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Alison, partner with Troutman Pepper and founder/managing partner of Troutman Pepper eMerge, is an eDiscovery advocate who combines legal strategy and evolving, leading-edge technology to discover the facts needed to help clients achieve optimal results, win cases, and settle at the right value.

In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter explore eDiscovery processes and procedures with Alison Grounds, founder and managing partner of eMerge. Learn about the importance of eDiscovery in litigation, the shift from paper to digital discovery, and the complexities of managing electronic data. Alison offers practical tips on preserving evidence, leveraging AI, and navigating the challenges of use of personal devices for business purposes. Tune in to learn about managing electronic data and avoiding common mistakes in the eDiscovery process.

Should artificial intelligence be used in hiring processes? Many Americans are skeptical, raising fears of a ‘Matrix’-style dystopian future, but AI, and particularly generative AI, is becoming an increasingly important tool for workplace efficiency and management. In the Matrix, AI-powered machines took over the world, using human beings as their energy source.  In their latest article, Troutman Pepper’s Tracey Diamond, Evan Gibbs and Alison Grounds discuss the potential for dystopian results from generative AI and outline the significant opportunities and challenges that generative AI present in the workplace.