[EDRM Editor’s Note: This article was first published here on November 26, 2025, and EDRM is grateful to Trusted Partner Exterro for permission to republish. EDRM is happy to amplify our Trusted Partners news and events.]
eDiscovery Day has always been a chance for the community to learn, connect, and reflect on how the field is evolving. But no year has demanded more clarity, collaboration, and forward-looking discussion than 2025 — a moment defined by the rapid rise of AI, escalating risk, and the increasingly complex realities of modern eDiscovery.
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This year’s theme, which explores the intersection of AI, data risk, and eDiscovery, captures a shift that’s affecting every legal, compliance, security, and investigative team. AI is accelerating workflows and lowering costs — but it’s also creating new forms of evidence, new exposure points, and new questions about defensibility. Meanwhile, hybrid work, cloud platforms, collaboration apps, and dynamic data sources have redefined what it means to collect, review, and govern information.
Against that backdrop, eDiscovery Day 2025 — taking place on December 4 — brings together leading experts for five webinars and in-person gatherings across the country. Each session tackles a different facet of this year’s theme, helping teams understand the opportunities AI creates, the risks it introduces, and the governance required to stay defensible.
Here’s a closer look at what’s happening.
Five Webinars That Explore AI, Risk, and eDiscovery from Every Angle
This year’s program is deliberately shaped around the tension legal teams feel daily: how to embrace the speed and intelligence AI offers without losing control of accuracy, privacy, privilege, or defensibility. Together, the sessions form a complete picture of where discovery is headed — and what professionals must prepare for.
1. The AI Advantage in Discovery: How AI Is Already Driving Efficiency and Defensibility
AI is transforming document review and early case assessment, helping teams uncover insights faster while reducing volume and cost. But the real value emerges only when AI is explainable, validated, and embedded in defensible workflows. This session highlights real-world examples of AI improving both speed and accuracy — and the safeguards needed to maintain trust. Join Hon. Andrew Peck (ret.), eDiscovery Chick Bree Murphy, and Miguel Villalobos for this revealing look at real world uses for AI.
2. Walk Before You Run: Why Technical Competence Must Precede AI Literacy
AI adoption is impossible without strong technical fundamentals. This discussion with the ACEDS Code & Counsel Working Group examines how gaps in data literacy, tool proficiency, and workflow understanding can amplify risk when AI enters the picture. It’s a reminder that the first step toward safe AI adoption isn’t learning prompts — it’s mastering the technology legal teams already use. Maribel Rivera of ACEDS will host this conversation digging into the need for technical competence.
3. Future-Proofing eDiscovery: Challenges and Considerations Associated with Modern Data Sources
Cloud ecosystems, collaboration tools, mobile content, and AI-generated artifacts now shape the evidentiary landscape. This panel explores the risks associated with these platforms — including inconsistent metadata, complex permissions, ephemeral messages, and AI-created documents — and offers practical ways to collect and preserve them defensibly. Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today will lead this conversation about technical, legal, and ethical considerations and challenges of collecting data from modern data sources with Kelly Twigger, Jerry Bui, and Greg Buckles.
4. Hybrid Work, Hybrid Risks: Guidance for Governing eDiscovery in an AI World
The rise of hybrid work has scattered data across devices, apps, and environments, creating governance challenges unlike anything the industry has seen before. This session dives into how to build governance models that work across distributed teams, cloud-first infrastructures, and AI-assisted workflows — keeping risk controlled even when data is everywhere. Mary Mack of EDRM joins with John Wilson, C. Dawn Martin, Stephanie Clerkin, Hon. Andrew Peck, and David Cohen for a spirited discussion of data risks in the modern workplace.
5. GenAI in eDiscovery: Balancing Speed, Cost, and Risk
Generative AI is now part of the discovery process — whether teams planned for it or not. This session examines how GenAI output becomes discoverable, how hallucinations and data exposure create risk, and how legal teams can put guardrails in place to use GenAI safely. It’s one of the most urgent conversations happening in the field today. This final webinar featuring Nancy Patton of Exterro will examine the unique risks eDiscovery professionals face as GenAI becomes more and more prevalent.
Connect in Person Across Five Cities
In addition to the webinar lineup, E-Discovery Day 2025 includes in-person gatherings in Houston, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta, offering practitioners a chance to discuss AI and risk management face-to-face with their peers.
Whether you’re joining for networking, education, or simply to connect with the community, these meetups anchor eDiscovery Day in real-world relationship building.
Team Exterro.
These events bring together eDiscovery professionals, legal technologists, investigators, and governance leaders for conversations that go deeper than any single session. Whether you’re joining for networking, education, or simply to connect with the community, these meetups anchor eDiscovery Day in real-world relationship building. If you’re in one of these cities, make sure to check for details on eDiscoveryDay.com to sign up!
Why This Year Matters
2025 feels like a turning point. AI is no longer experimental — it’s embedded in platforms legal teams rely on daily. Courts are beginning to weigh in. Regulators are watching. And organizational data is more fragmented, dynamic, and sensitive than ever.
This year’s eDiscovery Day, the 11th anniversary of the initial celebration, exists to help teams navigate that complexity with clarity. The sessions are designed to answer the questions many organizations are only starting to ask:
- What happens when AI creates evidence?
- How do we validate automated recommendations?
- How can hybrid teams reduce risk before collection?
- What workflows remain defensible as data grows more unstructured?
- How do we integrate GenAI without exposing privileged or confidential information?
Whether you’re in legal, IT, privacy, investigations, or compliance, the conversations happening this year are the ones that will shape the next decade of eDiscovery.
Learn More & Register
Visit eDiscoveryDay.com for full details on all five webinars, speakers, and in-person events in Houston, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta.
Registration is free — and sessions fill up fast.
Join us on December 4 as the community comes together to explore how AI, risk, and eDiscovery are converging — and what every organization can do to stay one step ahead.
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