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When you can’t trust the evidence: deepfakes force a forensic reckoning in Dublin

At the Dublin Tech Summit, two HaystackID forensics leaders argued that deepfakes have broken the 30-year-old integrity test for digital evidence, and laid out a 90-day plan for proving authenticity under the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA and the proposed Rule 707.

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FutureLaw 2026 closes: hard truths, the billable hour, and what gets built next

FutureLaw 2026 closed in Tallinn with the conversation getting harder. Uwais Iqbal’s hard truths from 23,000 adjudications and Chas Rampenthal’s reading of Texas Opinion 705 anchored a day-and-a-half of sessions on predictive justice, productized law, and transnational legal infrastructure.

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Cyber Discovery and Cybersecurity Must Read

A 48-Month Federal Benchmark Resets the Incident-Response Insider Question

Two former cybersecurity professionals, one from Sygnia and one from DigitalMint, were sentenced April 30 to four years each for running BlackCat ransomware against U.S. companies — the first federal prison term in this country for an incident-response and ransomware-negotiation insider conspiracy.

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

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

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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eDiscovery and Information Governance Must Read

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

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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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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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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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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