From Data to Duty: Essential E-Discovery and Evidentiary Rules in the Age of AI 2026

  • OnDemand seminar
  • Attorney Regulation
  • Evidence and Discovery Law
Up to 3.5 Credit Hours
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From Data to Duty: Essential E-Discovery and Evidentiary Rules in the Age of AI 2026

Discovery, data, duty, and decisions

Digital evidence has transformed the kinds of information that lawyers must preserve, present, and defend in litigation. As the use of electronically stored information (ESI) expands and AI-assisted discovery tools become routine, questions about competence, privilege, proportionality, and reliability move from the margins to the center of litigation strategy. The result is a discovery process in which judgment matters as much as technology, and mistakes carry real consequences.

Digital duties decoded

From Data to Duty: Essential E-Discovery and Evidentiary Rules in the Age of AI examines examines how ethical duties and discovery rules apply to digital information and automated processes, and the decisions lawyers must make when evaluating risk and building an evidentiary record that can withstand scrutiny.

9:00 am
Ethical Duties and Competence in ESI & AI
  • Define ethical obligations related to electronically stored information (ESI) and AI-assisted discovery
  • Identify competence requirements for lawyers using AI tools in e-discovery
  • Understand how technological proficiency impacts professional responsibility
10:00 am
Preservation, Proportionality, and Risk Management
  • Explain preservation obligations for digital evidence and strategies to prevent spoliation.
  • Apply proportionality principles to manage discovery costs and scope effectively.
  • Recognize and learn risk mitigation techniques.
11:00 am
Break
12:15 pm
Program concludes
11:15 pm
Confidentiality, Privilege, and Emerging Trends
  • Evaluate confidentiality and privilege concerns in ESI review process, including waiver issues.
  • Implement best practices to safeguard confidentiality and privileged information.
  • Analyze recent developments in ESI, including a proportionality update.
Timothy D. Edwards
Edward ESI LLC · Fitchburg

  • Make discovery decisions that align with ethical obligations and evidentiary standards
  • Reduce exposure to spoliation claims, sanctions, and credibility challenges tied to digital evidence
  • Use AI-assisted discovery tools with a clearer understanding of professional responsibility limits
  • Strengthen privilege and confidentiality protections in technology-driven discovery involving automated or third-party technologies
  • Improve strategic control over the evidentiary record in complex, data-heavy cases
  • Anticipate court expectations as evidentiary rules and judicial attitudes toward AI continue to develop
  • All attorneys
  • Paralegals

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