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Stanford’s 2026 AI Index Highlights Rapid Growth and Widening Governance Gaps

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Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows AI adoption and investment accelerating even as transparency declines, incidents increase, and governance struggles to keep pace. For cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals, the report signals a more urgent need for defensible oversight, stronger vendor scrutiny, and authenticity-focused workflows.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance

Getting Beyond Spreadsheets: Handling Structured Data Productions

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Courts are increasingly rejecting the argument that structured data falls outside traditional discovery obligations. Reviewing key 2025 cases, Phil Favro shows how judges expect parties to produce relevant database ESI, address usability and format, and balance those duties against undue burden. The result is a clearer roadmap for handling structured data discovery in 2026 and beyond.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance

The EU’s E-Evidence Framework Goes Live in August and Most of Europe Isn’t Ready

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The EU’s E-Evidence Regulation becomes applicable on August 18, 2026, but many member states and service providers may not be ready. This article explores the legal, technical, cybersecurity, privacy, and eDiscovery implications of a framework that will soon allow cross-border demands for electronic evidence on 10-day and even eight-hour timelines.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance

HSR Filings Hit 203 in March 2026 as Court Overturns Expanded Form and GDP Slips to 0.5%

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HSR premerger filings hit 203 in March 2026 — the highest monthly total since December — as a federal appellate court restored the legacy HSR form and Q4 2025 GDP growth was revised down to a slim 0.5 percent. Here is what the numbers mean for deal advisors and legal operations teams planning for the rest of the fiscal year.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance Editors Pick

The April–May Compliance Crunch: A Practitioner’s Calendar for eDiscovery and Information Governance

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Four compliance deadlines converge between April 18 and May 19, 2026 — NIS2 enforcement, the overhauled COPPA Rule, a federal vote on AI evidence standards under proposed FRE 707, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act’s platform requirements. Here is what eDiscovery and information governance professionals need to know.

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Cyber Discovery and Cybersecurity Must Read

The DOJ’s Cyber FCA Playbook Is Working as Enforcement Triples and Shows No Signs of Slowing

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: The DOJ secured $52 million across nine cybersecurity-related False Claims Act settlements in FY 2025, tripling the prior pace and establishing cyber FCA enforcement as an operational program — with private equity firms, medical device makers, and defense subcontractors now in the crosshairs.

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AI and Advanced Technologies Must Read

FTC’s OkCupid Action Reframes AI Training Data as a Consumer Protection Issue

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The FTC’s settlement with Match Group over OkCupid’s undisclosed transfer of three million user photos to AI startup Clarifai marks the first federal enforcement action framing AI training data collection as a consumer protection violation — with no fine but a 20-year compliance leash.

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Cyber Discovery and Cybersecurity

Twenty-Two Seconds to Hand-Off: Inside Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026 Findings

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Mandiant’s latest M-Trends report describes a threat landscape where access can change hands inside a compromised network in just 22 seconds and where ransomware crews now begin by targeting the systems that govern recovery. As AI reshapes both attack and defense, cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals are being forced to rethink how they detect intrusions, preserve evidence, and explain their decisions under scrutiny.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance Editors Pick

Protecting Privilege and Work Product in Discovery After Heppner and Warner

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Two 2026 decisions, Heppner and Warner, show that courts are not taking a uniform approach to privilege and work product claims involving generative AI. This article explains what those rulings mean for AI-assisted document review, ESI workflows, and the need for counsel-led discovery protocols.

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Reports and Research

A Complete Analysis of the Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey

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Generative AI is beginning to materially reshape eDiscovery economics, but pricing maturity has not kept pace with adoption. The Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey shows stable benchmarks for forensic collection and hosting, persistent opacity in document review billing, and an emerging $0.11 to $0.50 per-document pricing zone for GenAI-assisted review that could challenge traditional review models.

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AI and Advanced Technologies Editors Pick

White House AI Framework Signals New Compliance Stakes for Legal, Cybersecurity, and eDiscovery

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The White House’s new federal AI blueprint could upend the state-by-state compliance model that legal, cybersecurity, privacy, and eDiscovery teams have been building around. From preemption and developer liability to copyrighted training data and synthetic media preservation, the framework signals a policy shift with immediate governance consequences.

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eDiscovery and Information Governance Must Read

Defensible by Design: What Legal Teams Must Get Right About AI Privilege Workflows

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AI-assisted privilege review is no longer theoretical. This article unpacks the Legalweek 2026 discussion on defensible AI workflows, privilege log generation, Rule 502(d) protections, and the legal risks of using consumer AI tools in high-stakes discovery.

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