Dearest EDRM Community,
Phrase of the week: Tectonic Shock
In legal tech last week, we congratulated our Trusted Partner HaystackID for acquiring pioneer eDiscoveryAI, and courts grappled with hallucinated citations and AI-ESI. As international conflicts intensify, our collaborative legal tech community will gather in NY. Travel safely!
We are very grateful for the honor of the JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award for eDiscovery for the light it shines on our insightful authors and faculty, who turn the very complex into new meaning. Congratulations to the top authors, Ralph Losey, Rob Robinson, Mary Bennett, Brett Burney, and Amit Jaju.
Mary Mack and Holley Robinson, EDRM.
We’d love to see you next week at Legalweek. Drop by Nook 750 or reach out for an appointment at info@edrm.net.
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 seventh year.
On the EDRM Blog:
- A “Practical Control” Decision Rejects the “Legal Right” Standard
- Survey: Nearly 90% of Legal and Tech Pros Say Operational Gaps, Not Regulation, Threaten Defensibility
- HaystackID Acquires eDiscovery AI to Accelerate Client-Driven GenAI Workflows
- Privilege Waived Because Pre-Production Measures Were Not Shown to Be Reasonable
- Detecting Deep Fakes
- Time of Production of Substantive and Impeachment Video vis-à-vis Date of Deposition
- EDRM Earns JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Award for 2026
- Non-Party Waited Too Long to Request to Use A.I., and Did Not Provide Sufficient Details
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 17 March 2026, 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for March 2026
- 19 March 2026, 1 PM ET – Tom O’Connor Chats with James Province of Microsoft About the Current State of eDiscovery in M365
- 24 March 2026, 1 PM ET – Something Big Is Happening in AI: Is 2026 the Tipping Point for Litigation, Discovery, and Investigations?
- 25 March 2026, 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] Meaningful Transparency in AI: What Privacy Laws Actually Require
- 30 March 2026, 1 PM ET – The EDRM GenAI Survey Results: Separating Fact, Fiction, Hype, and Reality
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 Greg Moreman; Cash Butler and Marc Mandel; Timothy Conlon; Jeffrey Fleming and Aleida Gonzalez; and Elizabeth Guthrie.
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 has been named the #1 Firm in eDiscovery in JD Supra’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The annual recognition highlights top firms and authors for thought leadership and reader engagement. Several EDRM authors and Trusted Partners were also individually ranked, including Ralph Losey, Rob Robinson (HaystackID), Mary Bennett (HaystackID), Brett Burney (Nextpoint), and Amit Jaju (Ankura). We are grateful to JD Supra and to our global community for your continued support.
- 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.
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 315th 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.
