Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Acceleration
In legal tech last week, Craig Ball revised his popular Electronic Evidence Workbook for 2026, Mike Berman advocated for a national standard on “possession, custody and control,” and ComplexDiscovery OU’s Rob Robinson lit the way to address threats to encrypted data via increases in computing power, particularly quantum. Ralph Losey rebutted Matt Shumer’s thesis around AI immediately replacing attorneys, revisiting his own conclusions after the OpenAI bar exam results reassessment. Relativity released a survey of General Counsel with Ari Kaplan and FTI; GCs are worried more this year about regulation and robots.
Join us for our Trusted Partner HaystackID®’s Webcast, Real Benefits, Real Constraints: A Practical Guide to Copilot Rollout, on February 25th at 12PM ET. And, if you are planning your Legalweek, put Nook 750 on your exhibit hall dance card.
Mary Mack, 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 sixth year.
On the EDRM Blog:
- Attorney’s Selection and Ordering of Non-Privileged Documents From a Large Document Set is Work Product—Printing the Universe is Not
- Electronic Evidence Workbook 2026
- Something Big Is Happening — But Not What You Think
- “The Court is keenly interested in whether Defendants’ counsel issued a litigation hold.”
- General Counsel Report Finds Legal Leaders Facing Increased Complexity, Unpredictability, Regulatory Activity and Costs
- Plaintiffs’ Failure to Timely Raise Lack of Defendant’s Privilege Log Defeats Waiver Claim
- HaystackID Launches AI Governance Services to Help Organizations Operationalize Responsible, Defensible AI Oversight
- Crypto-Procrastination: The Dangerous Delay in Preparing for Post-Quantum Data Security
- Possession, Custody, or Control – Need for a Uniform National Standard – Part II
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 25 February 2026, 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] Real Benefits, Real Constraints: A Practical Guide to Copilot Rollout
- 17 March 2026, 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for March 2026
- 25 March 2026, 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] Meaningful Transparency in AI: What Privacy Laws Actually Require
Updates from Around the Globe will return after Legalweek
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
- Recent guests include Timothy Conlon; Jeffrey Fleming and Aleida Gonzalez; Elizabeth Guthrie; Jenny Hamilton; and Tom O’Connor, Elizabeth Guthrie, and Brett Burney.
Recent Echoes of AI Podcast:
- Episode 44 | Lessons for Legal Profession from the Latest Viral Meme: ‘Ask an AI What It Would Do If It Became Human For a Day?’
- Episode 43 | Cross-Examine Your AI: The Lawyer’s Cure for Hallucinations – Debate Format
- Episode 42 | Cross-Examine Your AI: The Lawyer’s Cure for Hallucinations – Discussion Format
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM will be at Legalweek 2026 and would love to see you there. Stop by booth #750 to connect with the team, learn about our active projects, and explore ways to get involved.
- EDRM released an open call for contributors for key projects, including the ESI Protocol Project, the Discovery Workflows Project, the AI-Ethics and Bias Project, and the Testimony Evidence Reference Model (TERM) Project. If you are interested in collaborating and contributing, please email us at info@edrm.net.
- Law.com announced the 2026 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards, highlighting leadership and innovation across the legal technology ecosystem. Lifetime Achievement Awards recipients include Shannon Bales, co-Trustee of the EDRM 2.0 Project; David Greetham, Vice President of Digital Forensics at Trusted Partner Level Legal; and Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist of EDRM. EDRM Trusted Partners HaystackID, Reed Smith, Relativity, and eDiscovery AI were also recognized as finalists across multiple award categories.
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 314th call. For mental health care, consider these professional resources.
All are welcome,
Mary and Holley
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P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM’s GAI and LLM Policy.
