Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Harbinger
In legal tech last week, news reached us that other disciplines, like security and health care, were bemoaning AI hallucinations. The legal community is hard at work developing workflows and tools to mitigate hallucinations in legal practice amid the spotlight on court-sanctioned citation errors. This may be one time the legal community is leading the way with technology.
Please join us for HaystackID’s Webcast hosted by EDRM, “The AI eDiscovery Sea Change: Privilege, Work Product, and Hyperlink Productions,” on May 20, 2026, at 12 PM Eastern.
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
The EDRM team will be out of the office from Thursday through Tuesday in observance of Memorial Day, and we look forward to reconnecting with you when we return on Wednesday.
Let’s remain united in our support for each other. For support or to assist a colleague, contact us at info@edrm.net to join our weekly Community Support Call, now in its seventh year.
On the EDRM Blog
- What is a “Shotgun” Pleading?
- More data, fewer resources: What 100+ legal professionals say is holding ediscovery back in 2026
- Using AI for Legal Tasks: When Delegation Becomes a Dirty Word
- It’s the End of eDiscovery as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (…and You Should Too) — Part I: A Sea Change
- Exterro Launches Industry’s First Autonomous AI Engine to Eliminate Up to 95% of manual Subpoena Work and Reclaim 7,500 Enterprise Hours
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 19 May 2026, 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for May 2026
- 20 May 2026, 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] The AI eDiscovery Sea Change: Privilege, Work Product, and Hyperlink Productions
- 03 June 2026, 1 PM ET – Training Is Not Enough: Guardrails for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice
Updates from Around the Globe
- Global Legal Tech Developments: The Hon. Ralph Artigliere explored governance and appropriate delegation using AI for legal work. Exterro released Subpoena Manager, an agent-based AI-enabled workflow app for importing and managing subpoenas. STAT reported that hallucinations are plaguing medical research papers. Big Four consulting giant Ernst & Young retracted a survey on loyalty programs due to hallucinations. ArXiv, the research repository, will ban authors for a year for submitting AI slop. The Canadian Lawyer interviewed experts who identified the top three security risks facing law firms. Non-billable covered legal tech entrepreneurs on Claude for Legal.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Phil Favro analyzed AI restrictions in protective orders for HaystackID. Mike Berman explored shotgun pleadings. Nextpoint found review and collection to be the top challenges for eDiscovery teams. Gina Taranto surveyed the changes in eDiscovery engendered by AI, finding that eDiscovery skills and experience are directly applicable to the new paradigm. Bob Ambrogi covered Don Swanson’s eDig365 debut at CLOC. Police arrested twins after they forgot to end a Teams call that was still recording. Instead of handwringing about Q-Day, when quantum capabilities may enable unauthorized decryption at scale, IBM and Thales explained how to prepare for Q-Day. Siri will reportedly offer disappearing chats.
Thank you to Doug Austin for covering EDRM authors in his Kitchen Sink: Rob Robinson on the upcoming enforcement of the Take it Down Act, Mike Berman on Shotgun Pleadings, and the Hon. Ralph Artigliere on Using AI for Legal Tasks: When Delegation Becomes a Dirty Word. - World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Russia launched 300 drones against Ukraine and visited China for a trade summit immediately after the US visit. A drone strike caused a fire near a nuclear plant in the UAE. Israel’s IDF confirmed the death of Hamas’ Ghost, a leader in hiding. The Vatican created a commission on AI, and Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah will join the Pope in announcing an AI Encyclical. The Council of Europe reinterpreted migrants’ rights to include expelling them. A joint US-Nigerian operation killed the second in command for ISIS worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Illumination Zone Podcasts
Recent guests include:
- Episode 231 | Matthew Hamilton, Forensic Analyst, HaystackID
- Episode 230 | Jeff Shapiro, Managing Director, Europe, HaystackID
- Episode 229 | Jim Sullivan, Founder and CEO, eDiscovery AI
EDRM Announcements
- The EDRM team will be out of the office from Thursday through Tuesday in observance of Memorial Day. We will return on Wednesday, May 27.
- The 1H 2026 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, from ComplexDiscovery OÜ and EDRM, is now open. Please take five minutes to share your insights and help capture the pulse of our industry.
- 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 327th 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
