Editor’s Note: The EU’s biggest AI rules just got their first major reset, pending formal adoption. In the early hours of May 7, 2026, Council and Parliament negotiators landed a provisional agreement on the Digital Omnibus on AI that, if adopted before the original deadline, would push Annex III high-risk obligations from Aug. 2, 2026,
Make It Make Sense: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Plan
Fresh off appearing before a Senate committee on AI on Wednesday, yesterday I provided expert testimony to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security as part of its study on Bill C-22, the government’s latest lawful access plan. Appearing alongside David Fraser and Robert Diab (the same trio that discussed the bill on…
WIRTW #798: the ‘gunner’ edition
I never expected to fall in love with English football in my 50s. Yet here we are.A couple of years ago, I started following Arsenal FC. What began as casual curiosity turned into waking up early on weekends, structuring Saturdays around matches, and finding my way to our local Arsenal supporters’ bar.What’s struck me most…
Boards Need to Step Up on AI
On April 7, the Federal Reserve chair and U.S. Treasury secretary called an emergency meeting with America’s top bank CEOs. The reason: an AI model capable of autonomously hacking major corporations, finding thousands of software vulnerabilities no human ever caught, and breaking out of its own testing environment. The model sent an unsolicited email to…
AI Hallucinations in Legal Filings: How to Avoid Them and What to Do When You Find Them
By Ed Walters
What AI hallucinations in law actually are
In a legal context, AI hallucinations are one of two things. They’re either citations to cases or statutes that don’t exist, or citations to real authorities for propositions those authorities don’t actually support.
The first kind is the one making headlines. A lawyer or pro se litigant uses…
Today’s podcast episode: White House Executive Order on Scams and Fraud Takes Center Stage
Today, we released a new episode of the award-winning Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast examining one of the most significant recent federal developments in the fight against scams and fraud: Executive Order 14390.
Hosted by Alan Kaplinsky (the founder, chair for 25 years and now Senior Counsel in the Consumer Financial Services Group), the episode…
Big tech, defense and climate to share the main stage at Latitude59 2026
Editor’s Note: Tallinn is stepping into the spotlight as Latitude59 2026 tests Estonia’s claim as the Capital of the New Nordics, bringing founders, investors, policy leaders, and global technology firms together May 20-22 at Kultuurikatel. Under the theme The Global Village Experiment, the conference frames cross-border collaboration as more than a regional ambition; it positions…
LegalEdge Gives This Corporate Legal Team an Edge on AI: Artificial Intelligence Trends
By Doug Austin
An internal, AI-enabled law firm called LegalEdge gives this corporate legal team an edge on how AI is applied to legal work.
The post LegalEdge Gives This Corporate Legal Team an Edge on AI: Artificial Intelligence Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.
EU AI Act Omnibus: Provisional Deal Announced – Initial Reflections for Life Sciences Companies
On 7 May 2026, the European Parliament and Council announced a provisional political agreement on the AI Act portion of the Digital Omnibus package. According to the European Parliament’s press release and the Council’s press release, the agreement aims to make compliance more workable, while maintaining its main provisions and risk-based approach. The agreed text has not yet been published, and the agreement remains provisional pending formal adoption by both institutions, which co-legislators intend to complete before 2 August 2026, the date on which the AI Act’s original high-risk system obligations were due to become applicable.
This blog post sets out what the press release describes as having been agreed, and flags the points most relevant to pharmaceutical and MedTech companies. As we noted in our earlier analysis, the Digital Omnibus on AI Proposal carries significant implications for life sciences companies. We will provide a fuller assessment once the agreed text is available and adopted.
Market Intelligence: The eDiscovery services market from 2025 to 2030
Editor’s Note: Services remains the larger of the two top-level segments of the worldwide eDiscovery market, growing from approximately $12.94 billion in 2025 to a projected $17.13 billion in 2030. The reconciled 5.75 percent compound annual growth rate is the slower of the two segment CAGRs, trailing software by 4.66 percentage points. The headline understates…