Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Unexpected
In legal tech last week, legal’s security technical debt was exposed when multiple AmLaw firms’ document management systems were identified as the source for insider trading, and the Hon. Ralph Artigliere (ret.) led an expert panel sharing practical ways they have embedded guardrails into their use of AI: Training Is Not Enough: Guardrails for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice (now available on demand)
Join us next week to see a demonstration of EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro’s agentic application on 17 June 2026 | 1 PM ET – 5 Minutes, Not 90: The New Standard for Subpoena Response
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
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
- Unicorn Rejects A.I. Protective/Confidentiality Order – Order Entered in Criminal Case
- Five great reads on cyber, data, and legal discovery for May 2026
- The Most Significant Ethics Decision of 2026? And it is Only May
- Relativity Launches Relativity FOIA to Streamline Public Disclosure Operations for Government Agencies
- It’s the End of eDiscovery as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) — Part IV: The Enduring Value of Human Connection (or, Intentionality and Centering People)
- If “Junk” is Responsive to Your Request, You Can’t Complaint About Getting “Junk”
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 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: Mike Berman covered the most significant ethics decision of 2026. Michael Guttentag, a professor at LMU Loyola Law School, discussed the need to vet information security practices at mergers-and-acquisitions law firms to prevent insider trading following the stunning indictment of 30 legal and financial professionals. Palantir and Kirkland & Ellis announced an AI tool to augment private equity. Challenger reported the highest number of layoffs since 2020, while the economy added 172,000 jobs. The Massachusetts legislature passed comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation, including a ban on the sale of precise location data.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Mike Berman covered how a model standing order regarding AI was applied in a criminal case. Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today covered the EDRM webinar, 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. Gaming-level specs inspired the latest batch of hardware, with parallel processing taking center stage at Computex, rather than serving as a “helper” for the CPU, as traditional desktop CPU shipments plunge. Deepfake hunters in the entertainment industry shared their methods. The Virtual Operation System Museum is a great resource for legacy data.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: The Middle East ceasefire has been off and on through the week. Drones are crossing more than the Ukrainian and Russian borders. WHO launched an Ebola response effort. A 7.8 earthquake struck the Philippines. The US may take a stake in AI companies. The World Cup starts this week. Great cancer news was shared at the annual oncology conference, including a doubling of survival in pancreatic cancer and the possibility of safely forgoing chemotherapy for some with breast cancer. Political support for new data centers has plunged in the US, and Business Insider released a data center construction tracker. Amazon workers got loud, opposing the company’s investment in data centers while it laid off tens of thousands, and Ireland invited new data center applicants to BYOP (Bring Your Own Power).
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Illumination Zone Podcasts
Recent guests include:
- Episode 232 | Jeff Rutherford, Forensic Consultant, and Justin Fitzsimmons, Technical Prosecutor Lead, Magnet Forensics
- Episode 231 | Matthew Hamilton, Forensic Analyst, HaystackID
- Episode 230 | Jeff Shapiro, Managing Director, Europe, HaystackID
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 329th 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
