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Maryland Bar Association Promotes Increased Judicial Security

It was great to read MSBA Leads the Way in Advocating for Judicial and Attorney Security | Maryland State Bar Association (July 30, 2024), written by the MSBA President, Raphael J. Santini....more

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A Groundbreaking Perspective: Judge Newsom’s Vision for AI in Judicial Decision-Making

Judges and lawyers received a significant gift last week when 11th Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom penned a concurring opinion in a seemingly mundane insurance case involving a backyard in-ground trampoline. The concurring...more

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Eleventh Circuit Judge Admits to Using ChatGPT to Help Decide a Case and Urges Other Judges and Lawyers to Follow Suit

The Eleventh Circuit published a ground breaking Concurring Opinion on May 28, 2024 by Judge Kevin C. Newsom on the use of generative AI to help decide contract interpretation issues. Snell v. United Specialty Ins. Co., 2024...more

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[Webinar] Leaping Forward: Evolving ESI Protocols Series, Part III - June 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT

Midwest ACEDS Chapters are thrilled to bring a fantastic panel of judges together for an insightful discussion moderated by David Horrigan of Relativity. In previous sessions, we have discussed challenges derived from...more

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Skeptical Magistrate Rebuffs Demand for In-Person Deposition

If we can do weddings, funerals, healthcare, work, and trials via videoconference, surely we can do the same with depositions. And with that closing remark, a federal magistrate judge summarily dispatched one litigant’s...more

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Maryland Bills to Protect Judges and Their Children

The Hon. Paul W. Grimm (ret.) has written about the organized Bar’s duty to support the judiciary from unwarranted attacks.  OpEd: Legal Profession Must ‘Speak Out’ Against Unfair Attacks (duke.edu)(Oct. 24, 2023)....more

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The Future of Generative AI Discovery Tools

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The legal world recently learned an important lesson about the blind adoption of generative AI when two New York attorneys were sanctioned for using ChatGPT to write a brief that included entirely fabricated cases. The firm...more

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Circuits in Session: Analysis of the Quality of ChatGPT4 as an Appellate Court Judge

This is the third and concluding article of the Circuits in Session series. The quality of GPT4’s legal analysis is evaluated and both positive and negative test results are reported. It did process legal frameworks very well...more

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Judge Paul Grimm: The Judiciary is Under Attack. Lawyers Need to Defend It

The Hon. Paul W. Grimm, a retired U.S. District Judge, wrote an article, The Judiciary Is Under Attack. Lawyers Have a Duty to Defend It (bloomberglaw.com)(Oct. 24, 2023). As Judge Grimm points out, here in Maryland a...more

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Circuits in Session: How AI Challenges Traditional Appellate Dynamics

This article describes an experiment using OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 to do appellate work, usually considered the most intellectually challenging area of the law. My hypothesis was that AI was already capable of acting as an...more

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[Webinar] The 411 on Special Masters and Discovery Mediators - February 6th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

EDRM has just introduced a brand new “Special Masters and Discovery Mediators Bench Book” with participation from many judges and special masters. We will provide a link to download the Bench book for attendees....more

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How Confident Are You in Your Judge’s Technology Competence?

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Last week on eDiscovery Today, I covered results from the polls taken during various sessions at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference. With nearly 1,500 attendees for each session and several hundred responding to...more

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Have Judges Been Getting The Standard For Motions For Reconsideration Wrong All Along?

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You see it all of the time. Someone file a motion with the court regarding discovery and/or asking for various pendente lite relief, like temporary support, temporary parenting time and other things that come up during the...more

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Exterro and Duke/EDRM Judges Survey 2019 Series: Part 3, The Judge’s Role in the E-Discovery Process

This is the third in a series of posts evaluating the results of Exterro and Duke/EDRM’s 2019 survey of Federal district court and magistrate judges. With information from over 250 judges, the survey data offers a rich trove...more

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Exterro and Duke/EDRM Judges Survey 2019 Series: Part 2, Taking Affirmative Action to Address E-Discovery Problems

This is the second in a series of posts evaluating the results of Exterro and Duke/EDRM’s 2019 survey of Federal district court and magistrate judges. With information from over 250 judges, the survey data offers a rich trove...more

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Weekly Trend Report – 4/3/2019 Insights

Insight into where e-discovery, information governance cybersecurity, and digital transformation are heading – who is doing what now or in the future, what works and what doesn’t, and what people wish they could do but can’t...more

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Exterro/EDRM Judges Survey 2019 Series: Part 1, Failure to Comply with Federal Rules

This is the first in a series of posts evaluating the results of Exterro and EDRM’s 2019 survey of Federal district court and magistrate judges. With information from over 250 judges, the survey data offers a rich trove to...more

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[Webinar] 3 Judges Discuss the 2019 Federal Judges Survey Results - March 13th, 1:00pm ET

With over 250 federal judges participating, nearly 25% of the federal judiciary, this year's federal judges survey sheds deeper insight on the bench's thoughts on e-discovery practices. Register for this upcoming webcast...more

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Which jurisdiction? Choosing where to litigate: A jurisdictional overview of the world’s court systems

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With ongoing advances in technology and communications, the number of contracting parties looking beyond their local jurisdiction when choosing a dispute resolution forum continues to grow It is easier than ever for...more

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Special Masters In A Transformative Legal Age

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At both the state and federal levels, our judicial system has been impacted by three significant developments. First, for a number of reasons, most importantly economic, there is an inadequate number of sitting judges dealing...more

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