Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Connection
In legal tech last week, EDRM’s GenAI Working Group brought together leading voices for The EDRM GenAI Survey Results: Separating Fact, Fiction, Hype, and Reality, a timely discussion on how legal professionals are approaching generative AI in practice. Hon. Ralph Artigliere (Ret.), Dr. Maura R. Grossman, Dr. Bruce Hedin, and Professor Jason R. Baron examined the survey findings and discussed common legal use cases, evaluation of emerging tools, and personal perspectives on transparency and disclosure in eDiscovery.
As April blooms, we hope our community finds moments to rest and connect in ways that are most meaningful to them.
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
The EDRM team is “out of office” through April 7 and will return on Wednesday, April 8.
Our weekly Community Support Call will still be held on Tuesday, as always. All Are Welcome.
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:
- Suggested A.I. Rule – Proposed Amendment to Maryland’s Computer-Generated Evidence Rule
- From Digital Investigations to Business Resilience: Key Private Sector Trends for 2026
- Important A.I. Work Product and Protective Order Decision: Application to Pro Se Litigant and Beyond?
- HaystackID® in the EDRM Illumination Zone: Michael Cammack and Stephanie Wienke
- “Colorado policy could shield AI from complaints regarding unauthorized practice of law”
- Making the Subjective Objective: A Scoring Framework for Evaluating eDiscovery Vendor Viability in 2026
- When Should a Motion for Sanctions be Filed?
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 14 April 2026, 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for April 2026
- 16 April 2026, 1 PM ET – Deposition Masterclass: 5 Key Strategies for Testimony that Wins Cases
- 22 April 2026, 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Deepfakes, Digital Evidence, and Proving Authenticity in the Age of AI
- 29 April 2026, 11 AM ET – [EDRM Workshop] Discovery at a Crossroads: Global Perspectives on Emerging Challenges
Updates from Around the Globe Will Return Next Week
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Illumination Zone Podcasts:
- Recent guests include Jon Robins; Michael Cammack and Stephanie Wienke; Greg Moreman; Cash Butler and Marc Mandel; and Timothy Conlon.
EDRM Announcements:
- The EDRM team is “out of office” through April 7 and will return on Wednesday, April 8.
- ComplexDiscovery OÜ and EDRM released a complete analysis of the Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey, the fifteenth edition of the semi-annual Pricing Pulse research series.
- 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 320th call. For mental health care, consider these professional resources.
All are welcome,
Mary and Holley
Subscribe to EDRM’s Weekly Newsletter
P.S. This update was assisted by GAI and LLM Technologies as per EDRM’s GAI and LLM Policy.
