Editor’s Note: Russia is spending more on government media in 2026 than in any year since the full-scale war in Ukraine began. The 2026 draft federal budget allocates the equivalent of $1.78 billion—about 28 percent above the 2021 baseline, according to UACRISIS and United24 Media analyses—even as U.S. and European authorities have built out a
The one question that reveals whether your marketing plan is actually a plan
Editor’s Note: Marketing plans often fail not because they lack activity, but because they lack strategic clarity. In this Forbes Communications Council article, the author addresses a familiar challenge for leaders who must justify budgets, align teams, and explain outcomes: too many initiatives are presented as doing everything at once. By separating marketing work into
The router on the shelf is now a national security problem
Editor’s Note: Consumer-grade routers and unmanaged edge devices have moved from operational afterthoughts to enterprise risk indicators. A twelve-agency joint advisory released April 23 on China-nexus covert networks makes plain a hard reality for cybersecurity, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and eDiscovery professionals: the infrastructure carrying privileged, regulated, and business-critical data may now include compromised home-office
The Kitchen Sink for April 24, 2026: Legal Tech Trends
This week’s kitchen sink for April 24, 2026 (with meme from Gates Dogfish) discusses the billable hour, “Mother Google”, AI taking yet more jobs & more!
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Decision Tree for Evaluating AI-Generated Evidence: Artificial Intelligence Practices
Yesterday, The Sedona Conference Journal announced the publication of the Decision Tree for Evaluating AI-Generated Evidence.
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Latitude59 pitch competition draws 465 startups from 53 countries as prize pool grows to €400,000
Editor’s Note: Tallinn’s flagship startup competition has quietly become one of the most useful early-warning systems for Nordic compliance and cybersecurity technology, and the 2026 edition has just given professionals a fresh set of signals to read. Latitude59 said 465 startups from 53 countries applied to its May 20-22 pitch competition in Tallinn, its most
The Central Importance of Domain-Specificity in Solving Litigation’s AI Problem: Legal Tech Trends
Another unique topic from Syllo! Here, they discuss the central importance of domain-specificity in solving litigation’s AI problem.
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Epiq and DeepJudge Partner To Scale AI Across Law Firm Institutional Knowledge
Congrats to Epiq for the announcement that Epiq and DeepJudge partner to scale AI across law firm institutional knowledge! Here’s part of the press release!
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AI in Law: Real Use Cases Beyond Chatbots
Across the legal industry, AI is moving past surface-level experimentation and into the systems that power real work on projects related to investigations, litigation, contract analysis, and breach response.
Case Study: Clearing a Subpoena Backlog with Attorney-Led Judgment and AI-Enabled Solutions
The Challenge: Addressing a Subpoena Backlog with Limited Internal Resources
In highly regulated industries, legal departments often find themselves at a breaking point, buried under a continuous flow of subpoenas, law enforcement data requests, and other third-party requests for information.
One such organization recently faced a familiar but daunting challenge: a mounting backlog of over