Law and Candor

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, GenAI has emerged as a transformative force, promising to revolutionize various industries, including legal. As with any groundbreaking technology, GenAI follows a predictable pattern. A common framework is the Gartner hype cycle. What can the hype cycle teach us about getting to the real value of GenAI?  

Fernando Delgado, Head  of AI & Analytics at Lighthouse and PhD from Cornell University Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, has studied and developed AI solutions, giving him a unique perspective on these hype cycles. He shares keen observations on where we are with AI in legal and eDiscovery and how to navigate the inevitable disillusionment. His practical advice on finding applications that provide real value can help us all ride this fascinating wave to a better future.

This episode's sighting of radical brilliance: "Great Strategy Starts with Experimentation," HBR on Strategy Podcast.  

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With new collaboration features, AI tools, and work technology developing at a dizzying pace, we know that the volume of data organizations must manage will only increase faster. What are the risks and costs involved with retaining so much data and how are they evolving with compliance demands? John Collins, Executive Director of Information Governance and Microsoft 365 Practice Lead at Lighthouse, works extensively with organizations on developing durable information governance strategies and data remediation in this new era of modern data, including how to deploy tools such as Microsoft Purview. He discusses the new risks organizations are encountering, strategies and technology for managing data while balancing compliance requirements, and trends shaping the future of data remediation.

This episode's sighting of radical brilliance: “From Delta Air Lines to Costco, some companies say they'll stick with DEI” NBC, Jan 2025.

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Hyperlinked files, modern attachments, linked documents. No matter what you call them, they are now commonplace in the enterprise data landscape. Their treatment in litigation, however, remains a complex issue. In this episode of Law & Candor, Kris Carpenter, Director of Modern Data Solutions at Lighthouse, unpacks the newest considerations for cloud-linked files, how they fit into eDiscovery workflows, and the case law shaping their inclusion in legal proceedings. Plus, we explore what’s next for modern data management, including the role of generative AI in transforming eDiscovery.

This episode’s sighting of radical brilliance: The Stargate Project, from partners OpenAI, Microsoft, NVIDIA

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In matters where the stakes are exceptionally high and deadlines are tight, understanding the full picture of your data is an underappreciated asset to help you gain an advantage. While most matters are increasingly demanding, Second Requests epitomize the complexity and risk we’re encountering that require innovative solutions. How do you get a holistic view of data within the short timeframe of a Second Request? Kamika Brown, an Associate Director of Client Services at Lighthouse and Second Request veteran, shares an innovative process for tracking and mapping data. With her extensive experience working on Second Requests, she provides tips that can help you approach early case assessment, make informed decisions about custodians, and assess any information gaps in Second Requests and other high stakes matters.

This episode’s sighting of radical brilliance: “9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2025 and Beyond”, Harvard Business Review

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Where are we with AI? With the avalanche of new generative AI tools and applications released to everyday consumers since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, it’s a more complex answer for eDiscovery, particularly because we’ve used AI technology in the space for longer. If the prevailing mood of the industry in the early stages of the generative AI boom was “wait and see,” that sentiment and behaviors have evolved. 

Lighthouse surveyed eDiscovery experts for our annual State of AI in eDiscovery Report about what they think about AI, how they’re adopting it, their motivations for using it, barriers to implementing it, and how effective they perceive it to be. Sarah Moran, Marketing Director at Lighthouse and attorney, joins Law & Candor to discuss the key trends and how they can help your work.

This episode’s sighting of radical brilliance: “Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists”

AI book recommendation: The Wild Robot

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From the rapid advancements in the capabilities of mobile devices to our increasingly digital workplaces, how we communicate is less standardized and more complex. This has major implications for eDiscovery and demands a flexible and inventive approach to digital forensics to effectively capture necessary data.

With lessons from a decades-long career in forensics, Will Wei, Principal Forensics Consultant at Lighthouse, shares with Brooks Thompson and Sarah Barsky how the field has evolved and describes today’s data collection and processing challenges. He recounts stories of developing innovative processes to collect data from mobile messaging apps WhatsApp and Signal and shares practical advice for managing this new data landscape.

This episode's sighting of radical brilliance:  E-Discovery By Design: An Impossible Aim, or a Growing Reality? by Cassandra Coyer

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We are seeing increased optimism toward AI in eDiscovery. But as many platforms and solutions tout better and unprecedented results it’s still important to ask foundational questions about the technology: Can I trust the output? Is my data secure? Before getting those answers, it’s key to have a framework for evaluating trustworthiness and security in AI—one that is built on knowledge of AI capabilities and skepticism of hype.

To guide through these considerations and help you develop your AI checklist, Law & Candor welcomes Fernando Delgado, Senior Director of AI and Analytics at Lighthouse. With our new co-hosts, Sarah Barsky-Harlan and Brooks Thompson, he answers some core questions he's hearing from clients and the market about validation, transparency, and results, all of which can help us navigate our next phase with AI.

This episode's sighting of radical brilliance: For Success with AI, Bring Everyone On Board

The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information

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In the past few decades, great progress has been made for the LGBTQ community in many facets of life, including the workplace. However, inequities and discrimination still exist, highlighting that there is still work to be done. What does this mean for Pride today? 

Lighthouse’s Sarah Barsky-Harlan, Executive Director of the Customer Experience Group, Lon Troyer, Vice President of Review and Advanced Analytics, and Michelle Pena, Associate Consultant, discuss how being out at work has evolved, what organizations and industries can do to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ community, and who their Pride heroes are.

This episode's sighting of radical brilliance: How AI might shape LGBTQIA+ advocacy

Discover more about artist and activist David Wojnarowicz, author Virginia Woolf, and the film The Hours. 

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With innumerable use cases and benefits proclaimed by everyday users and technology evangelists alike, generative AI continues to bask in the spotlight. To amplify its positive efficiency impacts, it's important to have a solid foundation of predictive AI. Through the power of linguistics and large language models, predictive AI augments indispensable data classification—like privilege and PII—and positions you to more effectively use gen AI’s ability to summarize and reason. The trick is knowing how and when to use them. 

For a clear view of the relationship between these branches of AI and how to leverage it for your eDiscovery needs, Law & Candor welcomes Karl Sobylak, Director of Product Management, AI, and Lon Troyer, Vice President of Review and Advanced Analytics. They not only untangle the benefits of predictive and generative AI from the jargon, but also provide the best use cases for each they’ve encountered in their work and from what’s cutting edge in the market. 

This episode's sighting of radical brilliance: 2024 State of AI in eDiscovery Report.

Guests: Lon Troyer; Karl Sobylak

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Guests: Michael Blank, Lisa Lukaszewski

This episode’s sighting of radical brilliance: “Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected,” Frank Bajak, AP, September 6, 2023.

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Hosts: Paige Hunt, Bill Mariano