
Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Conclave.
In legal tech this week, the world’s Catholic cardinals gather in Rome to choose another leader, and our legal tech community continues to incorporate AI at a breakneck speed.
EDRM is excited to introduce our community to DecoverAI in their first appearance on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel, May 6, Generative AI for Streamlining Early Case Assessment and Uncovering Insights from eDiscovery. We hope you will join us for this great discussion!
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:
- Evergreen Employee Training on Legal Hold Data Preservation: A Modern Organizational Necessity
- The History of E-Discovery is Both Interesting and Important
- Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery for April 2025
- Internal Investigations 2.0: Tech-Enabled Justice
- Relativity Champions Access to Justice Through Digital Innovation
- Bar Battle of the Bots – Part Four: Birth of Scorpio
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 6 May 2025: 1PM Eastern: Generative AI for Streamlining Early Case Assessment and Uncovering Insights from eDiscovery
- 7 May 2025: 1PM Eastern: Navigating Mobile Data in Legal Matters: Emerging Case Law Trends and Best Practices
- 15 May 2025: 1PM Eastern: Generative AI and the Future of Professionals
- 28 May 2025: 1PM Eastern: Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for May 2025
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Rhys Dipshan of Legaltech News scooped that Relativity co-founders and leaders, Andrew Sieja, Marcin Wojtczak, and Nick Robertson, invested in Justice Bid, which developed an outside counsel selection and analytics platform. Top blogger Ralph Losey continues to test LLM releases for legal reasoning, showing his work in the fourth Bar Battle of the Bots. Stanford’s Codex is celebrating 20 years. Crunchbase reports robust legal tech funding, especially for offerings including AI. eDiscovery Trusted Partners Nextpoint and eDiscovery Today hosted Brett Burney and Doug Austin for a discussion on real-world application of AI and how validation is necessary. The Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC) developed an AI toolkit for in-house lawyers.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Award-winning blogger Mike Berman published a history of eDiscovery. Congratulations to Aaron Patton and Gates Dogfish on the release of an Amazon # 1 Best-Seller in Litigation Procedures: The Gates Dogfish eDiscovery Resource Notebook. Telemessage, the archiving app for secure communications, was reportedly hacked. HaystackID provided a transcript for their “Command, Control, and Clarity: The New Standard for eDiscovery” webinar explaining CoreFlex™. ComplexDiscovery published its Five Great Reads. EDRM Trusted Partner, Cellebrite published Internal Investigations 2.0: Tech-Enabled Justice. Congratulations to Trusted Partner Relativity for earning the 2025 Wiley A. Branton Award and the 2025 Halo Award for its Justice for Change program.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Catholic Cardinals are in Rome to choose a new Pope, and Pope Francis’ Popemobile will go to Gaza as a mobile medical unit for children. Russia and Ukraine continue to fight, and negotiations for peace continue. SpaceX now has its own city in Texas called Starbase. Real ID for air travel goes into effect Wednesday, May 7; there are some workarounds. Warren Buffett announced he will step down from Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. A record crowd watched Sovereignty win the Kentucky Derby.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
Recent guests include Aaron Pribil, Bennett Borden, Rob Robinson, Esther Birnbaum, John Tredennick, Xen Hartzell, and Nicole Fryson.
Recent Echoes of AI Podcasts:
- Episode 24 | Bar Battle of the Bots – Part Four: Birth of Scorpio
- Episode 23 | Afraid of AI? Learn the Seven Cardinal Dangers and How to Stay Safe
- Episode 22 | Custom GPT’s: Why Constant Updating is Essential for Relevance and Performance
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM congratulated those who were celebrated for their contributions at the Fifth Annual Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards Dinner.
- EDRM celebrated our 200th Episode of the Illumination Zone podcast.
Weekly Community Support Call: Join us every Tuesday at 6PM Eastern on Zoom for support and camaraderie. Email info@edrm.net for an invitation to our 273rd call. For mental health care, consider these professional resources.
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.