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Artificial Intelligence Will Change E-Discovery in the Next Three Years

In the late 19th century, the electricity went from being a novelty, little more than the subject of scientific experimentation, to fundamentally altering almost every aspect of American life and industry. Machines could operate faster, cleaner, and more powerfully. The workday was extended, allowing factories to operate two and three times longer every day. Manual tasks were automated.

According to Andrew Ng, Co-Founder of Coursera and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, artificial intelligence (AI) is the new electricity. “Just as electricity transformed almost everything 100 years ago,” he explains, “today I actually have a hard time thinking of an industry that I don’t think AI will transform in the next several years.”

Ng is not alone. Consumers’ lives, tastes, and habits have been profoundly altered by artificial intelligence, with companies like Amazon, Google, Netflix, Spotify, and Uber (to name a few) disrupting well-established industries. Legal technology including e-discovery (and software as a service in general) will not be spared. No less an authority than Gartner estimates that 80% of emerging technologies will be built on a foundation of artificial intelligence by 2021.

But what might the future of e-discovery technology look like? Putting on a prognosticator’s cap, three big changes to e-discovery seem all but certain.

Using AI will become “frictionless,” meaning that it will be ever more seamlessly integrated into the e-discovery process.

AI will move out of the review phase, earlier in the EDRM, helping legal teams get to the facts of the matter faster, cheaper, and smarter than ever before.

AI will play an increasing role in orchestrating the e-discovery process, streamlining the process and improving efficiency.

Frictionless AI

While AI has been used in the review phase of e-discovery for approximately a decade, its current integration into document review has become simpler and more elegant. In the past, document review technology required seed sets and users who could define the parameters for relevance. This extra step may have been a worthwhile investment of time in large cases with vast amounts of electronically stored information (ESI), but in smaller matters, the time investment and the cost of the technology may have proved to be a detriment to adoption. After all, in most surveys, including the Blickstein Group’s 10th Annual Law Department Operations Survey, almost 2/3 of law department did not use AI at all.

Today, deep learning algorithms, which simulate the human brain by combining several layers of neural networks, can observe as human attorneys review documents, learning the criteria that make a document relevant to a particular matter. Once the AI has reached a threshold of confidence in its ability to predict document relevance (or privilege), it can then automatically take steps to speed up human review by suggesting document codes or prioritizing documents for review—or alternatively it can simply apply those labels to the remaining corpus of ESI.

Leveraging AI Earlier in the EDRM

For the past 15 years, e-discovery software has attempted to solve a fundamental problem for legal professionals—namely, it costs too much and takes too long to get to the facts of a given legal matter. Despite the efficiencies it has achieved, growing data volumes, and the high cost of document review, have made cheap, fast, and defensible e-discovery a proverbial holy grail, just beyond the grasp of in-house legal teams and law firms.

However, as deepening integrations have increased visibility into data sources prior to collection, leveraging AI during early case assessment (ECA) has become feasible. AI can apply data mining techniques to vast bodies of data—not just ESI, but also custodian identities and relationships—before any data has been collected. By examining relationships between concepts and existing custodians, AI can suggest additional custodians who should be interviewed and/or placed on legal hold and new keywords and search terms to find relevant ESI. This ability to narrow down the focus on truly relevant custodians and concepts, without sacrificing defensibility, can yield significant downstream savings by reducing data volumes sent for review, as well as by allowing legal teams to set case strategy earlier.

AI as Orchestrator

AI facilitates e-discovery by playing a number of roles in the process: curator, advisor, and orchestrator. Both curator and advisor roles are familiar to e-discovery professionals. AI can recommend documents for deeper review (much like Netflix recommends a new movie or TV show), or it can advise a project manager on scoping custodian lists or collection criteria (as it can suggest a response to a text message or email). But newer AIs can also function as an orchestrator of the entire e-discovery process, learning from past actions and results, and coordinating tasks across multiple channels.

For example, Uber’s technology platform orchestrates users’ entire trips, including pricing, nearest drivers, fastest routes, and estimated wait and arrival times. Similarly, AI can orchestrate the entire e-discovery process. If the relevance rate you got at the end of document review was only 4%, then it would learn that collection criteria can be improved. It can use that insight for future matters to ensure that collection is more targeted and that you select the best reviewers based on historical case results.

For several years, the legal technology marketplace has been hearing about the soon-to-arrive AI revolution—and many have dismissed it as hype. After all, the “robot lawyers” have not taken over. But a closer look at the legal industry reveals more and more reliance on AI to accomplish basic tasks: reviewing documents, managing contracts, predicting case and sentencing outcomes, and even automating tasks like parking ticket disputes. Other industries have shown that AI can fundamentally disrupt old business models, but it takes time and effort. Practitioners and technologists who predict a time when AI discerns the facts of a matter quickly, cheaply, and defensibly will be well served by taking Peter Drucker’s advice to heart: “the best way to predict the future is to create it.”

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We Should Firmly Shut the Open Door

In response to: NATO at Three Score and Ten: An Anticipatory Elegy

NATO relies on a stale status quo that stretches the definition of the national interest beyond our safety, prosperity, and our way of life here at home.

More Responses

Repurpose It or It Dies

by David P. Goldman

Only regaining U.S. technological superiority, and placing it once again at the center of U.S. strategy, can revitalize the NATO alliance.

It’s Not Too Big to Work: In Praise of NATO

by Matthew Kroenig, Connor McPartland

McDougall overlooks the alliance’s tremendous success over the last seven decades, and its progress both in burden-sharing and rearmament.

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The Ineffable Weight of Being

James Matthew Wilson’s poems in The Hanging God speak about the reality of life and the love we give, receive, or reject. from http://bit.ly/2ZF6ecO from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184409487102

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The Ninth Amendment and the Federalist Interpretation

The Federalist Interpretation of the Ninth Amendment has some merit, but the Amendment still protects natural rights. from http://bit.ly/2INQ6Qa from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184409227622

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Reasons for Caution About Sudan

One can certainly hope for the best in Sudan, but the liabilities the country faces in transitioning to peace, let alone to democracy, remain sizable. from http://bit.ly/2GCrlVn from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184409227537

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Who to Sue After a Water Park Injury

With summer right around the corner, water parks are probably performing annual maintenance and inspections to make sure that their attractions are ready for the upcoming season.

However, no matter how much work water park owners do, the simple fact is that water parks can be really dangerous. Waterslides, wave pools, wet grounds, children running around, and alcohol, all make water parks particularly prone to accidents. And when people get injured, if it was the result of the water park?s negligence, the injured person may be able to sue to recover money for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

But Who Do You Sue?

When it comes to filing a lawsuit for water park injury, one issue you might be confused by involves who you sue. If individual water park employees, or other water park guests, were involved, you may need to name those individuals in the lawsuit, as well as the owners and operators of the water park. It should also be noted that the owners may not be the same people or company as the operators.

Often theme parks may be owned by one company while being operated by another, and depending on the basis of your case, you may need to sue one or the other, or both.

Do I Have to Sue Another Guest?

If it was another guest that caused your injury, you may still be able to sue the park only, though you should certainly consult with an attorney before dismissing, or leaving out, any potentially involved party. Many jurisdictions require individuals to file all their related claims against different individuals in a single action.

Water Park Liability Waivers

Often, water parks and other theme parks will disclaim liability for injuries that result from the ordinary, and even negligent use or operation, of their facilities. However, not all liability waivers and disclaimers are enforceable. So even if you signed something, you may still want to consult with an attorney.

Related Resources:

Get in touch with a knowledgeable personal injury attorney in your area today (FindLaw?s Lawyer Directory)

Water Slide Injuries: Legal Liability Facts You Should Know (FindLaw’s Injured)

When to Sue for Theme Park Injuries (FindLaw’s Injured)

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Road Safety for NJ Walkers and Bikers

By Francis M. Smith Relying less on automotive transportation and choosing to walk or bike, either recreationally or as part of your daily commute, is often characterized as a frugal, healthy, and eco-friendly choice. Being a pedestrian or cyclist is not without its hazards, however; 2018 saw the highest number of pedestrian accident fatalities across the country since 1990. In the last decade alone, pedestrian deaths have increased by more than a third. These troubling trends persist despite pressure from pedestrian safety groups on states and municipalities to implement policies and modify road designs to protect pedestrians.

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Chicago Student Dragged Down Stairs at School by Police, Files Lawsuit

A 16-year-old Chicago high school student has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city’s police, alleging excessive force for tasing her multiple times, dragging her down a flight of stairs by her foot, pushing her down another flight stairs, hitting her, stomping her chest, and more, all while her father watched.

What?s more, this entire incident happened at the student?s high school and was captured on camera. According to reports, the student was removed from class for refusing to put away her cell phone. The police officers were supposed to escort her off school grounds, to her father, who was waiting at the entrance. The surveillance footage clearly shows officers grabbing her and basically throwing her down the stairs, then pouncing on her. Shockingly, after the incident, she was charged with 2 counts of aggravated assault on the officers (both counts were dropped).

Video Backing Up the Victim

Notably, the high school student maintained that the officer instigated the attack by grabbing her and throwing her down the stairs. While the officers reported she pushed them down the stairs, the student explained that she attempted to hold onto the officer?s clothing, after being thrown down the stairs initially. Then, she held onto the officer, while another officer pulled her down the second flight of stairs by her foot. Her father attempted to intervene, but was told to move back and complied, and watched the beating ensue.

While the videos don?t show what happened before the student was grabbed and thrown down the stairs, what the videos do show corroborate the student?s story. Notably, body cam footage has not been released.

Fighting Back Against Police

Generally, when a person is being arrested, or taken into police custody, fighting back or resisting will be grounds for serious criminal charges. In only very limited circumstances are individuals ever justified in fighting back, such as when the arrest is unlawful, or when officers are using excessive force. But these situations can be rather difficult to accurately assess, especially in the heat of the moment.

Related Resources:

Top 5 Legal FAQs About Resisting Arrest (FindLaw Blotter)

When is an Arrest a Legal Arrest? (FindLaw?s Learn About the Law)

If My Arrest Is Illegal, Can I Run? (FindLaw Blotter)

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Injury Claims: Why you should instruct your solicitor sooner rather than later

Most people know that they have 3 years from the date of an accident to settle their claim or start Court Proceedings pursuant to the Limitation Act of 1980. That period may be longer for claims including hearing loss, asbestos-related conditions and clinical negligence where the symptoms of an injury manifest themselves many years after the exposure that cause them.

We find that a significant number of clients decide not to proceed with their injury claim immediately after their accident as they know that they have a reasonable period of time in which to do so, sometimes for very good reasons, but that is not always the best way forwards for a number of reasons:

Fading Memory

Everybody’s memory fades with time. Clients and witnesses may forget key facts that are crucial to establishing liability for an accident such as exactly where they tripped over, the speed a car was driving at, the time of the accident, who did what afterwards and who witnessed it.

Repairs

The street defect that caused their injury may have changed in size or been repaired. In one case, our Jonathan Stittle went to see a client and visited the scene of his accident 5 days after it happened only to find that someone else had reported it to the Sheffield City Council which had repaired it so we could not take any measurements and the claim later failed.

Tracking down witnesses

Witnesses may be harder to contact. They may change their phone numbers or email address, move house, change job, change their name or otherwise lose contact with the injured person.

Legal Expenses Insurance

Many clients have Legal Expenses Insurance as an add-on to their House Contents, Car Insurance or other Policy. Many such Insurers will not cover the costs of bringing a claim if they are not notified of an accident within 3 months of it occurring. When that happens, clients may have to enter into Conditional Fee Agreements which usually result in them having to pay up to 25% of their compensation by way of a success fee to their solicitor, whereas they would have kept all their damages if they had started the claim earlier.

Going out of business

If the claim is against a business or employer, it may close down, move away, go into administration, close down or become very difficult to trace.

Removal of machinery

The machinery which caused the accident may be sold, scrapped or altered (as happened in a recent case of ours) so an expert engineer will be unable to examine it properly if liability is denied.

Discarded CCTV

CCTV of the accident may no longer be available as it is usually kept for a month at the most. CCTV is often vital evidence in establishing liability for an accident.

Inquests

In fatal accident cases, the Inquest may have been concluded and your solicitor won’t have a chance to attend and ask questions of the witnesses, which is an extremely useful opportunity of assessing the prospects of a case succeeding.

Changes to the law

The law changes on a regular basis and if you delay seeing a solicitor, it might change to effectively deny you the right to claim or reduce your prospects of succeeding.

Our advice is to see a solicitor (and preferably one you are able to meet in person) as soon as possible after the accident or you become aware of your right to claim. If you are hesitant about pursuing a claim, for example if it is against your employer, then the solicitor will be able to deal with many of the issues raised above, advise you fully and then you will be able to make an informed decision when to take the matter further. We often see injured people who sensibly give us all the information we need to proceed with their claim and then, at their request, agree with them to write to the opponent at a later date. That often happens where the claim is against an employer and the client is in the process of changing jobs.

If you have any questions about any type of personal injury claim, please contact us on 0114 218 4000 or email [email protected]

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Pedestrian Crashes Among Top Ways Arizonans Die Each Year

Walking along Arizona streets can be one of the most dangerous things you do, according to recent data released by the state’s Department of Transportation. In fact, being hit by a car is one of the top 20 causes of death for people living in Arizona. It often happens in big cities, and other studies show that cities like Phoenix are slow to remedy this danger.

One of the deadliest areas for pedestrians in Arizona is 27th Avenue, near Bethany Home Rd. Six people were killed here in the past several years, and four others were injured, according to ADOT. There are many reasons for these crashes, including intoxication, distracted driving, pedestrians crossing outside of a designated crosswalk, and speeding drivers.

Phoenix residents are wondering why more isn’t being done to cut down on the number of pedestrian crashes. For example, according to AZ Central, Phoenix has installed nearly two dozen new crosswalks in the previous few years, but not one of them in a high fatality area. Some of the new crosswalks include HAWK signals, which flash red and urge cars to stop until the area is clear. But an analysis by The Republic shows they are being installed in areas where no pedestrians were seriously injured or killed in the past several years. Another extremely deadly area which has seen five fatalities, McDowell Road between 40th and 43rd streets, isn’t scheduled to get a new signal until 2022.

Here is a list of other dangerous intersections in the Phoenix area:

35th Avenue and Glendale (3 fatalities)

Thomas Road, Central Avenue to 3rd Street (2 fatalities)

19th Avenue, north and south of intersection with Dunlap Avenue (2 fatalities)

Camelback Road, 19th Avenue to I-17 (3 fatalities)

Indian School Road, 19th Avenue to 23rd Avenue (3 fatalities)

Indian School Road, 7th Street to 12th Street (4 fatalities)

Northern Avenue, near intersection with 12th Street (5 fatalities)

7th Avenue, north of Buckeye Road to Cocopah Street (4 fatalities)

While it’s impossible to account for the actions of others, including speeding, distracted and drunk drivers, it is possible to take some safety steps while crossing a road. Always cross at a designated crosswalk, when it signals that it is safe for you to do so. Make sure to look both ways even if the signal tells you to walk. Make eye contact with drivers to be sure they see you, and make sure they are at a complete stop before you proceed in front of them. Watch for drivers turning and make sure they see you in the crosswalk.

If you or a loved one is injured while crossing a roadway, contact our experienced team at Breyer Law Offices, P.C., for a free consultation. We may be able to get you a settlement to help pay your medical and recovery costs.

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Fear and Loathing in the Lone Star State

A respected writer sullies his legacy with a tendentious partisan screed. from http://bit.ly/2DrgV9k from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184408677442

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What Does the Word “Liberal” Mean?

Helena Rosenblatt presents a Continentalized (which is to say incomplete) definition of liberalism. from http://bit.ly/2W0nLtw from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184408677397

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Digital Forensics on Mobile Devices

In our increasingly mobile world, lawyers face many new challenges in digital forensics for their practice. In this episode of Digital Detectives, hosts Sharon Nelson and John Simek talk to Brett Burney about what lawyers need to know about digital forensics on mobile devices. They discuss Brett’s mobile data collection spectrum, which outlines methods of data collection and preservation for lawyers and their clients. Brett gives tips on what lawyers should consider in these processes to ensure the best results, including the importance of hiring digital forensics technologists when lawyers are uncomfortable with technology.

Brett Burney is Principal of Burney Consultants LLC, and focuses the bulk of his time on bridging the chasm between the legal and technology frontiers of electronic discovery. He is also the author of the free download, eDiscovery Buyers Guide, at http://bit.ly/2GvCxn1.

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Distracted Driving Collisions are Getting Worse as Drivers Interact More with Smartphones

A Recent Report Says that Drivers are Using Smartphones in Increasingly Risky Ways, Leading to More Distracted Driving Accidents

Distracted driving is one of the most common causes of car accidents across the country. Whether a driver is using a handheld smartphone unlawfully to talk or text while driving, or is simply trying to multitask behind the wheel in a way that takes his or her eyes off the road, these collisions happen much too often. According to a recent article in Forbes, distracted driving crashes are getting worse. More specifically, a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) indicates that “drivers are using their phones in riskier ways,” resulting in more crashes.

David Kidd, one of the co-authors of the study, pointed out that there has not been an increase in distracted driving in recent years. Rather, the risk level of distracted behavior behind the wheel has increased. For example, fewer drivers are talking on handheld cell phones, but more of them are manipulating their phones in other ways, such as texting or using their smartphones for surfing the internet. Kidd, who is a senior research scientist with the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), underscored how “the observed shift in phone use is concerning because studies consistently link manipulating a cell phone while driving to increased crash risk.”

How much more dangerous is texting than talking on a handheld cell phone? Research shows that a driver’s risk of causing a fatal crash is 66% higher if he or she is utilizing a phone while driving. In 2017, the IIHS and HLDI identified at least 800 motor vehicle crash deaths that were “attributed to drivers texting or using phones for things other than talking.” The total number of accidents attributed to distracted driving likely is underreported given that the data comes from drivers admitting to law enforcement that they had been distracted at the time of the collision.

Learning More About Distracted Driving and Motor Vehicle Crashes

The article reports that the total number of fatalities connected with distracted driving has declined slightly over the last couple of years, but that data may not paint an accurate portrait of distracted driving since researchers rely on self-reporting when it comes to collecting distracted driving data. In total, federal data cited distracted driving as the cause of 9% of all fatal collisions in 2017.

According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 3,166 people were killed in distracted driving crashes in 2017, and 297 of these fatalities were young people between the ages of 15 and 19. Drivers between the ages of 15 and 19 are most likely to exhibit distracted driving behaviors than drivers in other age groups.

While cell phones play a major role in distracted driving collisions, it is important to recognize that distracted driving involves more than just cell phone use. NHTSA defines distracted driving as:

Taking your eyes off the road for any reason (to send a text, or to have a conversation with a passenger);

Taking your hands off the wheel for any reason (to use a smartphone, but also to eat a snack or change the radio);

Taking your mind off the task of driving (which can happen when a person uses a cell phone, but it can also happen if the driver is simply having an anxiety-driven day that leads to the inability to focus on the road).

If you or someone you love was injured in a distracted driving car crash, you should discuss your case with an injury lawyer or a car accident attorney.

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Everybody Counts or Nobody Does

Bosch’s manliness and stoic sense of duty combine with the absence of faith to make him serve those who need him without hoping for a just order. from http://bit.ly/2VTsihl from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184408677217

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Good Riddance to Cultural Christianity

The problem with the Christian Right is not that it’s too Christian, but rather that it’s not Christian enough. from http://bit.ly/2Zn8qoY from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184408677137

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Justice Kagan Recognizes Legal Meaning as the Proper Object of Interpretation

Justice Kagan often asks just the right question in statutory construction cases, and she should carry her logic over to constitutional questions as well. from http://bit.ly/2UwRE3m from https://eliaandponto1.tumblr.com/post/184408677062

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