In a recent article in Legaltech News, Managing Principal and Global Head of Advanced E-Discovery and AI Strategy Shannon Capone Kirk outlines a pragmatic playbook for E-Discovery in the year ahead. Shannon sees generative AI continuing to embed across litigation workflows — accelerating investigations, document review, research, and privilege log preparation, and generating summaries and presentations for human refinement. The promise is speed to substance, but she warns that prominence invites pressure. Opponents will try to weaponize AI through “discovery-on-discovery” and by probing perceived cybersecurity or data handling gaps.
Shannon's also notes that advocacy must be designed with AI in mind at every stage. From negotiating ESI protocols and calibrating discovery scope to motion practice, trial, and settlement, teams should anticipate AI-centric challenges and build a defensible record on process, supervision, and security. For clients, the advantage will belong to those who pair disciplined governance with tailored AI-enabled workflows, and treat AI not as a shortcut, but as an integrated litigation strategy.
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