Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Permeate
In legal tech last week, Mike Berman surfaced an unreported Kentucky case in which deepfake evidence led to jail time for the proponent, and Gartner predicted a doubling of in-house legal tech budgets.
Wishing our global community a joyful and inclusive Pride Month this June.
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
Please join us on June 2 at 1 PM Eastern for Training Is Not Enough: Guardrails for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice with the Hon. Ralph Artigliere (ret.), Professor Bill Hamilton, Rose Hunter Jones, Suzanne Clark, and Dr. Varun Perumal Chadalavada.
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
- Deepfake Photos Admitted – Proponent Held in Contempt – 45-Day Incarceration
- EEOC v. Mia Aesthetics Clinic ATL, LLC – Round III
- Ireland’s AI regulator role gets a hard look at Dublin Tech Summit
- EEOC’s Tenacious Pursuit of Discovery Bore Fruit
- It’s the End of eDiscovery as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) — Part III: The Evolution of Career Planning (Modern Career Assets for a New Era)
- Request for Expedited Discovery Granted; Motion to Stay Discovery Denied
- HaystackID Advances AI-Enabled Privacy, Security and Legal Discovery Across European Market
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 02 June 2026 | 1 PM ET – Training Is Not Enough: Guardrails for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice
- 17 June 2026 | 1 PM ET – 5 Minutes, Not 90: The New Standard for Subpoena Response
- 23 June 2026 | 1 PM ET – AI Meets the Enterprise Platform: Discovery Challenges at the Intersection of Copilot and Microsoft 365
- 24 June 2026 | 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] The Rising Tide of DSARs: Transforming Access Requests from Compliance Burden to Strategic Capability
Can’t make it to a live session? Past EDRM webinars are available to watch anytime on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel.
Updates from Around the Globe
- Global Legal Tech Developments: ComplexDiscovery OÜ reported on-site on the influential AI regulator at the Dublin tech summit. Drexel Law associate professor Anat Lior analyzed whether AI has an obligation to report humans contemplating violence. A crypto security pioneer declared that all decentralized finance (DeFi) is unsafe. IBM and Red Hat committed $5 billion toward safer open-source software in the AI era.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Mike Berman reported on a case involving jail time after a finding of contempt for a deepfake entered as evidence in a divorce case. The Global Legal Post gathered reactions regarding Gartner’s report on legal AI tools, which predicted a doubling of LegalTech budgets. Brett Burney and Doug Austin talk ESI checklists. NVIDIA announced AI supercomputer-class desktop PCs.
Thank you to eDiscovery Today’s Kitchen Sink for highlighting EDRM authors: Rob Robinson, defining marketing competence, Mike Berman on the EEOC’s tenacious pursuit of eDiscovery, and, of course, Aaron Patton’s Gates Dogfish memes. - World Events Impacting Legal Tech: ABC reported that the US intercepted an Iranian attack on Kuwait. The Russia-Ukraine war may spread to Belarus and now includes robots or land drones. The BBC chronicled the Mandelson messages release, with implications for Epstein-associated politicians. Malaysia banned social media accounts for children under 16. A United flight was diverted because of a Bluetooth name (bomb). While Ebola is spreading, there have been recoveries. Major medical advances for pancreatic cancer treatment and breast cancer were announced.
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
- 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 328th 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
