EDITOR’S DESK

There are many problems vexing this country and its legal system, but disinformation might be the most serious because it complicates every other problem. The digital universe has been very good at spawning methods of spreading disinformation. Has it finally evolved a way to create trust founded on verifiable facts? In this issue of Today’s General Counsel, Louis Lehot explains why a blockchain can be trusted as a source of truth. He also discusses some legal problems that stakeholders in blockchain solutions will encounter.

Also, in this issue, Benjamin Kunde takes stock of the many inroads AI is making into corporate investigations and makes the case for old-school detective work. Jeffery Cross discusses the concept of proportionality in discovery, something that judges are tuned in to. Kevin O’Brien writes about a gateway arbitration issue that the Supreme Court may finally decide after nine years of litigation, and Tim Anderson examines the ways that new tools for digital collaboration have complicated e-discovery.

Bob Nienhouse, Editor-In-Chief