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AI and Advanced Technologies

Anthropic vs. Washington: AI Ethics Collide with National Security

Anthropic’s clash with Washington has become a live test of AI supply-chain risk, ethics-driven safeguards, and the government’s willingness to compel commercial model access in the name of national security—forcing enterprises to rethink vendor due diligence, contract language, and defensibility.

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Reports and Research

The Pricing Pulse: Forensic Collection, Examination, and Testimony Insights from the Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey

Winter 2026 survey results map the “pricing pulse” of forensic eDiscovery work—from hourly onsite and remote collections to premium per-device rates, higher-cost examinations, and top-tier expert witness testimony where credibility commands the most.

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AI and Advanced Technologies Must Read

AI Copyright Cases Spotlight Key Discovery Practice Issues

AI copyright cases are becoming a proving ground for disciplined discovery. Recent rulings in Google Generative AI and Onan v. Databricks underscore that courts will block late-breaking deposition requests, new custodians, and expansive repository searches when parties can’t show timely diligence, proportionality, and non-duplication. The takeaway for litigators and eDiscovery teams: identify custodians and data sources early, use modern analytics to shorten the gap between production and insight, and proactively press—then move—before the cutoff makes relief unreachable.

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Data Privacy and Protection

EDPB and EDPS Weigh In on the Digital Omnibus: Personal Data, Breach Reporting, and AI Governance

The EU’s Digital Omnibus promises compliance “simplification,” but the EDPB and EDPS warn that key proposals—especially around the definition of personal data and automated transparency—could shift risk onto governance, eDiscovery, and incident-response operations.

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Reports and Research

The HSR Early-Warning System: How Filing Surges Amplify Cyber and eDiscovery Bottlenecks

HSR filing volume isn’t just a deal counter—it’s an early-warning system for when M&A work is about to get hard. The late-2025 spike and January 2026’s steady level point to a pipeline that will compress diligence and integration timelines, amplifying cyber, privacy, governance, and eDiscovery bottlenecks—especially if agency scrutiny escalates into a Second Request.

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Cyber Discovery and Cybersecurity

The Algorithmic Guardrail: National Defense in the Age of Autonomous Risk

Autonomous code is quietly taking a seat at the national security table. The 3rd Edition of the Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy is an attempt to build guardrails around this machine-driven reality—and to spell out what “acceptable” risk looks like

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Reports and Research

Moltbook and the Rise of AI-Agent Networks: An Enterprise Governance Wake-Up Call

Moltbook’s AI-agent “town square” is a glimpse of what’s next—and a warning for today. As autonomous agents interact publicly while holding real corporate permissions, misconfigured backends, leaked API keys, and ungoverned skill/plugin adoption create new breach and liability pathways. For eDiscovery, the evidentiary trail shifts to prompts, logs, and tool traces.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance Must Read

Information Governance for Enhanced Legal Hold Process and Improvement

Employee turnover can undo even a well-drafted legal hold—especially when company-issued phones and tablets aren’t tracked or returned. Drawing from In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation, Phil Favro explains how device return policies, custodian tracking, and practical governance controls can preserve text messages, reduce spoliation risk, and improve legal hold defensibility.

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AI and Advanced Technologies Must Read

White House AI Report: A Wake-Up Call for Legal Tech

A new White House report draws striking parallels between today’s AI surge and the Industrial Revolution—warning that the next great global economic divide may already be underway. For legal, compliance, and cybersecurity professionals, understanding where your organization sits on the AI maturity curve is no longer optional.

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Data Privacy and Protection

TikTok’s AI-Powered Age Verification: Europe’s Digital Reckoning for Information Governance

TikTok’s rollout of AI-driven age verification across Europe marks a critical moment for digital compliance. As regulators tighten their expectations, platforms must balance robust age assurance with data minimization. This article explores the intersection of privacy, litigation, and AI governance, offering key takeaways for information governance and eDiscovery professionals.

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AI and Advanced Technologies

When AI Becomes Accomplice: Shanghai Court Holds Developers Criminally Liable for Chatbot Content

A Shanghai court sentenced AI chatbot developers to prison for deliberately manipulating system prompts to generate explicit content, establishing that criminal liability flows to those who control AI configurations rather than stopping at the technology itself—a ruling with global implications for developers, operators, and organizations deploying AI systems.

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