
Dearest EDRM Community,
Phase of the week: Legalweek 2025.
In legal tech this week, the year cycles to the annual Legalweek conference in New York as the profession adapts due to GenAI and the new US Administration. We’ll keep you informed as the news comes in.
We’ll miss you in New York this year and are thrilled our Trusted Partner Nextpoint’s CEO, Rocky Madhava, and Brett Burney, VP of eDiscovery Consulting, will join us Live from Legalweek on Wednesday, March 26 at 1 PM Eastern to share their perspective on the weeklong event.
Mary, Kaylee, and Holley, EDRM.
Let’s remain united in our support for each other. For support or to assist a colleague, contact us at info@edrm.net and join our weekly Community Support Call, now in its fifth year.
On the EDRM Blog:
- Relativity Announces its Fourth Annual AI Visionaries List
- HaystackID® Launches CoreFlex™: A Unified, Automated eDiscovery Interface for Legal Data Management and Intelligence
- Exterro and Integreon Join Forces to Deliver the Gold Standard in Managed E-Discovery and Document Review Solutions
- Relativity Brings Together APAC Legal Community for Inaugural Relativity Fest
- Hope for the Future: How Students Are Defining the Best Use of AI
- ModeOne Announces New Smartphone Data Collection Features ahead of Legalweek 2025
- ComplexDiscovery OÜ – Winter 2025 eDiscovery Pricing Report: A Market in Transition
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 26 March 2025: 1PM Eastern: Live from Legalweek: Featuring Nextpoint, EDRM and Friends
- 16 April 2025: 12PM Eastern: From Summation to AI Tokens: A Journey Through eDiscovery’s Most Transformative Shifts
- 28 April 2025: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for April 2025
- 30 April 2025: 1PM Eastern: Spring Into Action: Real-World AI in Managed Review
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Paul Weiss negotiated an end to their federal ban. Firm chair Brad Karp’s letter to the firm is provided here via David Lat’s Original Jurisdiction. Twenty firms received notice from the federal government on DEI policies. Applications for law school are at their highest rate in years. Legalweek is in full force; it’s its last year at the Hilton before moving to the Javits Center. Multistate is tracking AI policy at the state level. 23andMe, the genetic testing company, filed for bankruptcy.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Gunster formally launched Zest eDiscovery, led by Michelle Six and Christine Payne. Legaltech News’ Rhys Dispshan talked with EDRM Global Advisory Council Chair and Redgrave partner, Robert Keeling on the uptake of AI. The ComplexDiscovery OÜ Winter 2025 eDiscovery Pricing Report is out, showing project management and collection holding strong and document review pricing in transition. Thank you to those who participated in the survey. Thank you to Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today for including the Hon. Judge Ralph Artigliere (Ret.) on hope for the next generation of students, Rob Robinson on Automotive Ransomware, Greg Buckles on Legalweek metrics, and Aaron Patton’s Gates Dogfish in his eDiscovery Kitchen Sink. EDRM Trusted Partner Mode One announced new features including triage, exclusion lists, and increased Relativity integration. Relativity announced a Fest in APEC. Exterro partnered with Integreon for the gold standard in managed services. HaystackID introduced CoreFlex for technology-agnostic, seamless control and reporting across the ecosystem. Couldn’t make Legalweek? Join Mary Mack in talking with Brett Burney and Rocky Madhava from our Trusted Partner, Nextpoint, who will be live at Legalweek.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Odesa is in flames, a Russian munitions depot burns, as well as a cease-fire comes within view. Measles cases are increasing across state lines. An additional aircraft carrier was sent to deter Houthi attacks on shipping lanes. A fire closed Heathrow Airport. DoorDash introduced an eat now, pay later installment program. The astronauts are finally home from the Space Station. Akin Gump has a US executive order tracker.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Recent guests include Esther Birnbaum, John Tredennick, Xen Hartzell, Nicole Fryson, Sergey Demyanov, Kara Barnes, John Wilson.
Recent Echoes of AI Podcasts:
- Episode 19 | New Battle of the Bots: ChatGPT 4.5 Challenges Reigning Champ ChatGPT 4o
- Episode 18 | Bar Exam Battle of the Bots – Part 2
- Episode 17 | Bar Exam Battle of the Bots – Part I
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM celebrated our 200th Episode of the Illumination Zone podcast.
- EDRM relaunched the Testimony Evidence Reference Model (TERM) Project.
- EDRM has been named the #1 Firm in eDiscovery for the third consecutive year in the JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards.
- Ralph Losey was recognized as the Top Author in eDiscovery, with Mike Berman earning a spot in the Top 5. Hon. Ralph Artigliere (ret.) and EDRM Trusted Partner, eDiscovery Today’s Doug Austin, also received top accolades.
- EDRM welcomes Discover Beagle as its newest Trusted Partner.
- EDRM welcomes DecoverAI to its Trusted Partner Network.
- The AI Ethics and Bias project released its first quarter update to the Judicial Standing Orders Repository.
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All are welcome,
Mary, Kaylee, and Holley
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P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM GAI and LLM Policy.