Most understand the spousal privilege—or marital-communications privilege—to shield, well, confidential communications between spouses. But courts are increasingly asking whether the privilege applies to all spousal communications or only certain spousal communications. For instance, in an earlier post, Honey, I Shrunk the Profits!, I discussed a federal district court’s adoption of
Discovery Isn’t Sequential. Your Workflow Shouldn’t Be Either: eDiscovery Trends
This just in: discovery isn’t sequential. Joe Pirrotta of ProSearch asks the question: if it’s not, why is your workflow? Good question.In his blog post titled (wait for it!) Discovery Isn’t Sequential. So Why Is Your Workflow? (available here), Joe notes that our profession is redrawing its map as we speak. EDRM 2.0,
Apple sues OpenAI for Theft of Trade Secrets!
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Apple accused OpenAI on Friday of stealing secrets about products still in development, setting up a legal face-off between two of the world’s biggest tech companies.” The July 10, 2026 article entitled ” Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/technology/apple-openai-lawsuit.html) included these comments from Reporters Kalley
Are you surprised that billions of dollars are devoted to FDEs (Forward Deployed Engineers) with embedded AI experts?
ComputerWorld.com reported that “Microsoft launched a $2.5 billion venture, Microsoft Frontier Company, that the tech giant says “goes beyond” FDE, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced its own $1 billion investment into a new AWS FDE platform.” The July 2, 2026 article entitled ” Microsoft and Amazon devote billions of dollars to thousands of FDEs”
The Kitchen Sink for July 10, 2026: Legal Tech Trends
This week’s kitchen sink for July 10, 2026 (with meme from Gates Dogfish) discusses Tilly Norwood’s first “movie”, AI speeding up tasks, not cases & more!
Why “the kitchen sink”? Find out here! 🙂
The Kitchen Sink is even better when you can include a brand-new eDiscovery meme courtesy of Gates Dogfish, the meme
ReVia Named First Runner-Up at LegalTechTalk London LaunchPad Competition
Congrats to ReVia for the announcement that ReVia named first runner-up at LegalTechTalk London LaunchPad competition! Here’s part of the press release!
ReVia Named First Runner-Up at LegalTechTalk London LaunchPad Competition
Raritan, NJ – July 9, 2026 – ReVia, the leader in practical intelligence for legal workflows, today announced it was named First Runner-Up in
NATO allies converge on the law of cyber operations
Editor’s Note: NATO’s members have spent a decade answering the question the 2014 Wales Summit left open: what does it mean, in practice, that international law applies in cyberspace? A new CCDCOE analysis by Agnes Kasper and Karine Veersalu compiles the answers and finds 27 of 32 allies now on the record, individually or through
Scores Fell 50% When College Professor Made Students Take In-Person Final: Artificial Intelligence Trends
When a college professor suspected students were using AI, he made them take an in-person final. Scores fell 50% – for those who took it.
As discussed by Nate Anderson in ArsTechnica (Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%, available here), a blind economics professor at Brown University
Next killer AI feature is no AI!
Computerworld.com reported that “As artificial intelligence creeps into every corner of our lives, an absence of AI may soon be a premium experience worth paying for.” The July 9, 2026 article entitled “The next killer AI feature? No AI at all” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4193950/killer-ai-feature.html) included these comments:
It’s an almost amusingly extreme contrast: While the
Relativity Names Chris Brown as President to Advance Its AI Platform for Legal Data Intelligence
Congrats to Relativity for the announcement that Relativity names Chris Brown as President to advance its AI platform for Legal Data Intelligence! Here’s a portion of the press release, the full release is here!
Relativity Names Chris Brown as President to Advance Its AI Platform for Legal Data Intelligence
CHICAGO, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ –