That is the debate topic for David Horrigan’s Legal Data Intelligence State of the Union session at RelFest Chicago 2026. The cast of eDiscovery luminaries and pontificators (myself) are given 4 minutes to make our case. Since I struggle with brevity, I created a variation on the Gartner Hype Cycle that I hope is worth a thousand words. I based my assertion in an [...]
Custodian intent is often central to resolving internal investigations. Custodian’s Copilot chat queries have provided some of the best evidence of intent in recent complex investigations targeting knowledge workers who are highly aware that every email, Teams chat or meeting Recap may be monitored (i.e. they have good Operational Security). Even in civil discovery custodian’s Copilot prompts can demonstrate their contemporaneous understanding that [...]
I was having ILTA FOMO until I started getting briefing requests for RelFest. Case commitments squeezed my RelFest time this year. I am sharing my client recommendation list of sessions that have either great speakers or content that aligns with my focus areas. My briefings usually eat up session time, but last year I really benefited from several good sessions and labs. So come [...]
Elevate’s Jeremy Pickens recent article “Why More Accurate (Gen)AI Doesn’t Always Reduce Total Document Review Costs” raised several good points using different eDiscovery review scenarios. That inspired me to adapt some of my own tools into a free review budget calculator where you can use your own collection parameters, rates and assumptions to project the potential accuracy, cost and time to completion for counsel’s [...]