Program Details
2026-07-15 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-07-15 14:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ESTExamine how the choice between consumer-grade and enterprise AI platforms can affect attorney-client privilege and work product protection, including platform-specific terms of service, data-retention practices, model-training provisions, and contractual confidentiality commitments across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft Copilot.
Michael Simon 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm ESTTranslate the 2026 federal decisions into concrete risk-management protocols, including documenting counsel direction, structuring tiered AI governance frameworks, vendor diligence, consumer-grade tool prohibition, and deploying Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) orders and ESI protocols for AI-assisted workflows.
Michael Simon 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm ESTExamine United States v. Heppner, Warner v. Gilbarco, and Morgan v. V2X — the first federal decisions addressing privilege and work product protection for AI-generated documents — including the three-pillar Heppner holding, the “tools, not persons” framework, and emerging waiver standards.
Meghan A. PodolnyAdam GajadharsinghMeghan A. Podolny is a Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in the firm’s Richmond office, where her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, information governance and eDiscovery issues, and internal investigations. She leads the firm’s Information Governance & eDiscovery Group, providing state-of-the-art data management and eDiscovery advice and services to a wide variety of corporate clients, including the development of enterprise-level best practices and tailored protocols to streamline discovery preparation and response. Meghan frequently serves as eDiscovery counsel to advise and lead massive discovery response plans, often in response to internal investigations, governmental subpoenas, or other requests.
Michael Simon is an Attorney and Owner of Law Plus Data, LLC, a boutique domestic and international law firm focused on Privacy, AI, and Electronic Discovery issues, where he leverages his unique skill set with technology and his experience managing data scientists to solve client problems with data. He is also the Chief of Strategy for Bells Up AI, a confidential and affordable AI platform for lawyers. Michael has spent years sitting between the legal world and technology — co-founding one of the first legal research dot-com start-ups, building groundbreaking innovations for one of the biggest law firms in the world, and serving as Technology Counsel for one of the first eDiscovery companies — and has proven time and time again that he can serve as the translator between lawyers and technologists.
Adam Gajadharsingh is Discovery Counsel at Google in Atlanta, where his practice focuses on all aspects of the litigation and government investigation discovery process, both in the United States and globally, including developing case discovery strategies, negotiating ESI protocols and protective orders, overseeing document collection, review, and production, addressing complex privilege issues, and developing eDiscovery best practices. Prior to joining Google, Adam was a Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation, eDiscovery, data privacy/security, and information management, and he was a member of the team assisting the Special Compliance Coordinator appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce to monitor U.S. export control compliance of Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation.
Meghan A. Podolny is a Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in the firm’s Richmond office, where her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, information governance and eDiscovery issues, and internal investigations. She leads the firm’s Information Governance & eDiscovery Group, providing state-of-the-art data management and eDiscovery advice and services to a wide variety of corporate clients, including the development of enterprise-level best practices and tailored protocols to streamline discovery preparation and response. Meghan frequently serves as eDiscovery counsel to advise and lead massive discovery response plans, often in response to internal investigations, governmental subpoenas, or other requests.
Michael Simon is an Attorney and Owner of Law Plus Data, LLC, a boutique domestic and international law firm focused on Privacy, AI, and Electronic Discovery issues, where he leverages his unique skill set with technology and his experience managing data scientists to solve client problems with data. He is also the Chief of Strategy for Bells Up AI, a confidential and affordable AI platform for lawyers. Michael has spent years sitting between the legal world and technology — co-founding one of the first legal research dot-com start-ups, building groundbreaking innovations for one of the biggest law firms in the world, and serving as Technology Counsel for one of the first eDiscovery companies — and has proven time and time again that he can serve as the translator between lawyers and technologists.
Adam Gajadharsingh is Discovery Counsel at Google in Atlanta, where his practice focuses on all aspects of the litigation and government investigation discovery process, both in the United States and globally, including developing case discovery strategies, negotiating ESI protocols and protective orders, overseeing document collection, review, and production, addressing complex privilege issues, and developing eDiscovery best practices. Prior to joining Google, Adam was a Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation, eDiscovery, data privacy/security, and information management, and he was a member of the team assisting the Special Compliance Coordinator appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce to monitor U.S. export control compliance of Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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