By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction I haven’t posted recently due to work commitments and other personal projects. I have been working on a few things (including taking a course on the Ethics of AI), and I have a whole list of blog posts that I still want to get around to writing (neither the “Importance … Continue reading eDiscovery Horror Stories 2023
UK Disclosure Case Law Update – September 2023
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction I’ve seen some interesting points covered in cases recently, and thought that it might be helpful to share. In particular two cases which cover different angles to the new disclosure rules. A (Very Brief) New Rules Recap As they are covered in depth in the cases below, I thought that … Continue reading UK Disclosure Case Law Update – September 2023
ChatGPT: A LegalTech Perspective – Part Two – Limitations
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series, I gave an introduction to ChatGPT, what it is and some examples of some of the ways that it is used. The results can be truly remarkable and people have been utilising ChatGPT more and more for various projects, having realised what a useful … Continue reading ChatGPT: A LegalTech Perspective – Part Two – Limitations
ChatGPT: A LegalTech Perspective – Part One – What is ChatGPT?
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction OpenAI’s ChatGPT application has been a huge talking point in the world of for the best part of the last 10 months. The application was made available for the public in November last year, and just two months later, had already gained 100 million users (see for example this Guardian … Continue reading ChatGPT: A LegalTech Perspective – Part One – What is ChatGPT?
An IP Theft Case With A Difference
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction I have worked on a large number of intellectual property theft and trade secret theft cases (typically referred to as IP theft cases), where employees have stolen confidential data from their employers. Often this is for potential future use – particularly when leaving to join a competitor, or looking to … Continue reading An IP Theft Case With A Difference
The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Three (Missing Metadata – A Case Study)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In this series I am looking at the importance of data that is not present. In the previous two articles, I have looked at the use of timelines in identifying missing data, reasons that data from some sources may appear to be missing and considered potential steps to take or … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Three (Missing Metadata – A Case Study)
The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series of articles, I spoke about the importance of data that is not present, and the use of timelines in investigating where missing data may exist. In this article, I discuss data that may be missing (or may appear to be missing). Those working in … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)
The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part One (Timelines)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Happy New Year and welcome to 2023 on the eDiscovery Channel! Towards the end of last year, I saw a short post from Steve Nouri discussing survivorship bias. The principle is something that you may have seen discussed before (it regularly gets shared on sites such as LinkedIn). Nouri’s post … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part One (Timelines)
The Uber Files – Kill Switch Engaged
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The Uber Files is a set of more than 124,000 files leaked to the Guardian, by an Uber insider. They have been the focus of a number of recent articles which have been published questioning the ethical nature of many of Uber’s activities. Working in digital forensics, one of the … Continue reading The Uber Files – Kill Switch Engaged
Cryptocurrency – The good, the bad and the ugly
By: Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Helping users who have lost access to their cryptocurrency investments is a noble endeavour… but there is definitely a sliding scale on the measure of good intentions where hackers and cryptocurrency meet. This article discusses some of the good, bad and ugly of stories from the last week (or so) … Continue reading Cryptocurrency – The good, the bad and the ugly
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