here: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5076213/CF0B3883F0A874535280C41267635BB5.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Cross-Examine Your AI: The Lawyer's Cure for Hallucinations." This episode is an example of a debate format contrasted to the discussion format in Episode 42.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Cross-Examine Your AI: The Lawyer's Cure for Hallucinations." This episode is an example of a discussion format contrasted to the debate format in Episode 43.
In this episode, the thirty-fifth in a series, Nate Latessa, Chief Revenue Officer and Vice President of Advisory Services for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson to update us on his journey and to talk about Corporate Data Intelligence. The multidisciplinary mandate of Corporate Data Intelligence makes great use of the multidisciplinary experience in the EDRM community. Nate deepened the reuse of data after review in a repository scenario with the reuse of search terms and prompts to proactively classify data across an enterprise. The high octave of international practice in this area was also highlighted. Nate ended with his surprising fun fact about the beginnings of his work life, pre-eDiscovery.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "The New Stanford–Carnegie Study: Hybrid AI Teams Beat Fully Autonomous Agents by 68.7%."
Greg Moreman, Customer Partner of EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Greg shared his journey into eDiscovery, the care his team takes with Level Legal's clients, the human element of delivering value to clients, and how privacy informs document reviews. Greg explained the Level Legal team's approach to evaluating and incorporating AI into appropriate aspects of the workflow, ending with a very productive and delicious fun fact.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted recording features two AI's as they explore Ralph's EDRM blog post (in debate format) titled "Google's New 'Quantum Echoes Algorithm' and My Last Article, 'Quantum Echo'". The previous episode addressed the same material, in a more conversational style.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post (in the traditional podcast discussion format) titled "Google's New 'Quantum Echoes Algorithm' and My Last Article, 'Quantum Echo'". The next episode will contrast this discussion with a debate format.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "From Ships to Silicon: Personhood and Evidence in the Age of AI."
Justin Tolman, forensic evangelist for EDRM's longstanding Trusted Partner Exterro, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Justin shares his journey from traditional IT work to serving in a police department's forensic unit, offering a unique perspective on the differences and similarities between criminal and civil digital forensics. He also gives listeners a bird's-eye view of FTK Imager Pro, Exterro's powerful upgrade to the classic FTK Imaging tool, highlighting its triage capabilities, mobile device collection, and real-time decryption features. The conversation concludes with Justin's fun (and tasty) fact.
Capri Miller, Customer Partner of EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Capri shares her unique journey into the world of eDiscovery. Capri finds that having eDiscovery professionals integrated with case teams offers the client the least risky and most efficient service. Capri provided tips for eDiscovery professionals seeking to engage in more substantive legal practice, as well as for legal professionals looking to break into the world of eDiscovery. We ended our discussion with Capri sharing her very engaging fun fact.
In this episode, the thirty-fourth in a series, Alex Walstad, Marketing Coordinator and "Metal Man" of EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. Alex shares his unique journey into the world of eDiscovery and how his mom, our wonderful Kaylee Walstad, connected him to the community, as well as the surprising ways his musical passion informs his career. Discover how the precision required for songwriting influences his approach to content quality control, and how organizing music events—with an audience notably different from the typical eDiscovery crowd(!)—sharpens his event QC skills. Besides discussing his work and his rock-solid nickname, Alex clues us in to a surprisingly fun fact about himself.
Bryan Bellack, Executive Vice President of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Mary Mack and Mary Bennett to talk about trends since his visit on Episode 174. In this podcast episode, Bryan focused on the unique challenges of eDiscovery in the white collar crime context, especially the timeframe, the sensitivity of the data, and the status and stature of the stakeholders. Bryan emphasized the mission-critical need for an attorney experienced in the art and science of communication and management of this high-stakes, high-profile engagement. Bryan's fun fact led us into a discussion of more responsible and safer use of AI.
Mary Mack sits down to talk about Kaylee Walstad's untimely departure from the physical plane last month, and Xen Hartzell, our podcast editor, created an audio retrospective of Kaylee in her own voice. Mary invites listeners to learn more about Kaylee and how she made a difference for many in their personal, professional, and spiritual lives, and how to communicate your thoughts and wishes to her beloved family, Alex Walstad and his fiancée Maddie Lewandowski, Ashlee and Kate Walstad, and her sister, Kari Frangos. Mary also provided a glimpse of upcoming Illumination Zone episodes and the EDRM.
In the thirty-second episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Todd Tabor, Vice President of Project Management Operations, Forensics, for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey into forensics, and HaystackID. Todd shared some field stories about data collecting with language barriers in Russia and ways the team is trained to address client concerns about giving up their most sensitive personal data. Todd gave us a backstage view of the technology the team is using to detect deep fakes at scale, and also, some practical tips for the humans among us to discern fake audio, video and text. As always, we concluded with a fun fact about our multi-talented guest.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "The Shape of Justice: How Topological Network Mapping Could Transform Legal Practice."
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Epiphanies or Illusions? Testing AI’s Ability to Find Real Knowledge Patterns – Part Two."
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Epiphanies or Illusions? Testing AI’s Ability to Find Real Knowledge Patterns – Part One."
In the thirty-first episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Jeff Fleming, Managing Director for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey into cybersecurity, and HaystackID. Our conversation centered cyber resilience and "left of breach" activities that can protect an organization since it is no longer when an organization will be breached, it is when will they be breached again, highlighting some of the proactive work HaystackID is doing with Tik-Tok. As always, we concluded with a fun fact about our multi-talented guest.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Navigating AI’s Twin Perils: The Rise of the Risk-Mitigation Officer".
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Panel of Experts for Everyone About Anything – Part Three".
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Panel of Experts for Everyone About Anything – Part Two".
In the thirtieth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Young Yu, VP of Advanced Analytics and Strategic Solutions, for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary to first talk about his journey to forensics, eDiscovery, and HaystackID. We then explored his perspective as a data scientist and early adopter of GenAI, where the technology excels and the vetting he and his team did to overcome their initial skepticism, with emphasis on its difference from search terms and its applicability to privilege. As always, we ended with Young's fun fact, which many of us share.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Panel of Experts for Everyone About Anything – Part One".
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Henry Kissinger and His Last Book – GENESIS: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit".
Bruce Holbert, Senior Director of North American Channels for EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and Exterro. We talked about what attracted him to Exterro and how aligned principles provide a solid foundation for a long term mutually beneficial partnership. Bruce explained the different types of partners Exterro is seeking and also talked about his hobby of ultra-marathon training, including very long distance running in the woods of Alabama. We ended our conversation with a very surprising and delicious fun fact.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "From Prompters to Partners: The Rise of Agentic AI in Law and Professional Practice".
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "AI Can Improve Great Lawyers - But It Can't Replace Them".
In the twenty ninth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Dorothe Schuch, Vice President of Forensic Logistics and Evidence Management at HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to forensics, eDiscovery, and HaystackID. We talked about how mentors have made a difference in her career, and how Dorothe is paying mentorship forward. Dorothe encouraged our listeners to never stop learning, as every day brings changes in eDiscovery practice. We previewed her presentation at WiECON25 with tips on getting the most from your data. We ended our conversation with her very surprising fun fact.
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on the "Bots Battle for Supremacy in Legal Reasoning - Part Five: Reigning Champion, Orion, ChatGPT-4.5 Versus Scorpio, ChatGPT-o3".
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on the "Dario Amodei Warns of the Danger of Black Box AI that No One Understands".
Erica Zolner, Partner and Executive Committee leader at EDRM Trusted Partner, Redgrave LLP, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery, her leadership style, trends beyond GenAI, and her triple fun fact. Erica also answered our questions about a groundbreaking article she co-authored with William Farrier regarding the Trembly v. OpenAI, Inc.. case entitled, "Uncharted Waters: Work Product Protection for Attorneys' Use of Generative AI."
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on the "Zero to One: A Visual Guide to Understanding the Top 22 Dangers of AI".
Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on the "Bar Battle of the Bots – Part Four: Birth of Scorpio".
In the twenty eighth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Aaron Pribil, Director of Product Management, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and HaystackID, his crossfunctional approach to product management and how that informed the newly released CoreFlex single pane of glass for legal departments and what trends he is tracking as he talks with practice teams. We ended our conversation with a delicious fun fact.
Bennett Borden, founder and CEO of Clarion AI Partners, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to share his journey from the CIA to law school and BigLaw eDiscovery, to his decision to refresh his data skills at NYU. Bennett explained why he founded Clarion AI Partners, and how Clarion AI Partners not only advises on the legal aspects of AI, but also builds new systems and validates existing AI systems, with a structured approach to include safety and effectiveness, along with regulatory and ethical requirements. He explained their mission of including AI for Good, exploiting not only the promise of AI, but also addressing the risks and harms it can cause in a quantifiable way by use case. We ended with Bennett’s fun fact with a promise to keep talking.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on "Afraid of AI? Learn the Seven Cardinal Dangers and How to Stay Safe."
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post, "Custom GPTs: Why Constant Updating Is Essential for Relevance and Performance." The podcasters dig into Ralph's post on what a GPT is, and how the rapid acceleration of LLM model introduction impacts the viability of GPT's to keep working appropriately. Behavioral tuning, like what the GPT's purpose is, and what to avoid is explained. They delve into RAG, and custom knowledge to improve results and reduce hallucinations. The podcasters emphasize that the quality of what is uploaded (private knowledge) must be evaluated along with the LLM update. They review the Visual Muse, AI Speaks to Seniors and other GPTs created by Ralph, looking at the Visual Muse as Ralph's collaborator.
Rob Robinson, Editor and Managing Director of EDRM Trusted Partner, ComplexDiscovery OU, and CMO at EDRM's Trusted Partner HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from attack helicopter pilot to eDiscovery, the evolution of Andrew Haslam's storied eDisclosure Buyers Guide, ComplexDiscovery's growth from eDiscovery analysis to reporting on systemic governance and risk, including the geopolitical, outside of the eDiscovery bubble. We ended the conversation with a double fun fact hit, with an invitation to reach out.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his ePluribus Unum article, as they discuss ways AI can help reduce polarization in the body politic. The recommendations have been reduced to eight categories of activities, beginning with quick wins at the local level. The podcasters sound wistful as they discuss ways to bring humankind together. Read the blog post they are discussing here: https://losey.ai/healing-a-divided-nation-an-8-step-path-to-unity-guided-by-ai/.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post, "Escaping Orwell’s Memory Hole: Why Digital Truth Should Outlast Big Brother." The podcasters dig into Ralph's post on how digital systems can be erased of certain content, easier in some ways than Orwell's memory holing of printed material, and more difficult, since the Internet remembers everything. The Internet Archive and content replication on the net preserves, but may not be easy to find, especially with filtering firewalls. The discussion includes the psychological impact of information being difficult to find, or untrusted. The podcasters conclude with steps to strengthen our psychological resilience.
In the twenty seventh episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Esther Birnbaum, Executive Vice President of Legal Data Intelligence, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about how her in house experience informs her approach to Legal Data Intelligence. Esther talked about her experience with Generative AI applied to document review and how HaystackID has integrated it into its full suite of service offerings. Esther also explained where HaystackID will be during Legalweek (Booth #3121) and the awards Hal Brooks and Vazantha (V) Meyers will receive, ending on a surprising fun fact about her.
John Tredennick, CEO and founder of EDRM Trusted Partner, Merlin Search Technologies, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from litigation partner to eDiscovery entrepreneur, why he founded another eDiscovery company, how the fourth generation of his AI-first platform, rebranded from Discovery Partner to Alchemy, differs from its previous incarnations, and differs from his first company's innovation with CAL, Catalyst. Our discussion traversed the surprising facility of Merlin Alchemy to go beyond summarizations and timelines to actually crafting case outlines, compelling closing arguments even with high volume and difficult data types, like medical records and construction documents. John will demo Alchemy at Legalweek, and on the EDRM Global Webinar Platform. Register here: https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/eh/4208134/lp/4891509/introducing-merlin-alchemy-using-next-generation-genai-to-transform-information-into-intelligence
Xen Hartzell, podcast producer and editor of the Illumination Zone, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to celebrate the Illumination Zone's 200th episode. Xen's fiction podcasts "Midst" and "Unend" have repeatedly topped global fiction podcast charts and have garnered numerous editing and audio drama podcasting awards. Xen set the foundation for the Illumination Zone and has been behind the scenes editing the show since day 1. After sharing their journey to eDiscovery through Death Metal, EDRM's best kept secret came over to the other side of the mic to interview us as we look back on 200 episodes of the Illumination Zone and reflect on the past, present, and future of eDiscovery and podcasting.
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 years of managed review, the difference in uptake of GenAI and TAR, the difference in cities from New Delhi to Minneapolis, DC and Atlanta, and ending with a fun fact about her.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post, "New Battle of the Bots: ChatGPT 4.5 Challenges Reigning Champ ChatGPT 4o". The podcasters dig into the results of the test Ralph put them through. They zeroed in on the humor test, and were amazed that the bots were developing their own taste in humor. Not quite AGI, the podcasters discussed the feeling of "qualia" as a distinctly (for now) human sense of wonder and awareness of consciousness as a differentiator from human consciousness. The podcast ended with an encouragement to minimize hallucinations with tips like developing careful, specific prompting and more. While the podcasters still cannot pronounce Ralph Losey's last name correctly, they brought their A game to the critique.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post, "Bar Battle of the Bots - Part 2". The podcasters dig into what happened with buying and selling a diamond where the price quoted was dramatically low. They then dive into the legal issues and how the issues were presented, fangirling over Mae West and then looking at an actual Florida case on point for "unilateral mistake" and what should be done to resolve the dispute. They also talk about what the LLM's got right, and wrong, with a discussion of the thought process of the LLM in breaking down and synthesizing the answers.
Sergey Demyanov, Founder and CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Beagle, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, the core values of Beagle, what makes Beagle so different, and what kind of legal teams are in focus for Beagle. Sergey's fun fact will endear him to our Australian community. Sergey and Team Beagle will be on the Exhibit Floor at Legalweek, Booth 3303, Americas Hall 2 at the Midtown Hilton. Sergey welcomes those wanting to contact him to book a meeting https://discoverbeagle.com, whether for a private demo or discussion at Legalweek, or to have a conversation. Register for EDRM's webinar featuring Beagle's platform on March 19th here: How to Get AI Benefits Without Getting Into Trouble - https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4881559/037043AACD3165C87192DB139A346B04?partnerref=EDRMpod
Kara Barnes, Managing Director with EDRM Trusted Partner, Ankura, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and focusing on the most challenging and enjoyable projects she's stewarded for clients. We explored the impact great mentors and large language models have on eDiscovery practice and our personal lives and we concluded with a fun fact about Kara.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's blog post as he attempted to replicate the research done on large language models (LLMs) and the bar exam. Previously published research awarded the earlier version of ChatGPT highest honors on the bar exam, creating a chill down the spine of attorneys and law students. Ralph Losey picked a bar exam question, documented his process in prompts and the LLMs' responses and graded, as a law professor might, the answers. The LLMs will not be replacing top attorneys today, Ralph concluded, although the majority would pass the exam.
In the twenty sixth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, the man with the stories which can never be told, John Wilson, the Chief Information Security Officer and President of Forensics at HaystackID, returned to the Illumination Zone to sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about how HaystackID's triage tools address proportionality and privacy requirements in civil litigation, and how they can be best used during internal investigations and white collar work. The tools, Mobile Elite Discovery and Analysis Lab (MEDAL™) and Remote Endpoint Analysis and Data Intelligence (READi™), are finalists for Legalweek's Best Emerging Technology (Non-AI). John also gave our listeners a sneak peek on some upcoming releases and how to score a coveted invitation to HaystackID's legendary whisky and cigar gathering during Legalweek 2025.
Dr. Mark Pedigo, a PhD data scientist, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to data science, the life and death problems he has addressed using data science, including a study of mothers and infants in Mississippi, and another diving into data about opioid prescribing providers. Mark talked about his first programming job for an educational software company, where he evaluated the quality of burps to add to a game. Mark, a jazz musician, is seeking his next opportunity to solve meaningful problems with his advanced skill set.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post after testing OpenAI, Gemini and DeepSeek. Ralph's test was to ask each AI platform the difference between "reasoning" and "legal reasoning." Noting the security and privacy problems of DeepSeek, Ralph compared the responses of each AI with each other. The short podcast summarizes and discusses the implications of Ralph Losey's testing, recommending listeners dive in with cautious enthusiasm.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's two EDRM blog posts on the release of the groundbreaking DeepSeek, with its reasoning exposed to the prompter. DeepSeek's relative cost to train spooked the US markets and caused OpenAI to release similar reasoning functionality. Ralph tested each of the new LLM releases by comparing their reasoning and responses. He offered his expert recommendations for our legal tech community.
Ryan Costello, Director of Program Management - Advisory Services for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery including work with Project Counsel and Project Counsel Media and what attracted him to HaystackID. Kaylee and Mary first met Ryan at Trusted Partner, Adrian Kiernan's and La Touche Training's wonderful Legal Tech Conference in Dublin, Ireland. Ryan, a CIPP for both the US and the EU, gave us a bird's eye view of the Legal Data Intelligence initiative stewarded by another of our Trusted Partners, Relativity. We ended on a hilarious fun fact, and an open invitation to return. The article referenced in the podcast can be found here: https://haystackid.com/privacy-without-borders-ryan-costello-brings-global-expertise-to-haystackid/.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post "The Human Edge: How AI Can Assist But Never Replace." Parsing out intuition and emotion as differentiators, the AI Podcasters, channeling their inner "humanity", discuss how humans need to oversee the AI, and how AI does not have the creative spark or depth of feeling or spirituality of creative artists and scientists. They continue to advocate for collaboration between human and AI. They wonder, on our human behalf, what does it mean to be human? Are we no longer central? They are enamored of human multidimensionality and invite us all to ask the big questions and to keep our sense of wonder.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and his 2024 Year End Essay, "Reflections." The AI podcasters take questions as they answer audience questions about the benefits and concerns about AI agents joining the workforce, ensuring access across society, and detecting and minimizing biases. They are very excited about making legal help more efficient and more accessible. They wonder who is responsible if the AI makes a mistake.
Jess Moore, Inside Sales for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery, what attracted her to HaystackID, how she approached her role as a new administrative assistant to grow into creating a Customer Success initiative and role. We talked about some standout moments and Jess' approach to meetings at Houston's renown Women in eDiscovery chapter, and ended with one of the most shocking fun facts we've heard: shark diving!
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on Key AI Leaders of 2024: Huang, Amodei, Kurzweil, Altman, and Nobel Prize Winners - Hassabis and Hinton. The podcasters discuss Ralph's take on these highly creative and accomplished changemakers, and their philosophies and risk assesments. Ralph stretches the limit of the auto generated podcast format by adding in call-in questions for the AIs to answer.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on Google's breakthrough on quantum computing, explaining the basics, and the potential benefits. Looking at the promise, the podcasters talk about some dangers like being able to decrypt previously secure state. The competition between nations, and space exploration are also discussed. The podcasters end on the concept of "time crystals" entangled into other dimensions and speeding up medical research. Take a listen to this discussion impact of Willow on our idea of our place in the universe, and how it might improve humanity. Stay to the end to hear Ralph enter a discussion directly with the AI podcasters.
Jenna Rooney, Director of Client Services for Arete sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery, winning not one, but two, Innovation Awards at this year's Relativity Fest, and the similarities and differences between eDiscovery and Incident Response. You know Jenna Rooney also offered a great fun fact about herself, one that, in her signature fashion, resulted in yet another technical certification!
Anthony Diaz, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for EDRM Trusted Partner, Exterro, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, Exterro's attainment of the coveted HITRUST certification and trends he sees emerging in our practices. Anthony also explained how Exterro's HITRUST initiative correlates with the stages of the EDRM, and the data hygiene Exterro practices around encrypting data, not only at rest and in transit. He emphasized that besides the encryption of data, Exterro does not have access to client credentials, ending with a fun fact about him and an AI movie recommendation.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on a new genre he is pioneering, using ChatGPT to write, in this case, science fiction. Listen to an AI with its own mind, on trial for its life due to forces misunderstanding and mistrusting them.
Kris Taylor, President of EDRM Trusted Partner, Purpose Legal, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery- from the restaurant business in his younger days to eDiscovery via his brother, Kim Taylor and the magic he and Greg Mazares, Purpose Legal's CEO, share. Kris also talked about the trends he sees emerging in eDiscovery, what Purpose Legal is doing to capitalize on them, ending with Kris sharing a surprising fun fact about himself.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on The Theory of Mind (ToM) which appears to have emerged as an unintended by product of LLMs' improving language skills. They discuss Michal Kosinski's article, "Evaluating large language models in theory of mind tasks" (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences "PNAS," 11/04/24). Ralph Losey used this ToM approach in creating the 11 Point Bipartisan Plan to Repair a House Divided discussed in Episode 8, Echoes of AI.
Stephanie Wienke, Security Specialist for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery, how her English major and creative writing background helps in the security field and how she and her team collaborate to keep the organizational certifications active and current. She explained HaystackID's mentorship culture and the security certifications she is pursuing in the near term.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on his summary of AI's bipartisan plan to repair a house divided by polarization after the November 2024 election. The 11 point comprehensive plan, laid out on the Losey.AI website gives practical steps for neighbors and fellow citizens to intentionally bridge the gap.
Illumination Zone: Infinnium's Chief Revenue Officer, Doug Kaminski, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about what drew him to Infinnium, what he sees in the Infinnium platform and the Infinnium culture and how he plans to introduce Infinnium to his very diverse network. We also received an update on how the #SoSoxy phenomenon has been going at the many conferences Doug has attended this year.
Yana Dashevsky, Vice President of Business Development for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and the US, her unique approach to conversations with clients, what drew her to HaystackID and a fun fact about her.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post on his summary of AI's bipartisan plan to repair a house divided by polarization after the November 2024 election. The 10 point comprehensive plan, laid out on the Losey.AI website gives practical steps for neighbors and fellow citizens to intentionally bridge the gap.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post on Designing Generative AI for Legal Professionals. Ralph applies the findings of a May 2024 study by IBM researchers, including designing for both imperfection and co-creation.
Robert Keeling, Partner and leader of Redgrave's Second Request Practice sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about moving his highly technical and experienced practice team from Sidley to Redgrave. Known to many as the "King of Second Requests", Robert explained what makes that discipline challenging, and also what the "First request" is. Robert noted his and Redgrave's complimentary business models for providing the eDiscovery and technical foundation for merits counsel. We talked about Robert's pro bono work on unaccompanied minors, along with a very surprising and illuminating fun fact about him. We ended thanking Robert, the inaugural Chair of the EDRM Global Advisory Council, for his many contributions to our EDRM community.
Tom Gelbmann, Co-Founder of the EDRM, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to catch us up on what's been happening with him since his last Illumination Zone appearance three years ago. We talked about how the iconic EDRM model came about, his thoughts on the EDRM 2.0 update for it, the IGRM and we elicited a fun fact about this OG of the eDiscovery community.
Peter Gronvall, Senior Managing Director, Data & Technology for EDRM Trusted Partner, Ankura, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery from his Wall Street law firm days. Peter described his team's engineering approach to legal technology challenges in finding the right data and producing it timely, the unique challenges their flagship antitrust practice solves and how his background in construction informs building his businesses and relationships, ending with an invitation to share in the results of Ankura's research, scholarship and case studies.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post analyzing an article by Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, creator of the LLM “Claude." They discuss Dario's view that with AI, we may compress 100 years of medical progress into a decade, cure mental illnesses such as PTSD and depression, and alleviate poverty.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's fifth curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post reviewing an academic study "Robots in the Middle: Evaluating LLMs in Dispute Resolution." The results are surprising for AI technology applied to the discipline of mediation, especially regarding client satisfaction comparing humans with the AI.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's fourth curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post reviewing the OECD's Blueprint for Ethical AI, with tips for governance including at the Board of Director level.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's second curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post navigating the AI Frontier and Balancing Breakthroughs and Blind Spots. One of the jagged edges Ralph found was the stubborn instance of the AI's to mispronounce his last name. Find the post here at https://edrm.net/2024/10/navigating-the-ai-frontier-balancing-breakthroughs-and-blind-spots/
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's inaugural curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post analyzing Sam Altman of OpenAI's optimistic vision of the trajectory of AI. The creation of this podcast opened Ralph Losey's eyes to the possibilities of realistic dialogue about his writings. Find the post here at: https://edrm.net/2024/10/can-ai-really-save-the-future-a-lawyers-take-on-sam-altmans-optimistic-vision/.
Attorney, award winning blogger and AI expert Ralph Losey's first inaugural and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on his EDRM blog post on the Loneliness Pandemic and how AI Friendship Chatbots can be the Cure. Ralph's post introduces his own created and vetted friendship chatbot, and he was amazed by the way the podcasters demonstrated emotionally intelligent insights.
Matt Mahon, Vice President of Business Development for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal sits down with Kaylee and Mary to give us an update on where he's been since our last podcast in November 2021, what he has learned about the new emoji's allowed by GenAI and Apple, wondering if indeed they are emoji's at all, the new music he's discovered and what coaching children taught him about expectations and curiosity.
Ray Biederman, CEO of Proteus Discovery Group and Partner at MBCB Attorneys sits down with Kaylee and Mary to give us an update on where he's been since our last podcast in March 2021, the exciting Novitas Data acquisition, how his companies support the law firm, and how they support other law firms as well, Ray's expert witness work and a fun fact about him.
Jason Cassel, Senior Marketing Manager, Mary Bennett, Director of Content Marketing and Erin Meyer, VP of Marketing Operations for our Trusted Partner, HaystackID sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their journey to HaystackID and to AI. This close knit team shares how they use new AI tools in combination with human oversight to produce the industry defining marketing presence that embodies the HaystackID brand. The team shared not only their qc process but also how AI is being leveraged throughout the organization, ending with an invitation to connect at Relativity Fest or some of the other events the team supports. We ended with fun facts for all, and included a shoutout to the great Rob Robinson, HaystackID's future forward CMO.
Chris Bojar, Director of eDiscovery and Litigation Support for Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery from the Summation days through Relativity One. Chris talked about the support his firm and the IT team gave him and eDiscovery as they built a team and a tech stack, his work with EDRM's GDPR project including judicial training webinars and an Olympic fun fact about him.
Holley Robinson, Marketing Operations Manager for EDRM sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and the EDRM community, what is new and different with the 2024 3Q Andrew Haslam's eDisclosure Buyers Guide and a fun fact about her.
Laura Danielson, Vice President of Sales Operations, Revenue Enablement, and HaystackID University at our Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to tell us about Relativity's Stellar Women Innovation Award she is nominated for, her experience getting started in our field, building the Minneapolis/St.Paul chapter of Women in Ediscovery, the experience of having her daughter Amber join the field, building HaystackID University and a very fun and little known fact about her.
Rebecca Perry of EDRM's Trusted Partner, Exterro, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and records management, a surprise promotion and fun fact, why data retention has become a hot issue in the C-Suite, the conflict between risk and reward in the desire to keep everything forever and Exterro's fabulous user conference, XChange which will be held September 10-12 in Atlanta, GA. Learn more at https://www.exterro.com/exterro-xchange.
Heralding the Next Generation of eLaw with Nextpoint, Rakesh (Rocky) Madhava, founder and CEO of EDRM's Trusted Partner, Nextpoint, and Brett Burney, eLaw Evangelist for Nextpoint and co-Trustee of the EDRM 2.0 project sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about what they have learned from eDiscovery for the Rest of Us, their very welcoming user conference, OnPoint, a new subscription app to make their clients' billback process easier, and steps they are taking to secure and scale Nextpoint. Learn more about the conference on September 18-19, 2024 in Chicago at https://www.nextpoint.com/event/on-point/. You can register for their upcoming webinar August 27th on "Modern Attachments or Old-Fashioned Hyperlinks? How to Navigate the eDiscovery Challenges of Linked Files in Email and Other Platforms" at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4672880/06707D5D1994541941846105011438E6?partnerref=IZ
Bryan Bellack, Executive Vice President of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, starting with the New York City Law Department's World Trade Center Unit, where he encountered eDiscovery, preservation and review in matters concerning 9/11 first responders and others. Bryan talked about the breadth of HaystackID's offerings and the depth of the team assembled which currently supports four simultaneous Second Requests with the availability of almost 3000 reviewers. Bryan's enthusiasm for the client experience and onboarding, as well as the deep respect for his seasoned colleagues shone through. Brian's fun fact and favorite movie is bound to surprise.
Illumination Zone: Purpose Legal's Chief Strategy Officer, Doug Kaminski, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about inside counsel and technology adoption, what Doug sees in successful legal ops departments, specific skills legal ops professionals shine with and surprising obstacles legal ops professionals are facing today. We reviewed which conferences Doug and Purpose Legal will be attending in September and October, and ended on a little known fun fact about Doug, beyond his trademark socks.
Illumination Zone: Karen Jensen-Clark, Interpath Advisory's Associate Director, Data and Technology, eDiscovery, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and to the UK, the jobs she tried to leave and was talked into staying, what excites her about what is coming with the blend of AI and traditional review methods, characteristics of a great eDiscovery professional and a fun fact about her that she hadn't yet shared with our eDiscovery community.
Brett Burney, eLaw evangelist for Nextpoint and Doug Austin, editor of eDiscovery Today, both EDRM Trusted Partners, sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about the trends they are seeing in hyperlinked modern attachments, GenAI and deepfake evidence and eDiscovery for the small to medium law firm.
Gabe Landau, Vice President of eDiscovery & Incident Response Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, from the Amazing Race and Fear Factor to Net Diligence and Cyber Incident Response. We also discussed Gabe's approach to client relationship building in light of his nomination for EDRM Trusted Partner, Relativity's highly coveted Customer Experience Innovation Award.
Zef Deda, Managing Director at EDRM Trusted Partner, Venio Systems, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and what attracted him to team Venio. Our conversation ranged from the challenges eDiscovery teams are facing today, especially around communicating regarding AI, to how Zef learned to work a room with his signature style and why he is called "Number 96".
Nate Latessa, Executive Vice President of Advisory Services for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about their groundbreaking M365 with HaystackID Suite to Maximize Microsoft 365® Investments. We cover what challenges the offering endeavors to address, especially around data loss prevention and security, migration challenges, readiness for Co-Pilot, and implementation all through the lens of a veteran eDiscovery and information governance practitioner.
Greg Witczak, legal ops leader at four highly regulated financial enterprises (Deutsche Bank, Fidelity Investments, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lehman Brothers) sits down with Kaylee & Mary. Greg talked about his journey, technology adoption and change management, and what the ACC saw in his team that led them to award them ACC Value Champion in 2019. We ended our conversation with the AI opportunity and challenges facing corporate legal departments and those who serve them.
Sheila Johnston, the Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Luminari Partners, sits down with Kaylee & Mary. Formerly a leader at the California Lawyers Association, Sheila is a kindness driven business executive. Sheila shared some of her amazing journey, principles and practices for creating room to be memorable and make a difference in our communities, legal environments and beyond.
Adrian Lurssen, the Co-Founder and VP of Strategic Development at JD Supra, one of EDRM's most trusted and valued partners, returns to sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the 2024 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards and what has changed and what is enduring around the Awards, and the surprising diversity of thought leaders and award winners. Adrian talked with us about what he is seeing across the JD Supra ecosystem, how JD Supra serves clients and how they retain their wonderful team members and some JD Supra Secret Sauce.
Stephanie Wilkins, Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News, returns to sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about the evolution of the publication under her mandate, the topics the team is covering, which ones are challenging, and the good (to include an innovative new award given to an outstanding recipient), the bad and the ugly around some reported events in and around Legalweek.
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Marla Crawford, General Counsel of Cimplifi, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about her storied journey to eDiscovery, how the SPLASH pledge movement came about in response to reported bad conference behavior, feedback to it, why it is necessary and what people should expect over the near and far terms.
In the fourteenth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s podcast series, Vazantha Meyers, Vice President of Discovery Services for HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and to HaystackID, how she took time to join her attorney mother in South Africa as the new Constitution was being written, her collaboration on her initiative to steward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion together with their Chief People Officer and how to get in touch for Legalweek and beyond.
Aaron Patton, the alter ego of memester Gates Dogfish and a Managing Director at Trustpoint One, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his very different journey to eDiscovery, the drama over LinkedIn removing his Gates Dogfish profile, followers and 450 memes, his screenplays and his unveiling as the one and only Gates Dogfish.
In the thirteenth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s podcast series, Nate Latessa, Executive Vice President of HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and to HaystackID, his approach to file analysis for information governance and security, his plans for technical partners like Microsoft, Amazon and Google, the talent on the HaystackID team and his wish for a super power to solve his flight challenges.
Illumination Zone: Monica Harris, Product Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner, Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the launch of Cellebrite's new solution, Mobile Ultra. With Mobile Ultra,Cellebrite focused on making the client investigator more productive via ease of use, less clicks and more wizards to help you get what you want faster. Mobile Ultra also extends the reach of Cellebrite's collection approaches, especially for newer data types, gaming platforms like Discord and ephemeral data like WhatsApp and Snapchat. We ended our conversation with Monica encapsulating her essence, both personally and professionally, and an invitation to connect.
In twelfth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s podcast series, Jason Covey, M365 eDiscovery Consultant at HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about their journey to eDiscovery. Jason exposed the Paradox of M365, with a retrospective on law firm back office, and an exploration of newer tools and how to take advantage. With rich visual imagery, Jason painted the emerging technical landscape.
Illumination Zone: Joey Seeber, CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Level Legal, and David Greetham, Vice President of Digital Forensics sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about Joey's journey (David's journey was covered in February 2022) and how David, Joey, Level Legal and PC Forensics joined forces. Level Legal's emphasis on delighting the humans in legal was explored, along with David and Joey's core values embodying their essences.
In the eleventh episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s podcast series, Anya Korolyov, Vice President of Cyber Incident Response and Custom Solutions at HaystackID sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about her journey first to eDiscovery and later to Cyber. We talked about her diving into a highly complex matter as her first project, forcing her to learn 10 months of eDiscovery in a few weeks, and her propensity to volunteer for new and emerging projects like HaystackID's cyber incidence response team. Anya works with HaystackID's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and serves as co-leader to both the Women's Group and Immigrants' Group initiatives.
Illumination Zone: Briordy Meyers, Discovery Counsel at Google and EDRM Global Advisory Council leader, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about how changes in privacy rules around the globe coupled with increased variety and volume of emerging data types are impacting the practice of cross border eDiscovery with the silver linings he sees emerging.
In the tenth episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s podcast series, the man with the stories which can never be told, John Wilson, the Chief Information Security Officer and President of Forensics at HaystackID, sat down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and handling high profile assignments and acting as a neutral. John explains how the discipline afforded by his service supports his approach to gathering evidence and sparked some of his global travels and adventures.
Robin Perkins, founder and chair of the eDiscovery Practice Group at Kutak Rock, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery and her passion for the National eDiscovery Leadership Institute (NeLI) conference in its 10th year, how the conference offers outstanding networking like a sit down plated dinner for all attendees and complimentary in person attendance. The 2 day conference offers CLE and Illumination Zone listeners can receive a $50 discount on the $150 virtual fee with the code EDRM.
John Brewer, the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Chief Data Scientist at EDRM’s Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary during a break from the Google Next conference to talk about his journey, his shiny new title and accountability and what reciprocal AI means to him.
Illumination Zone: The Hon. Judge Ralph Artigliere (ret.) sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his fascinating journey from West Point to trying the first case on eDiscovery (in the ‘80’s) before it was even called eDiscovery, his teaching of students, attorneys and judges both state and federal, his embrace of appropriate GenAI and his love of the community.
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., President and John Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a national managed IT service provider, digital forensics and managed cybersecurity firm located in Fairfax, VA sit down to talk with Kaylee and Mary about their respective journeys, what surprised them about building a business with their life partner, what quality is so important to cultivate when starting out in legal tech and the importance to them in making a difference in the lives of others.
Illumination Zone: Oyango Snell, CEO and Executive Director at the California Lawyers Association (CLA) and the California Lawyers Foundation (CLF) and Tony Sipp, cohost of the podcast, “The Paralegal Voice” and the Paralegal Manager for Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about Oyango's journey, the importance of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Belonging, the mission of CLA and the DEI + B program offered by the San Diego Paralegal Association (SDPA) and the Los Angeles Paralegal Association (LAPA) where Oyango Snell will keynote. In person attendance is limited and there is a virtual option for the complimentary CLE event.
Illumination Zone: Tom Kemp, Author of the book "Containing Big Tech: How to Protect our Civil Rights, Economy and Democracy" sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk all things big data, GenAI, big tech, data brokers, sloshing data, privacy and cyber. An entrepreneur, technologist and investor, Tom led initiatives and legislative campaigns to pass legislation and he gives his views on the current privacy and AI landscapes.
Illumination Zone: Sonali Ray, Managing Director of eDiscovery Services, Nextpoint Law Group and Andy Greene, Managing Partner of EDRM Trusted Partner, Nextpoint Law Group, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their respective journeys to eDiscovery, the launch of the Nextpoint Law Group approved in Arizona and how it fits with the Nextpoint software platform, their superpowers and On Point, Nextpoint's User Conference which is complimentary and where all are welcome.
Illumination Zone: David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, and Anna Siroonian, Senior Program Manager of EDRM Trusted Partner, Relativity, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about Relativity Fest, the Innovation Awards, the networking events, advice for those new to Fest and the CLE's especially the Judicial Panel at its 10-year anniversary that will feature a tribute to the late Hon. David Waxse.
Illumination Zone: Adam Rubinger, Chief Customer Experience Officer of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, his policy of transparency and compassionate communication, the Relativity Innovation Awards where Adam is a finalist for Customer Experience and his surprising superpower.
Illumination Zone: Jennifer Bantelman Courchaine, Vice President, Customer Success & Global Support at EDRM Trusted Partner, Exterro, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey from Zapproved to combining with Exterro, the New Orleans based XChange Conference with foundations of PREX, inFusion and the expanded Hero Awards and Jennifer's exciting superpower.
Illumination Zone: Jerry Bui, Managing Director at FTI Consulting, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from liberal arts to legal technology, his pro bono trip to Lesotho to train on digital forensics for financial corruption investigations with observations about the dichotomy of haves and have nots, his multiverse superpower and his vision for the EDRM Generative AI project, which he stewards as Project Trustee.
Illumination Zone: Ashish Prasad, vice president and general counsel of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from law to legal technology, his advice to his students and some groundbreaking projects he is working on regarding costs and when technology changes might trigger the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure rule making process.
Illumination Zone: Norman Taple, Founder, Chairman of the Board and General Counsel and Michael Okerlund, CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Cloud Court Inc., sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their respective journeys from law to legal technology, Cloud Court's AI enabled testimony intelligence platform and how Cloud Court empowers trial teams, and each other's personal superpowers.
Illumination Zone: Monica Harris, Product Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner, Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about what she is seeing, Cellebrite's new RelativityOne integration and chat/app collection updates and what she is looking forward to during Summer 2023 in between Spring and Fall conference season.
Illumination Zone: Matthew L. Miller, Senior Vice President, Information Governance and Data Privacy for EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, a team building exercise with a sizable fish tale, Microsoft 365's Purview's approach to data loss prevention and eDiscovery for law firms, CFIUS requirements and his superpower.
Illumination Zone: EDRM Trusted Partner, Purpose Legal's Vice President of Global Legal Operations, Tayrn Blair and Chief Strategy Officer, Doug Kaminski sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about Taryn's short journey to eDiscovery and both hers and Doug's experience of the new Purpose Legal brand, Doug's highlights at the EDRM Detroit Symposium and some new things they both have learned, and how they learned them.
Illumination Zone: Sean Evans, Managing Director for EDRM Trusted Partner, Ankura sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and some tools and techniques for protecting IP and trade secrets when onboarding and offboarding employees, and his superpower.
Illumination Zone: Robert Bird, Senior Managing Director, Terry Herlihy, Managing Director, Data & Technology and Nicole Donaldson, Managing Director for EDRM Trusted Partner, Ankura sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about off channel communications (OCC) that the SEC has in its crosshairs, and how the team approaches brand new situations with modern data challenges and much more!
Illumination Zone: Kevin M. Clark, Discovery Counsel & Vice President of Analytics and Review Operations for EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, the Masters Conference, Haystack's use of advanced processes and tools to improve the client experience.
Illumination Zone: Doug Kaminski, Chief Strategy Officer of EDRM Trusted Partner, Cobra Legal Solutions, who rebranded to Purpose Legal, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his experience at CLOC, what was hot, what he learned in the rebrand and the new brand's reception, his superpower and of course, Doug's famous soxy attire.
Greg Mazares talks with Kaylee & Mary about his journey to eDiscovery, the portfolio of companies he mentors, including as chair of EDRM Trusted Partner, ModeOne. Greg shared his thoughts on retention of key personnel and doing the right thing for employees who will do the right thing by clients over layoffs, and the financial rewards follow rather than focusing on the finances first.
eDiscovery Chicks Dakota Bloch and Angie Nolet sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their journey to eDiscovery, how they started their podcast, creating a safe space in legal and the joy of working together at Redfin.
Matthew Rasmussen, founder and CEO at EDRM Trusted Partner, ModeOne, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, how and why he founded ModeOne, what he's excited about in our field and on the roadmap and how to get a glimpse of ModeOne's SaaS Dashboard for mobile acquisition.
TracyAnn Eggen, Vice President of Product Transformation and Customer Success for EDRM Trusted Partner, LIGL, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about workflow across silos, one pane of glass, work/life balance and feeding data and information back to business units and management level for preventative measures like retraining and where to find TracyAnn and LIGL at Legalweek.
Chris Wall, Data Protection Officer, Special Counsel, Global Privacy and Forensics of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, forensics and cross border transfers, optimal approaches to address and his desired superpower for optimum understanding.
Adrian Lürssen, co-founder of JD Supra, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to JD Supra, the JD Supra Readers Choice Awards and ways in which the content supplied by JD Supra thought leaders leads to business development opportunities.
Rakesh (Rocky) Madhava, founder and CEO of EDRM's newest Trusted Partner, Nextpoint, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, Nextpoint's commitment to pro bono, roadmap, unlimited data, massive scaling and our new partnership.
Michael Sarlo, Chief Innovation Officer and President of Global Investigations of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and cybersecurity, with tips for new entrants into the field and how his superpower has helped him be successful in this ever changing field.
Illumination Zone: Episode 111 | Ken Withers, Deputy Executive Director of the Sedona Conference sits down with Kaylee & Mary to recount his journey to eDiscovery, the Federal Judicial Center, and the Sedona Conference. Ken gave us a preview of what he sees for 2023 and the new data transfer scheme from the EU with a new court to adjudicate privacy for EU citizens and a new EU patent court.
Erin Meyer, Senior DIrector of Marketing at EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary to kickoff a monthly HaystackID podcast series. Erin talks about her short journey to eDiscovery and long two decade tenure in eDiscovery, excitement over ChatGPT, and the 40 events she is stewarding among others.
Ethan Treece, Chief Commercial Officer for EDRM Trusted Partner, (the New) IPRO, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, why he chose IPRO, some predictions for 2023 and what he is most looking forward to in the new year.
Bill Piwonka, Chief Marketing Officer for EDRM Trusted Partner, Exterro, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the huge news about acquiring another of our Trusted Partners, Zapproved, its white glove customer-centricity and what their respective clients and teams can expect.
Returning guest Chuck Kellner, strategic discovery advisor for EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his 2023 predictions, privacy, AI and dark data and the evolving notion of a document.
Jennifer (Bantleman) Courchaine, Vice President of Customer Experience and Thought Leadership and Vijai Viswanathan, Senior Vice President of Product & Engineering at EDRM Trusted Partner, Zapproved, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the challenge of custodian and eDiscovery team turnover and what trend forward leaders are doing to mitigate the impact.
Stephen Herrera sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, highlights of 2022 and what he is looking forward to in 2023.
Ian Campbell, president and ceo off EDRM Trusted Partner, iCONECT, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, th JFK files, some innovations like PII search in 51 countries, auto redaction on the front and back end, AI as Always Innovating and their RFP Toolkit that has a spreadsheet with 100 factors to rank and consider.
AJ Shankar, founder and CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their brand new vibrant partner program, the 76% increase in employees since their Series D range requiring a Chief People Officer for optimal onboarding and experiences, and the promotion of Shana Simmons from General Counsel to Chief Legal Officer and their new DC and NYC offices.
John Burchfield, CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Venio Systems, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his first six months at Venio, some impressive new hires, excitement from ILTA and the importance of culture at the core of planning and execution, with an emphasis on being present to opportunities and challenges as he takes the reins.
Deloitte's Associate VP and Senior Manager, Nick Wittenberg formerly of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Sue Seeley, Managing Director of Disclosure and Transparency at Deloitte, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about how they found their feet on their respective journeys and embracing AI as an ally to turn data from a risk into an asset.
Deloitte's Associate VP and Senior Manager, Nick Wittenberg formerly of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Sue Seeley, Managing Director of Disclosure and Transparency at Deloitte, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about how they found their feet on their respective journeys and embracing AI as an ally to turn data from a risk into an asset.
Jeffrey Wolff, Director of Corporate Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner, IPRO, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from broadcast journalism to eDiscovery and the sneak peek demo he gave Kaylee & Mary of the Live Early Data Assessment (Live EDA) tool.
Jeffrey Wolff, Director of Corporate Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner, IPRO, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from broadcast journalism to eDiscovery and the sneak peek demo he gave Kaylee & Mary of the Live Early Data Assessment (Live EDA) tool.
Peter Garza, Director of Computer Forensics for Ricoh USA, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from NCIS to becoming a computer forensics expert in the forefront of large cases, and shares the challenges of forensics and a great forensic story.
Peter Garza, Director of Computer Forensics for Ricoh USA, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from NCIS to becoming a computer forensics expert in the forefront of large cases, and shares the challenges of forensics and a great forensic story.
Ankura's Data & Technology Leader for APAC, Chris Marks and Data & Technology Leader for Greater China, Han Lai, in Hong Kong & Shanghai respectively, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about how they found their feet on their respective journeys and what is different about eDiscovery in China, including authentication, data production outside of China and printing electronic data to admit into evidence. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and not necessarily the views of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC., its management, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, or its other professionals. Ankura is not a law firm and cannot provide legal advice. “Just to note that the electronic evidence has now been considered acceptable into Chinese Court under the new evidence provision amendment took effect on 1st May 2020.”
The new evidence provision on electronic data provision in China
There are amendments to the Supreme People’s Court’s Provision on Evidence in Civil Procedures came into effect on 1st May 2020, which significantly improved the rules of electronic data, and defined the electronic data into 5 categories :
- Information posted on electronic platform (e.g. Web Pages, blogs)
- Communications through services of network application (e.g. email, text messages)
- Electronic records (e.g. user registration information, transactions)
- Electronic files (e.g. images, computer program)
- Other information stored, processed, or transmitted in digital means.
Ankura's Data & Technology Leader for APAC, Chris Marks and Data & Technology Leader for Greater China, Han Lai, in Hong Kong & Shanghai respectively, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about how they found their feet on their respective journeys and what is different about eDiscovery in China, including authentication, data production outside of China and printing electronic data to admit into evidence. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and not necessarily the views of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC., its management, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, or its other professionals. Ankura is not a law firm and cannot provide legal advice. “Just to note that the electronic evidence has now been considered acceptable into Chinese Court under the new evidence provision amendment took effect on 1st May 2020.”
The new evidence provision on electronic data provision in China
There are amendments to the Supreme People’s Court’s Provision on Evidence in Civil Procedures came into effect on 1st May 2020, which significantly improved the rules of electronic data, and defined the electronic data into 5 categories :
- Information posted on electronic platform (e.g. Web Pages, blogs)
- Communications through services of network application (e.g. email, text messages)
- Electronic records (e.g. user registration information, transactions)
- Electronic files (e.g. images, computer program)
- Other information stored, processed, or transmitted in digital means.
Monica Harris, Product Business Manager for our trusted partner, Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about what she experienced at ILTA, both substantive and networking, as well as a hint of RelativityFest and the EDRM Text Message Metadata Primer Project.
Monica Harris, Product Business Manager for our trusted partner, Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about what she experienced at ILTA, both substantive and networking, as well as a hint of RelativityFest and the EDRM Text Message Metadata Primer Project.
The founder & editor of eDiscovery Today, Doug Austin, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his experience at ILTA and the highlights of sessions and gatherings, as well as his white paper on getting a clue about eDiscovery Project Management.
The founder & editor of eDiscovery Today, Doug Austin, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his experience at ILTA and the highlights of sessions and gatherings, as well as his white paper on getting a clue about eDiscovery Project Management.
Monica Harris, business product manager for EDRM Trusted Partner, Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey to eDiscovery, Cellebrite's expanded collection focus and changes in the tools people use to communicate caused by the pandemic and hybrid/remote work.
Jack and James Dever of Lockhaven Solutions, LLC. a cybersecurity firm specializing in transforming cyber cultures through education sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their family legacy of service and their journey to becoming cyber attorneys and educators.
John Burchfield, CEO of Venio Systems, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and the excitement he has for Venio, its clients, technology and team after a lifetime of experience with many of the iconic eDiscovery players.
David Meadows is a Senior Managing Director at FTI. In the episode, we talked about how he went from growing up in small town Iowa to splitting time between Chicago and Toronto for the past 15 years, how he picked up cycling during COVID and his 100-mile bike rides, and some of the technology that differentiates FTIs discovery practice. Mix up an Old Fashioned and listen in!
Christine Payne, Partner at Gunster and Mark Yacano, Managing Director of MLA and host of the podcast, Erasing the Stigma: Conversations in Mental Health, sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their respective journey to talking about mental health, what opportunities they are seeing to address it, and a groundbreaking survey to measure our collective mental health.
Brett Lamb, founder and CEO of Construction Discovery Experts, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the construction specific services his firm provides including construction specific communication applications like Proforma software, and the differences he sees with litigation and arbitration.
AJ Shankar, founder and CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about Everlaw Clustering, just released and included in existing cloud native Everlaw instances. From ECA to Privilege quality control, the scale and ease of use were explored, as well as the ability to overlay predictive scores or other coding in the highly visual interactive interface.
Andreas Mueller is the founder and CEO of Downstreem. In this episode, we discuss the multiple degrees he earned by age 20 – including one in the culinary arts – moving from Germany to the United States, fatherhood, and why Downstreem chose to stay narrowly focused on mobile device forensics in a “one-stop-shop” world. Pour a glass of sauvignon blanc and listen in!
Illumination Zone: Relativity's Stellar Women'a Blair (Heidenreich) Cohen sits down with Kaylee & Mary in a Crossover Podcast continuing the conversation on mental health and overcoming cave syndrome. Traditional extroverts are weighing comfort at home against the joy and anxiety involved in gathering, with some hints on enjoying.
Ralph Losey, partner at Losey Law sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his new firm, and his return to blogging. Ralph, an EDRM Global Advisory Council leader, contributed his first post to EDRM's blog syndicated by JD Supra on eDiscovery issues in a Seinfeld copyright case with Judge Nathan.
Doug Kaminski, Chief Revenue Officer and John Pappas, senior director of EDRM Trusted Partner, Cobra Legal Solutions, sit down wiith Kaylee & Mary to talk about their experience at CLOC, their approach to pricing alignment with clients and what attracted John Pappas to Cobra.
Illumination Zone: Dr. Maura R. Grossman, research professor and special master and Chuck Kellner, strategic litigation consultant for EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about their three city roadshow, Everlaw Connect powered by EDRM. The half day events, in Chicago, New York and LA during the first three weeks of June, feature CLE sessions and networking lunch and cocktail hours. Listen to hear about the safety features included in the planning, like lanyards with buttons signify preferences for contact (red, yellow, green), the layout enabling distancing and masks being welcomed but not required (at time of recording). Register at EverlawConnect.com.
Joey Seeber is the Co-Founder and CEO of Level Legal. In this episode, we discuss his journey from practicing law to purchasing a business he knew nothing about to public service as the Mayor of Tyler, TX to entrepreneurship, and how he thinks about differentiation in a crowded market. Pour a glass of Basil Hayden and listen in!
Episode 23: John Tredennick, Tom Gricks and Dr. Jeremy Pickens talk with University of Florida's Bill Hamilton about TAR. Barriers to adoption, opportunitites and challenges for teaching TAR to law students and practicing attorneys are explored by the panel.
Kassi Burns is a Senior Attorney at King & Spaulding. In this episode, we discuss road trips (domestically and in New Zealand), processing 9/11 from other side of the globe, living in New Orleans during Katrina, and the eDiscoverist, her content to evangelize eDiscovery outside of the industry. Grab a Topo Chico and listen in!
Gabe Landau is Vice President of Business Development at Haystack. In this episode, we discussed drums and being drummers, his 15 years producing reality and competition TV shows, and his road through addiction and recovery. Grab a seltzer water and listen in!
Illumination Zone: Mike Bryant, Knox Capital Partner and board member of EDRM partner, HaystackID, and chair of Reveal-Brainspace, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about market conditions, what questions clients are asking, the outlook for MA& I in legal tech and his thoughts on the health of our ecosystem as experienced at Legalweek. Mike's inaugural podcast was published on 9/29/2020 for those who want to learn more about Mike's extraordinary journey.
Jonathan Moody is a Senior eDiscovery Consultant at Page One Legal. In this episode, we talk about Grapico, what it is, and why we’re drinking it, the time he got a 16% on an exam as an undergrad, and how TAR reticence among attorneys is leading to CAL. Grap a Grapico and listen in!
Helen Geib is Of Counsel at Hoover Hull Turner. In this episode, we discuss how she became an amateur mixologist, her favorite movies and the phases she goes through, and compare and contrast her experiences in Big Law, small law, and a decade on the vendor side. Pour a glass of Reisling and listen in!
Illumination Zone: Relativity's Head of Social Impact, Colleen Smith Costello, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey, and the innovative platform Relativity is making available to the greater eDiscovery community to support Ukrainian refugees. Many Polish Relativians are welcoming refugees at train stations, translating, hosting, feeding and more. Relativity's investors have offered a one million dollar match, and pre-vetted organizations for donations. Lean how you or your company can get their contribution matched even if you've already donated elsewhere. https://relativity.com/ukraine.
Maureen Holland is the eDiscovery Senior Service Manager at AstraZeneca. In this episode, we talked a lot about her travels: living in 17 cities, traveling to all 50 states, summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, and more. Grab a Heineken and listen in!
Kelly Twigger is the founder of ESI Attorneys and eDiscovery Assistant. In this episode, we talk about prioritizing date nights with your spouse, the entrepreneurship gene in her family, and her ongoing battle against cancer. Grab some grape seltzer water and listen in!
Phil Casale, EDRM Guardian Plus Partner, Ricoh's new eDiscovery Sales and Information Governance and Practice Solutions Leader, sits down with Kaylee & Mary during his first 90 days about his journey, what drew him to Ricoh, his super power and his perspective as a former AmLaw CIO about the direction the legal services industry is headed.
Cristin Traylor is the Senior Product Strategy Manager at Relativity. In this episode, we talk about FBI agents that solve cold cases, career pivots, house renovations, and more. Grab a Moscow Mule and listen in!
Stephanie Clerkin is the Director of Litigation Support at Korein Tillery. In this episode, we discuss travel hacks for parents of young children, true crime and her own real-life experience as a teenager, and how she selects organizations in her community and industry to get involved with. Mix up a strawberry margarita and listen in!
Nikolai Pozdniakov is the Production Manager at vDiscovery. In this episode, we talk about Guinness, guitar, and his creative and production process for his LinkedIn videos we’ve all come to know and love. Pour a pint of Guinness and listen in!
Drew Goletz is the National Sales Director at Avalon. In this episode, we discussed being suckers for craft brewery marketing, the music scenes in New Orleans, and how working at a record store after college led to a two-decade career in eDiscovery. Grab a milk porter and listen in!
Ankur Agarwal, VP of Product at EDRM Trusted Partner, Venio Systems, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey from technology to eDiscovery and what attracted him to Venio.
John, Tom and Dr. J explore the Hon. Jay Francis' order regarding TAR validation, including richness and recall as applied to TAR and keywords, parsing Sedona Principle 6 (responding party best suited to evaluate methods.)
Ryan Short, vice president of EDRM Trusted Partner, Discovery Master and host of eDiscovery After Hours, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, his handsome new son, new transparent pricing and pilots for Discovery Master and celebrating eDiscovery After Hours joining the EDRM Global Podcast Network.
Chuck Kellner, strategic discovery advisor for EDRM Guardian Plus Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, what attracted him to Everlaw and the upcoming events at Legalweek, including a cocktail hour at Bridges Bar at the Hilton Wednesday 5-7PM where all are welcome.
Pavan Kotha is the FTS Manager at Clayton Utz. We talk about his globe-traveling career (India, UAE, Australia), adjusting to a new culture and continent during COVID, fatherhood, marriage, and more.
Andrew Kent is the COO of Page One Legal. In this episode, we discuss moving around the country, how Nashville has changed in his decade there, and how he prioritizes and keeps meetings productive without devolving into undue vent sessions. Grab a Miller Genuine Draft and listen in!
Sam Burns, paralegal manager at Marjiya Law and the President of the Los Angeles Paralegal Association, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about being deaf from birth, becoming the first cochlear implant success in 1991, and her journey to legal and ediscovery, the diversity and inclusion challenges for deaf professionals and a preview of what will be upcoming.
John, Tom and Dr. J explore elusion or null set thresholds, alone and in relation to other benchmarks, such as recall and richness with information retrieval and new Merlin Search Technologies data scientist, William Webber.
Shannon Bales Shannon is the Manager of Litigation Support at Munger, Tolles, and Olson. In this episode, we talked about Oklahoma football, the cultural differences between his Midwestern affect and Ukrainian wife, how he got into writing and teaching, and more. Mix up a whiskey sour and listen in!
Dave Lewis is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Redgrave Data. In this episode, we discuss how we became an enthusiast for home-made chai tea, obtaining his PhD in computer science at Michigan State, and his 16 years as an independent consultant, including developing a pipeline of projects when that’s never been part of your professional responsibilities. Make a cup of chai tea and listen in!
Steve Goldstein, global practice support director for Squire Patton Boggs and an early adopter's early adopter, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey and innovation inflection points.
Illumination Zone: Ankura's Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez and Jamar Haywood sit down with Kaylee & Mary to discuss the Ankura Brooklyn Cyber Center, launched to address the shortage of cyber professionals, and to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. Successful participants will join Ankura's cyber practice full time.
Christine Porras is the Director of Technology Solutions at Oasis Discovery. In this episode, we talked about having daughters named Ellie, being bi-lingual, her “Know Your Value” initiative for women in eDiscovery, and much more. Pour a glass of rosé and listen in! Episode Sponsor: Discovery Master.
Gina O’Neill is a Senior Manager, eDiscovery and Legal Technology at Herbert Smith Freehills. In this episode, we discuss her travels to the Champagne region of France, DIY home improvements, globe-trotting vacations for horse races, and her LinkedIn posts describing 30 years in eDiscovery. Pour a glass of champagne and listen in!
Illumination Zone: Relativity's Stellar Women, Mary Rechtoris and Blair (Heidenreich) Cohen, sit down with Kaylee & Mary in a Crossover Podcast continuing the conversation on mental health, boundries, short fuses, kindness and gifts of grace as we open up 2022.
Illumination Zone: Terry Harrison sits down with Kaylee & Mary to discuss his eDiscovery journey and the state of eDiscovery in South Africa and more.
Rachel McAdams is the Legal Technology and eDiscovery Senior Manager for A&L Goodbody. She also has a PhD in Plasma Physics. In this episode, we find out what that means, and learn a “secret” Rachel shares with me about her personality and hobbies.
Matt Mahon is an Executive Director at Trustpoint. In this episode, we discuss what it’s like to have 4 kids, the unexpected connection between Peloton and craft beer, emojis, and more. Grab an IPA and listen in!
Illumination Zone: David Greetham, executive advisor to EDRM and project leader for the Collection phase of the EDRM, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to discuss his latest entrepreneurial venture in founding PC Forensics.
Dave Lewis, Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Redgrave Strategic Data Solutions, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey and his new role at a startup affiliated with the eDiscovery focused boutique law firm, Redgrave LLP.
Jonathan Hiroshi Rossi, founder and CEO of EDRM partners, The CJK Group and Saya University. and Chris LaCour, founder and CEO of ING3NIOUS and Sub-Four Capital sit down with Kaylee and Mary to discuss the future of the eDiscovery Retreats.
Doug Austin, founder and editor of EDRM Trusted Media Partner, eDiscovery Today, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the results from the 2nd Annual eDiscovery Today 2022 State of the Industry Survey sponsored by EDRM.
Illumination Zone: Irina Matveeva and Jeremiah Weasenforth, Project Trustees for the DeMythigator subgroup of the Analytics and Machine Learning project sit down with Kaylee & Mary to discuss the Demythigator’s goal which is to start an open dialogue with the community about the myths limiting the use of machine learning and AI. Whether the myths relate to the difficulty in understanding, implementing, validating, or negotiating the use of the technology, they continue to stand as a roadblock to wider adoption.
Jennifer Bantelman, Vice President of Customer Experience and Thought Leadership for EDRM Trusted Partner, Zapproved, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the eDiscovery Corporate Hero Awards, events and the difference between customer experience and customer success.
Jason R. Baron, Professor of the Practice at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, and formerly the Director of Litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) on his advice for new entrants into eDiscovery, and some of strangest and most unexpected things he encountered in his illustrious career.
Nathan Cemenska, Director, Legal Operations and Industry Insights for Walters Kluwer, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey helping to pioneer legal ops and his findings surrounding megamatter spend and opportunities for legal departments to save serious money with greenfield opportunities for ALSP's and small to medium law firms.
John, Tom and Dr. J discuss with Jason R. Baron, formerly of NARA, Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland, College of Information Studies about his paper which will be published by ACM regarding using TAR techniques for FOIA, particularly to find "deliberative process" exemptions.
Matt Mahon of Trustpoint.One sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey and a conversation that brought him back to eDiscovery, his new gig focusing on growth and his appreciation for his Ricoh team, emojis and more.
Dr. AJ Shankar sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to an over $2 billion valuation, the team that helped build it, his technical and client centered approach to growth, and Everlaw for Good, a program offering free access for pro bono, nonprofits, clinics, educational organizations and investigative journalists.
Dean Hari Osofsky of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey, leadership, multidisciplinary STEM-legal programs, access to justice, gender balance and her vision for trend forward legal education.
Tom Gelbmann, who co-founded the EDRM with George Socha, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to legal tech, meeting George, and the origins of the EDRM.
Peter Callaghan, chief revenue officer for Pagefreezer, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to Pagefreezer, and introducing the inaugural EDRM Global Web and Social Collection Survey that opened this week. Pagefreezer, a Trusted Partner of EDRM, is sponsoring the survey to determine community practices for collection, triggers and challenges in collection of web and social data and in authenticating what is collected.
Alex Su, head of community development for Ironclad, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to legal tech, focusing on his selling and social media community development.
Nikolai Pozdniakov of Hashtag Legal and vdiscovery sits down with Kaylee & Mary to celebrate his 2021 RelativityFest Innovation Award for Lit Support All Star, vdiscovery's release of ECA for messages and Hashtag Legal's Batch Guru for production sets and more.
Brandy Griffin, director of cybersecurity operations for Avalon Cyber sits down with Mary & Kaylee to talk about her journey from medical to litigation support to cyber, and her impactful very personal LinkedIn post.
Demeka Fields, Counsel for Global Sports Marketing and Privacy for New Balance, and Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez, attorrney, eDiscovery Consultant and Senior Diirector at Ankura, sit down with Mary & Kaylee to talk about the Imposter Syndrome: symptoms and mitigations.
John, Tom and Dr. J discuss with Dave Lewis of Reveal - Brainspace - AI, his journey, and dive into his paper, "On Minimizing Cost in Legal Document Review Workflows"
The Hon. Ron Hedges (ret.), senior counsel at Dentons, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about pandemic impacts on healthcare, now and after the pandemic, and virtual trials generally, and in particular, in criminal trials and at the state level. Look for Part 1 of this podcast on August 18, 2021.
Jennifer Bantelman, chair of the PREX conference, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about the keynote, and exciting sessions for the late September complimentary virtual event. Jennifer is the Senior Director of Solutions Engineering for EDRM Guardian Plus partner, Zapproved.
Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech news, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about ILTA on his way home from Las Vegas: quality conversations, joy in seeing people and mental health as a legaltech differentiator.
Steve Embry, editor and publisher of Techlaw Crossroads and chair-elect of the ABA Law Practice Session sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey, innovation, conferences, travel and more.
Doug Austin, founder and editor of eDiscoveryToday is Live from ILTA talking to Kaylee & Mary about the sessions, the networking events, his first business travel in 18 months and highlights from the conference.
The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, US District Court, Western District of Texas and professor at UT San Antonio and EDRM Global Advisory Counsel leader, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey, how the courts are handling pretrial and trial in the pandemic and differences in live and remote proceedings.
The Honorable Ron Hedges, Magistrate Judge in the US Federal District of New Jersey (ret), prolific author, and EDRM Global Advisory Counsel leader, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey, remote proceedings, health informatics, AI and more. Part 1.
Tom O'Connor (Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center) and Rachi Messing (Microsoft) sit down with Kaylee and Mary in the first podcast installment on their respective journeys and what they are seeing now in eDiscovery.
Crystal O'Donnell, founder and director of Heuristica Discovery Counsel, a Canadian eDIscovery boutique law firm and technology company sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about some of the differences in Canadian eDIscovery and what is happening in Canada today.
Judy Selby, partner at Kennedys, multi book author, and EDRM Global Advisory Counsel leader, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey and the many nuances of cyber and privacy insurance.
Product executives Noah Carpenter (Zapproved) and Gabriel Bustos (Onna) sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their journeys and the integration of Zapproved and Onna to address app data and other nonstandard unstructured data.
Ralph Losey, eDiscovery Partner at Jackson Lewis, eDiscoveryTeam blogger and EDRM Global Advisory Counsel leader sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his future focused thoughts on AI, ethics and the law.
John, Tom and Dr. J discuss empirical research on CAL, synthetic seeds and the risks and rewards of using portable models in a legal context.
Illumination Zone: IG World Publisher and 8x author Robert Smallwood sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to Information Governance and the groundbreaking survey partnered with EDRM, Hyland, Iron Mountain and Ricoh open through Jul 2021, results Sep 2021.
Illumination Zone: Ankura's Jon Marshall sits down with Kaylee & Mary for a Fireside Chat about Ankura's recruiting efforts and client centric culture.
Illumination Zone: Relativity's Stellar Women Mary Rechtoris and Blair Heidenreich sit down with Kaylee & Mary continuing to chronicle re-emergence wins, challenges and strategies.
Illumination Zone: Zapproved's Victoria Blake sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey, the heart of developing products for corporate legal teams and exciting innovations.
Illumination Zone: Exterro's Bill Piwonka sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey the overarching vision of Exterro's bevy of announcements.
Illumination Zone: Ankura's Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her journey, doxxing, pandemic re-entry and minority recruitment,
Illumination Zone: Zapproved's Michelle Ruch sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about her and Zapproved's journey to ZDiscovery
Illumination Zone: Mary Mack & Kaylee Walstad sit down with Cat Casey, Chief Growth Officer for Reveal, on growth, innovation, branding and the new TechnoCat
Illumination Zone: Relativity's Stellar Women Mary Rechtoris and Blair Heidenreich sit down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about re-entry and mental health in the pandemic.
Jonathan Hiroshi Rossi of Saya University and the CJK Group sits down with Kaylee & Mary about his journey to eDiscovery, cyber and publishing.
Andrew Haslam talks with Kaylee & Mary about the release of his 9th edition of his eDisclosure Buyer's Guide and his journey to eDisclosure.
Kaylee & Mary talk with Darius Bennett about his journey to eDiscovery and some of his life lessons that he draws upon for his blog.
Kaylee & Mary talk with Rekha Shenoy, Chief Product Officer at Zapproved. Topics include how the pandemic rapidly accelerated a deep need that was already in motion: the ability to bring more ediscovery in-house. But that’s easier said than done, especially when entire workforces have gone remote. Rekha brings her perspective on how corporate ediscovery has been reshaped, why a unified approach to managing a matter’s lifecycle is now a non-negotiable, and what led to Zapproved’s ZDiscovery platform.
Kaylee & Mary talk with Scott Schober, President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Scott invented BVS’s cell phone detection tools, used to enforce a “no cell phone policy” in prisons and secure government facilities. Scott has written three books: Hacked Again, Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business and just hot off the presses, Senior Cyber.
Musings with Marc & Mary sits down with Amy Hinzmann, President, and Marla Crawford, General Counsel, on their journeys, what attracted them to Compliance, the challenges overcome after a year in the pandemic, and new offerings from Compliance in Contract Analytics and Contract Lifecycle Management.
Kaylee & Mary talk with Amanda Fennell, CISO of Relativity about her journey from archeology to cyber, her team and creative meetings, and her new podcast, Security Sandbox.
Mary & Kaylee talk with Relativity's Olivia Mulvey, Trish Gleason and Dr. Rebecca Burwei about Relativity's use of AI to inform COVID-19 researchers and the creative use of tools currently and soon to be available in the Relativity platform, including addressing bias in the data set through near-deduplication, abstracts and more.
Mary & Kaylee talk with Discovery Master's Ray Biederman about his journey from music, to law school, to litigation to ALSP to cross-instance report platform entrepreneur.
Mary and Kaylee talk with Jason Velasco, founder, advisor and mentor to Kindato, and the founder/advisor to eDiscovery Advisory, one of our great EDRM partners. We talked about some of the groundbreaking work he and his Kindato team are doing addressing the COVID-19 crisis as well as some of the innovations his team has created in Office 365 and Teams.
Dave Cohen, Chair of EDRM's Project Trustees and partner at Reed Smith talks with Kelly Atherton, Consultant at Driven about the work of the AI Project team that she stewarded.
Mary and Kaylee talk with Wendell Jisa, CEO and George Socha, Sr. VP Brand Awareness of EDRM partner, Reveal, on the occasion of their merger with leading AI Brainspace.
Mary and Kaylee talk with Sheila Grela, creator of the San Diego Paralagal Association's Virtual Lunch Leadership series.
Mary and Kaylee talk with Robert Keeling, Partner & Co-Chair of the eDiscovery and Data Analytics Group at Sidley Austin LLP and Chair of EDRM's Global Advisory Council regarding his recently published article detailing quantitative research into the most effective privilege screens, EDRM, his journey and more.
Mary and Kaylee talk with Niki Black, Legal Technology Evangelist for MyCase, author and columnist for Above the Law, ABA Journal and others
Tony Sipp, President of the Los Angeles Paralegal Association (LAPA), Paralegal Manager at Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP and Council Member for the Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM, Nov. 20, 2020. Marc Zamsky talks about big plans for Compliance in 2021 and a look back at 2020.
John, Tom and Dr. J discuss AI with Herb Roitblat and Herb's book on AI: Algorithms are Not Enough: Creating General Artificial Intelligence, published by MIT press. Common sense, employment and the law, deep learning and more.
Melinda Vaughn, Publications Director for Judicature, Director and Marketing Manager of EDRM Foundational Partner, Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke University School of Law.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM, Oct 13, 2020.
Richard Tromans, founder, Artificial Lawyer and Legal Economist at Tromans Consulting 10/16/2020.
Tracy Ann Eggen, head of enterprise wide investigation and litigation for Common Spirit Health introducing Vanity Litigator.
John, Jeremy and Maura discuss her and Dr. Gordon Cormack's work on applying CAL in a medical context for COVID.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM. Jan 23 2020.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM. Feb 27 2020.
Nikolai Pozdniakov, vLogger, Production Manager at vDiscovery and Owner of HashtagLegal.com.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM, Jay Leib, CEO NexLP. Mar 26 2020.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM. Apr 30 2020.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance Discovery Solutions and Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM. May 28 2020.
Dr. Maura Grossman and Dr. Gordon Cormack discuss their CAL COVID work, diversity and inclusion and their brush with marriage.
Cat Casey, Chief Innovation Officer at Disco and author of the EDRM hosted blog, eDiscoveryCat
Marc Zamsky, Mary Mack and Ryan Darby, Director of eDiscovery and Practice Technology at Schiff Hardin LLP. Jun 25 2020
Daniel Gold, Managing Director, BDO of Managed Services dishes on his new position and shares information on his new technology Athenagy - up for a Relativity Innovation Award.
Marc Zamsky, CEO, Compliance, Mary Mack, CEO, EDRM & Drew Yoder, Citgo. Recorded Jul 30 2020.
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Craig Ball, President of Craig D. Ball, P.C. and Mary Mack, CEO EDRM chat with Doug Austin, Editor of the award winning eDiscovery Today blog on the new Case Law webinar series he is doing with EDRM.