Lessons from the Past, Readiness for What’s Next - As AI tools rapidly become embedded across organizations, legal and discovery teams face a new challenge: understanding what data exists, where it lives, and how to prepare for it before collection even begins.
Overview
This event, titled 'Lessons from the Past, Readiness for What’s Next,' addresses the critical challenge legal and discovery teams face as AI tools become increasingly integrated into organizations. The core issue is understanding the existence, location, and preparation requirements for data before the collection process even starts. The discussion will delve into how legal teams should approach AI-generated content and ensure enterprise readiness through a practical examination of past, present, and future perspectives. Speakers will analyze insights gained from previous technological shifts, such as the adoption of email, chat, and technology-assisted review (TAR), and how these transitions influenced discovery practices and established legal standards. The session will then shift its focus to the current landscape, exploring AI-generated outputs, prompts, responses, discoverability concerns, data retention strategies, and the governance questions organizations are currently grappling with. The event aims to provide attendees with actionable workflows for pre-collection planning, preservation readiness, and early matter scoping, encouraging a move beyond theoretical concepts towards practical, 'left-of-the-EDRM' approaches. Participants will gain a robust framework for assessing enterprise AI readiness and practical guidance that can be immediately implemented within their organizations.
