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Law Technology Daily Digest
Friday, January 27, 2023 - Volume 21 No. 530
Snake Oil AI?
I have to admit I haven't followed DoNotPay all that closely. It has expanded since its first introduction as a traffic ticket fighter. I did see the story about the CEO, Josh Browder, offering a million dollars to anyone stupid enough to repeat his chatbot's words in front of the Supreme Court. According to BobAmbrogi, he "pulled the plug on the prank, saying he had received threats from bar officials of prosecution and even imprisonment." No surprises there. To address the title of Liz Dye's post, it seems to me, based on Kathryn Tewson's investigation, to be less of a "real" robot short out and more like a scene from the Wizard of Oz. The man behind the curtain said, "DoNotPay is postponing our court case and sticking to consumer rights." Both Bob and Liz both talk about the impact on self help services. Sadly I think it reflects negatively on those services, on AI and the legal tech vendor community as a whole. No one likes a snake oil salesman. Read more at:
LawSites :
A Bad Week for DoNotPay and Its Robot Lawyer, But It Should Not Reflect on Self-Help Legal Tech
ABOVE THE LAW :
World's First Robot Lawyer Shorts Out
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The Sneetches and other eDiscovery stories
The first thing I learned from this post is that Dr. Seuss wrote a short story called "Too Many Daves." According to
Wikipedia , it "is a very short story about a mother, Mrs. McCave, who named all 23 of her sons Dave. This causes minor problems in the family, and the majority of the story lists unusual and amusing names she wishes she had given them." The analogy is that "in the eDiscovery field, there may be an over-presentation and overexposure of information and personalities, making it difficult for professionals to break through the digital clutter to keep track of which people, processes, and protocols are truly innovative, valuable, and effective. This can lead to a lack of critical evaluation, and a tendency to rely on the opinions and preferences of a select group of individuals or organizations." Think about that as you go into the weekend and read more at
Complex Discovery :
'Too Many Daves' in eDiscovery? How High-Velocity Online Sharing May Be Undermining Critical Thought in the Industry
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Simply a battle of tech giants?
With a hat tip to who else but
Stephen Abram , we get an interesting story linking ChatGPT and Google. The author, Stephen Arnold links out to a New York Times post (behind a paywall) in which ChatGPT is seen as such a threat, Google founders had to be called back into action. And from what my sources inside Google say, it couldn't be a worse time considering the chaos the current layoffs are causing. Is this simply a battle of tech giants, of
Google vs Microsoft and ChatGPT ? I think that may be too simplistic a look. I won't spoil any more of Stephen's thoughts, but will say that this could end up as the new measuring stick for "disruptive." Read more at
Beyond Search :
ChatGPT Spells Trouble for the Google
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Top News
A Bad Week for DoNotPay and Its Robot Lawyer, But It Should Not Reflect on Self-Help Legal Tech Robert Ambrogi's LawSites, January 26, 2023
World’s First Robot Lawyer Shorts Out Above the Law - Legal Technology, January 26, 2023
‘Too Many Daves’ in eDiscovery? How High-Velocity Online Sharing May Be Undermining Critical Thought in the Industry Complex Discovery, January 26, 2023
ChatGPT: The story of the year isn’t the AI chatbot, but the risk to Google. Stephen's Lighthouse, January 26, 2023
Security News
New infosec products of the week: January 27, 2023 Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
3 business application security risks businesses need to prepare for in 2023 Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
Open source skills continue to be in high demand Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
50% of organizations exceed their budgeted spend on cloud storage Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
Cloud Range for Critical Infrastructure improves operational efficiency of security teams Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
Ermetic extends its CNAPP with cloud workload protection capabilities Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
Iron Bow acquires GuardSight to enhance its cybersecurity solutions Help Net Security, January 27, 2023
Prove Identity hires Amanda Fennell as CISO and CIO Help Net Security, January 26, 2023
Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 21H2 devices Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Windows 11 KB5022360 preview update released with 15 improvements Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Microsoft urges admins to patch on-premises Exchange servers Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Bitwarden password vaults targeted in Google ads phishing attack Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
New Mimic ransomware abuses ‘Everything’ Windows search tool Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Lexmark warns of RCE bug affecting 100 printer models, PoC released Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Google nukes 50,000 accounts pushing Chinese disinformation Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Riot Games Latest Video-Game Maker to Suffer Breach Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
A Child's Garden of Cybersecurity Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Federal Agencies Infested by Cyberattackers via Legit Remote Management Systems Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Dutchman Detained for Dealing Details of Tens of Millions of People Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
SaaS RootKit Exploits Hidden Rules in Microsoft 365 Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Hive Ransomware Gang Loses Its Honeycomb, Thanks to DoJ Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
7 Insights From a Ransomware Negotiator Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Companies Struggle With Zero Trust as Attackers Adapt to Get Around It Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Dutch suspect locked up for alleged personal data megathefts Naked Security - Sophos, January 26, 2023
Authorities shut down HIVE ransomware infrastructure, provide decryption tools Help Net Security, January 26, 2023
Researchers release PoC exploit for critical Windows CryptoAPI bug (CVE-2022-34689) Help Net Security, January 26, 2023
Ubuntu Pro: Comprehensive subscription for open-source software security Help Net Security, January 26, 2023
Attackers use portable executables of remote management software to great effect Help Net Security, January 26, 2023
UK warns of increased attacks from Russian, Iranian hackers Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Hive ransomware disrupted after FBI hacks gang's systems Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
Yandex denies hack, blames source code leak on former employee Bleeping Computer, January 26, 2023
New Study Examines Application Connectivity Security in the Cloud Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Center for Cyber Safety and Education Opens 2023 Cybersecurity Scholarship Applications Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Cybellum Releases Enhanced SBOM Management and Compliance Oversight for Manufacturers with New Release of its Product Security Platform Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
NIST Risk Management Framework Aims to Improve Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
Organizations Must Brace for Privacy Impacts This Year Dark Reading, January 26, 2023
BrandPost: 3 Best Practices for Building Security Resilience CSO from IDG, January 26, 2023
S3 Ep119: Breaches, patches, leaks and tweaks! [Audio + Text] Naked Security - Sophos, January 26, 2023
Stu's Law: "You get the future you ignore" KnowBe4, January 26, 2023
What is a Good Completion Percentage for Security and Compliance Training? KnowBe4, January 26, 2023
FortiGuard Outbreak Alerts- 2022 Annual Report Fortinet Blog, January 26, 2023
3.7 Million Customers Data Of Hilton Hotels Put Up For Sale Information Security Buzz, January 26, 2023
CISA: Federal Agencies Hacked Using Certain RMM Software Information Security Buzz, January 26, 2023
News and Blogs
A closer look at the state of the legal market in 2023: Podcast - Thomson Reuters Institute Legal Resource Center: Thomson Reuters, January 27, 2023
Practice Innovations: Adapt, innovate or both? Leading & leveraging cognitive diversity - Thomson Reuters Institute Legal Resource Center: Thomson Reuters, January 27, 2023
Risk Roundup — Bill’s Risk Report, Bio Risk & Billing Risk Bressler Risk Blog, January 26, 2023
Corporate Legal Focus
Growing Consolidations and Cutbacks May Make Tech Contracts Precarious Inside Counsel, January 26, 2023
'The World Is Changing': Why Former Diamondbacks CLO Became a DEI Champion Inside Counsel, January 26, 2023
Live Nation Antitrust Showdown May Accelerate Attacks Against Big Tech Inside Counsel, January 26, 2023
10b5-1 Amendments: Entities Affiliated with Insiders CorporateCounsel.net Blog, January 26, 2023
ESG: Expect More Red State & Congressional Backlash CorporateCounsel.net Blog, January 26, 2023
Securitizations: SEC Proposes Conflict of Interest Rules CorporateCounsel.net Blog, January 26, 2023
Republican AGs Broaden Anti-ESG Crusade by Targeting Proxy Advisory Firms Inside Counsel, January 26, 2023
Embattled Owner of Portland Soccer Teams Promotes GC to CEO Inside Counsel, January 26, 2023
PRACTICE SUPPORT / E-DISCOVERY
News and Blogs
Frequently asked questions about Nuix Training Nuix: Unstructured Blog, January 27, 2023
Frictionless Ediscovery: Reducing Context Switching in Your Workflow - JD Supra (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
How Information Theory Can Be Applied To Improve e-Discovery - JD Supra (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
Impact of the Attorney-Client Privilege Purpose Requirement on E ... - Law.com (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
e-Discovery Market exhibiting a remarkable 8.3% CAGR between ... - Digital Journal (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
eDiscovery Leader CloudNine Promotes Kari Byers to VP, Customer ... - what's up (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
Five Things to Consider When Thinking About an RFP - JD Supra (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
Legalweek Announces Two-Year Partnership With Reveal - PR Newswire (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
Illumination Zone: Episode 109 | Ethan Treese sits down with Kaylee ... - JD Supra (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
Legal Tech Co. SirionLabs Lays Off 15% Of Its Workforce - Law360 (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
Tracking Generative AI: How Evolving AI Models Are Impacting ... - Law.com (eDiscovery), January 26, 2023
New GPT-Based Chat App From LawDroid Is A Lawyer’s ‘Copilot’ For Research, Drafting, Brainstorming, And More Above the Law - Legal Technology, January 26, 2023
World’s First Robot Lawyer Shorts Out Above the Law - Legal Technology, January 26, 2023
ProSearch to Share eDiscovery Solutions and Industry Perspectives at Legal Events EDiscovery Today, January 26, 2023
LIGL Announces Strategic Partnership With ModeOne EDiscovery Today, January 26, 2023
Becoming a Testifying Expert ILTA: Podcasts, January 26, 2023
Armed With ChatGPT, Cybercriminals Build Malware And Plot Fake Girl Bots Stephen's Lighthouse, January 26, 2023
ChatGPT: The story of the year isn’t the AI chatbot, but the risk to Google. Stephen's Lighthouse, January 26, 2023
5 Small Things You Can Do To Impact Your Firm’s Bottom Line [Sponsored] Above the Law - Legal Technology, January 26, 2023
Frictionless eDiscovery and Reducing Context Switching: eDiscovery Best Practices EDiscovery Today, January 26, 2023
Increase Legal Ops Maturity in CLOC’s Core 12 Functional Areas: Legal Ops Webinars EDiscovery Today, January 26, 2023
Don’t Miss the 10th Annual UF Law E-Discovery Conference this February. It’s Free to Attend! ACEDS Blog, January 26, 2023
New Jersey Adopts 2021 International Building Code and Grace Period for Permit Applications E-Discovery Law Alert, January 26, 2023
[Webcast Transcript] The Digital Great Wall: Data Protection in Today’s China eTERA Consulting Insights Blog, January 26, 2023
‘Too Many Daves’ in eDiscovery? How High-Velocity Online Sharing May Be Undermining Critical Thought in the Industry Complex Discovery, January 26, 2023
How a Legal Services Network Drives Sustained Global Growth Attorney at Work, January 26, 2023
Seeing Triple: How 3 Culprits Complicate De-duplication The Relativity Blog, January 26, 2023
Kelly Friedman and Stellar Women on the Power of Persistence, Perfectionism, and AI The Relativity Blog, January 26, 2023
Vendor Announcements
Frequently asked questions about Nuix Training Nuix, January 27, 2023
Oasis Announces Partnership with Reveal-Brainspace Reveal Data, January 26, 2023
The Train is Leaving the Station! Are You on It? Avansic Blog, January 26, 2023
DOAR Managing Director Andy Cepregi Takes High-Tech Trials to the Next Level Doar: Press Releases, January 26, 2023
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT / LEAN / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING
News and Blogs
Do You Have a Culture of Learning From Mistakes in Your Healthcare Organization? Lean Blog, January 26, 2023
The Five Cs of KM: Capture, Part 2 Content KM Conversations, January 26, 2023
Vendor Announcements
Third Time's the Charm?: Ex-DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Renews Call for DC District to Intervene in Disciplinary Matter Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
McDonald's 'Caremark' Case Stays on Track With Opinion Holding Officer to Oversight Duty Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
January 2023: E-Invoicing & VAT compliance updates Open Text: Press Releases, January 26, 2023
Norm Pattis Continues to Fight 6-Month Suspension Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
State Bar Charges John Eastman With 11 Counts of Professional Misconduct Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
Meet the Judge Overseeing DOJ's 2nd Antitrust Case Against Google Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
Lucidea Press Publishes New Title for Archivists and Archival Professionals Lucidea, January 26, 2023
Panel Unsure About Claims That Targeted Facebook Apartment Ads Showed Bias Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
February/March Editor's Note: Crypto Woes & the End of an Era Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
$1.2M in Attorney Fees: Mayer Brown's Client Waited 10 Years for Houston Records Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
Congressional Hearing Forecast: February Storms Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
'The Year of Survivors Pushing the Court Doors Open' Blog of Legal Times, January 26, 2023
The Five Cs of KM: Capture, Part 2 Content Lucidea, January 26, 2023
LEADERSHIP / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
News and Blogs
Leading Thoughts for January 26, 2023 Leadership Now Blog, January 26, 2023
5 Proverbs for People with Big Dreams Leadership Freak, January 26, 2023
Don’t Drop the Glass Balls Three Star Leadership: Wally Bock, January 26, 2023
Preparing to Announce Layoffs in a Virtual Meeting Harvard Business Review, January 26, 2023
Research: What Fragile Masculinity Looks Like at Work Harvard Business Review, January 26, 2023
Vendor Announcements
5 Relationship Books For Leaders To Read In February 2023 Joseph Lalonde, January 27, 2023
How the Best Leaders Help their Remote Employees Thrive Lolly Daskal, January 27, 2023
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / MARKETING
News and Blogs
JOBS: Digital Marketing and Website Manager, Cicerone Press – UKC Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
Latest-Hashtags.com – Best Hashtag Generator Tool To Boost … – First India Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
Cyanite debuts tech for ‘complex text input’ music searching – Music Ally Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ:WIX) Shares Acquired by Allspring Global … – MarketBeat Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
Artificial intelligence pioneers back $550mn fund for AI start-ups – Financial Times Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
New Mad River Valley Community Calendar goes live – The Valley Reporter Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
Why meta descriptions are still important and relevant for SEO Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
9ja News initiates new massive aggregation service – ANI News Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
NCTJ launches courses to help journalists adapt to modern … – HoldtheFrontPage Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
59 Blog Stats for 2023 Attorney SEO Blog, January 27, 2023
Grand Island man faces felony child porn charges – News Channel Nebraska Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Advantages of Outsourcing SEO to an Outreach Agency – Love Belfast Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 26, 2023 – Search Engine Roundtable Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Should You be Using AI Creation Tools in Your Process? – Social Media Today Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
When search engines speak ill of the dead – The Spectator Australia Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
22+ Best Business Plan Templates for Word 2023 Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Customers invest $3.2B along Norfolk Southern’s network in 2022 – PR Newswire Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
The Ethics of Ghost Blogging in the Legal Profession: Transparency is Key, Says ChatGPT Real Lawyers Have Blogs - Kevin O'Keefe, January 26, 2023
How Better Focus Improves Your Social Life Social Media Explorer, January 26, 2023
Media Watch: News Center Maine Swipes Maine Wire Story, Adds … – The Maine Wire Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
The use of search engine queries for investigating crimes – WBUR News Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Content People: Coaching, Radical Candor and the Power of Growing Pains Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Albert AI Technology for Creative Optimization generates a 800 … – PR Newswire Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
What is ChatGPT and why SEOs should care – Search Engine Land Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Creating A High-Contrast Design System With CSS Custom Properties — Smashing Magazine Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Compass Medical, P.C. Achieves Success with eClinicalWorks for a … – Business Wire Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Reframing negative news to see the silver lining: You are the key to … – Fast Company Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Albert AI Technology for Creative Optimization generates a 800 … – PR Newswire Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
Letters Pray: in his words Attorney SEO Blog, January 26, 2023
30th Marketing Partner Forum: Competing on a modest marketing budget - Thomson Reuters Institute Legal Resource Center: Thomson Reuters, January 27, 2023
News and Blogs
NASA And DARPA To Develop Nuclear Rocket Engines For Mars Silicon UK, January 27, 2023
#PoetryFriday - Old Man. Future Lawyer, January 27, 2023
#WhyIAmASolo - I'm Nobody's Scapegoat. Future Lawyer, January 27, 2023
Should Your Law Firm Set Up Shop In The Metaverse? Robert Ambrogi's LawSites, January 26, 2023
A Bad Week for DoNotPay and Its Robot Lawyer, But It Should Not Reflect on Self-Help Legal Tech Robert Ambrogi's LawSites, January 26, 2023
The Ten Most Popular Office 365 Tips For Lawyers - Legal Talk Network (Legal Technology), January 26, 2023
2023 Healthcare MiniGuide LLRX.com, January 26, 2023
Deepfakes for scrawl: With handwriting synthesis, no pen is necessary Ars Technica, January 26, 2023
Q4 2022 was a disaster for smartphone sales, sees the largest-ever drop Ars Technica, January 26, 2023
Do mechanical keyboards really need arrow keys? Ars Technica, January 26, 2023
MSG probed over use of facial recognition to eject lawyers from show venues Ars Technica, January 26, 2023
Microsoft said to be working on an overhauled File Explorer for Windows 11 Ars Technica, January 26, 2023
NCSC Warns State-Linked Hackers In Russia, Iran Are Targetting UK Silicon UK, January 26, 2023
US FAA Grounds Contractors Involved In Computer Outage Silicon UK, January 26, 2023
Smartphone Shipments Plunge In Largest Ever Decline Silicon UK, January 26, 2023
IBM And SAP To Cut Thousands Of Jobs Silicon UK, January 26, 2023
Disquiet in the archives: archivists make tough calls with far-reaching consequences – they deserve our support LLRX.com, January 26, 2023
IT Governance Podcast 2023-2: Mailchimp, fast food, T-Mobile, ice rinks, iOS update and ISO 27001 IT Governance Blog, January 26, 2023
What Are You Doing for Data Protection Day? IT Governance Blog, January 26, 2023
Get your first look at the OnePlus Pad, OnePlus’ first tablet Ars Technica, January 26, 2023
Vendor Announcements
Performance Management Report 2023 Tikit: Press Releases, January 26, 2023
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