Weekly Letter to Our EDRM Global Community – 17 March 2026

Letter to the EDRM Global Community – 17 March 2026, EDRM.
Image: Holley Robinson, EDRM.

Dearest EDRM Community,

Word of the week: Convergence

In legal tech last week, Legalweek made a successful shift to the Javits Center, where we loved exploring the advances and challenges our community shared with each other. We particularly enjoyed being gathered in close conversation with the smartest people with the largest hearts. Our EDRM 2.0 draft candidate was considered and approved by an overwhelming majority.

The Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award went to Shannon Bales, David Greetham, Florinda Baldridge, Colleen Kenney, Heena Bhambhlani and Mary Mack. Laura Danielson earned a Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award, and Alex Ponce de Leon was named Innovator of the Year – Legal Department (Individual).

Congratulations to the Legalweek team for a great conference, and thank you for the recognition. Thank you to those who gave their considered opinion on the EDRM 2.0 draft candidate (and the project team that produced it), and those who shared ideas and introductions with us. Thank you for the warm reception from our LegalTech leaders, and for those of you who shared your pricing insights with us. A special thank you to those bringing the spirit of Kaylee Walstad into every room. Until next time!

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 seventh year.

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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.

Authors

  • Mary Mack is the CEO and Chief Legal Technologist for EDRM. Mary was the co-editor of the Thomson Reuters West Treatise, eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel for 10 years and the co-author of A Process of Illumination: the Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery. She holds the CISSP among her certifications.

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  • Holley Robinson is the Senior Marketing Operations Manager for EDRM and ComplexDiscovery OÜ. She supports social media strategy, podcast and webinar production, and content management for EDRM while also overseeing updates to ComplexDiscovery’s industry-recognized eDisclosure Buyers Guide and assisting with their social media and content efforts. A recent graduate of Texas Tech University with a background in marketing, Holley began her journey in eDiscovery as an intern with EDRM and now contributes to amplifying valuable resources for the eDiscovery community.

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