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Why AI Should Be Part of Your Data Breach Response Plan

AI has become an integral piece of responsive/non-responsive coding for reviewing eDiscovery data, and in our last podcast in the series, we discussed how it is increasingly being applied to personal information identification and redactions in litigation and investigations. For this session, the speaker will focus on how AI is being used for data breach response and why it should be part of your response plan.
Questions the moderator will ask the speaker:
-What do you see as the status quo for how companies react when they’ve learned of a data breach, and what are some of the pitfalls?-What specific advantages does AI offer when compared with that status quo?-What are the risks associated with using AI for data breach response, and what hurdles have teams faced in adopting it?-What practical advice can you offer to the listeners on how to prepare for a potential data breach? 
Moderator:@Andrea Shirey - IT Consultant, Bayer Corporation Legal 
Speaker:@Dan Donegan - New Business Director at Text IQ
Recorded on 07-18-2023

Keeping Up with Hands-Off Communication with Hands Off Teams

In this podcast session, the moderator will discuss with an attorney the best communications strategies and practices they have encountered with Litigation Support and Legal Staff.
Questions the moderator will ask the speaker:
-What are some steps you take to keep communication consistent in your remote team?-What are some pitfalls about purely remote work that some managers or team members might not consider?-Do you find that your communication style changes between individual team members or is it more consistent due to remote work?-How often do you think you need to stay in contact with team members to maintain consistent communication?-Do you have any advice for remote managers to follow for best practices?Moderator:@Ryan Gerlach - Legal Analyst, State of California Office of the Attorney General, DOJSpeaker:@Ann Halkett - Director, SOLVED eDiscovery Services, a division of AHBL MLPRecorded on 06-29-2023

Why Them? How Corporate Legal Departments Choose Law Firms

This session explored the ever-evolving factors which influence how corporate legal departments evaluate and select law firms, including a spotlight on how mature departments engage in the process. Specific factors covered will include the performance, spend, and DEI metrics used by data-driven departments, as well as a focus on the growing adoption of advanced tools to facilitate the firm selection process.
 
Questions the moderator asked the speaker: 
Given current concerns over the broader economy, what impact is that having on how law departments select outside counsel?  Are they spending less?  Choosing different firms?  How are the behaviors changing?
What factors are driving the buying decision of which law firms these clients want to use?
Have we seen any noticeable changes in these decision drivers as the economy has shifted?
What has been the biggest surprise to you in terms of how law firm favorability has changed?
 
Moderator:@Carolyn Robinson - eDiscovery Coordinator for the Americas - Office of the Regional General Counsel for Robert Bosch, LLC
 
Speaker:@William Josten - Senior Manager, Enterprise Legal Market Content, Thomson Reuters Institute
 
Recorded on 06-29-2023

Out of the Box Ways of Using AI

This podcast session highlights some creative ways AI has been used inside corporations and law firms. 
Questions Ryan asked the speaker:
Are there any specific examples of you using AI outside of the box that you would use as an example for people who are not sure if AI is useful for their project?
What are the differences between AI and Machine Learning?
Large language models: what do they actually do, how can we use them, and are there compliance risks? How do we evaluate LLM output and make sure we're getting something useful back?
Specific versus general: what are the ways we can think about point (specific, non-generalized) AI solutions versus generalized (e.g., GPT-4) solutions? What are the trade-offs between these approaches?
Do you need fancy data scientists and software? (Spoiler, no, you don't)
How do you evaluate an AI services provider/partner?Moderator:@Ryan Gerlach - Legal Analyst, State of California Office of the Attorney General - DOJ
 
Speaker:
Andy Ward, - Vice President, Machine Learning, Laurel Inc.
 
Recorded on 04-18-2023

Three Reasons to Use AI for Personal Information Identification

AI has become an integral piece of responsive/non-responsive coding for reviewing eDiscovery data, and in our last podcast in the series, we discussed how it is increasingly being applied to Privilege reviews. In this session, we focused on how AI is being used for Personal Information Identification.
 
Questions Andrea asked Dan: 
-What do you see as the status quo for how teams identify and redact personal information, and what are some of the pitfalls?-What specific advantages does AI offer when compared with that status quo?-As new privacy regulations continue to expand, how are you seeing AI being applied to Personal Information identification beyond traditional legal use cases like litigation or an investigation?-What are the risks associated with using AI for Personal Information identification, and what hurdles have teams faced in adopting it?-What practical advice can you offer to the listeners who’ve been hesitant to leverage AI within their organization?
Moderator:@Andrea Shirey -  IT Consultant, Bayer Corporation Legal 
Speaker:Dan Donegan - New Business Director, Text IQ
Recorded on 04-17-2023

ESI Protocols

In this session, the speaker provides an in-depth discussion on the creation and implementation of standardized methodologies for managing each stage of discovery as it pertains to the preservation, collection, and production of ESI.
 
Moderator:@Carolyn Robinson - eDiscovery Coordinator for the Americas - Office of the Regional General Counsel for Robert Bosch, LLC
Speaker:Gabe Egli - Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon 
Recorded on 03-31-2023

Three Reasons to Use AI for Document Review

AI has become an integral piece of responsive/non-responsive coding for reviewing eDiscovery data. Another piece of the review, which is typically very expensive including Privilege and personal Information redactions. How can this be done with AI technology too?
Questions Andrea will ask Dan: 1. What are the pitfalls related to the way Privilege review has historically been performed?  a. What are some easy ways to improve the process using AI?2. Some companies are using AI to assist with Privilege Review.... how/when will it become the norm? 3. What hurdles are you anticipating folks will need to overcome to drive further adoption?4. What are the risks associated with using AI for privilege review?5. AI adoption: Do you believe AI will more broadly and rapidly be adopted considering current recessionary headwinds?
Moderator: @Andrea Shirey - IT Consultant, Bayer Corporation LegalSpeaker:Dan Donegan - New Business Director at Text IQ
​Recorded on 1-6-2023

Budget: Lessons Learned

In this podcast interview, the speaker will provide tips in how to achieve excellence in budget creation, defense and control, especially for the Legal area.Questions Marcelo will ask the speaker:
What are the challenges of preparing a Budget in a legal area where we know that calculations, metrics, statistics and other data models are not part of the lawyer's daily life?
We know that communication not only in topics such as the Budget but in many others, in fact in all topics is something that must be encouraged and reinforced, drawing on this topic, how important internal and external communication is for the creation of a Budget effective?
Thinking about accuracy, is there any budget model that you think is more assertive, how do you know which is the best Budget model (opening) for my company?
So once all the assumptions have been aligned with the team, the teams in turn are safe for the defense, can you give us some tips for sustaining the numbers against the approval area? We know this is the hardest part, especially when you need more money compared to growing your business.
How can we know if we are asking enough, when we can know if we need to ask for more?
A point that I always see in the definition of Budget in several companies from the most diverse branches is the famous one: fat, that is, calculating the correct amount but leaving an extra amount for unplanned expenses, what do you think of this approach?
Leave an extra Budget or not?
What is the role of the Legal Ops team in the composition of the Legal Budget? I'll try to make myself clearer, we know that some areas tend to work in silos, that is like a black box, how do you think the Legal Ops team can help?
Moderator:@Marcelo Cardoso - Supervisor of Data Analytics, Mercado LivreSpeaker:Guillermo Calvo - Legal Ops Regional Supervisor, Mercado Livre
Recorded on 12-16-2022​​​

Remote Working: What Does the Future Hold?

In this podcast session, we will discuss if continue to work remote, what needs to change? What do we stand to gain and what do we stand to lose?Questions Marlene will ask the speakers:1. What is the current state of remote work? Who is working remotely in law and are we seeing changes in who or how much in the last few months?2. A recent ALM survey on incoming summer associates reported that only 25% percent of the respondents felt concern about connecting with colleagues and getting adequate training in remote programs. This was down from 53% last year. Does that surprise you?3. Have you heard of any particularly creative methods organizations are using to keep communication going in remote teams?4. What is the economic and financial impact of remote work on organizations?5. If organizations are seeing remote work as a solution long term, what sort of skills and characteristics should they be looking for in their hiring and retention practices?
Moderator:@Marlene Gebauer - Co-Host of The Geek in Review PodcastSpeakers:Richard Hsu - Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa@Sang Lee - CEO and Co-Founder, Thine

Data and the Strategic Business Decision

More and more law firms are turning to analyzing their data to drive business decisions. What is the main driver behind this and what do firm leaders see data providing today that would help make decisions? In addition, we will discuss in this interview what types of data should they be looking at and what tools are or should they be using?Questions that Tracey will ask speakers:-What is the main driver behind more and more law firms turning to analyzing their data to drive business decisions?-What do firm leaders see data providing today that would help make decisions?-What types of data should they be looking at?-What tools are or should they be using?
Moderator:@Tracey Pardo - IS Improvement and Reporting Analyst, Cooley LLP
Speakers:@Royale Price - Director of Pricing and Matter Management, Greenberg TraurigKatie Styler -  Principal, Axiom Consulting Partners
Recorded on 06-24-2022

Sentiment Analysis – Real World Results

Now that Sentiment Analysis has gone live within RelativityOne, Relativity has gotten feedback of how clients are using this form of analytics. This podcast session will detail real world examples of how sentiment analysis has added to successful review.The AI-powered Sentiment Analysis feature is now in Advanced Access and will be available to RelativityOne users later this year. Sentiment Analysis will allow users to identify positive and negative sentiment in their data. The analysis is conducted on a sentence-by-sentence basis so that even if negative sentiment is buried within a longer conversation, users will not miss that key information.Moderator:@Andrea Shirey - IT Consultant, Bayer Corporation Legal Department 
Speaker:Dilan Dubey - Product Manager, RelativityRecorded on 06-16-2022