Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Advances
In legal tech last week, we celebrated the fathers amongst us, EDRM’s Information Governance Reference Model project team released the User Guide to IGRM 4.1, and EDRM and Exterro collaborated on a survey to measure AI adoption in eDiscovery. Your input will make a difference.
EDRM will be closed June 25-July 8, except for the Tuesday Community Support calls. Join us for two forward thinking Trusted Partner webinars before the holidays:
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
23 June 2026 | 1 PM ET – AI Meets the Enterprise Platform: Discovery Challenges at the Intersection of Copilot and Microsoft 365, with Redgrave LLP
24 June 2026 | 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] The Rising Tide of DSARs: Transforming Access Requests from Compliance Burden to Strategic Capability
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
- Is it OK if “Actual Authorities” Support the “Bogus” Proposition Set Out in a Hallucinated Case?
- EDRM Releases Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) v4.1 with Comprehensive Updates for Unified Governance
- A.I. Protective Order—Again
- Relativity bets legal teams will talk to their data, not just search it
- Trial Court’s Order Contained Hallucinated Mistake
- Relativity Expands AI Platform for Legal Data Intelligence with Conversational AI and No-Code Custom Document Analyses
- Grant of Defendant’s Summary Judgment Motion Led to Denial of Defendant’s Sanctions Motion
- Why Quantum Law, and Why Now? Privacy, Proof, and Judgment in the Next Technology Shift to Quantum
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 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
- 14 July 2026 | 1 PM ET – Building a Case Chronology That Holds Up from Discovery Through Trial
- 16 July 2026 | 1 PM ET – Digital Evidence: Mapping the Landscape with Case Insights
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: Ralph Losey introduced his groundbreaking Quantum Law Course. Mike Berman parsed hallucination cases from a trial court and a litigant trying to mitigate one, plus a recurring AI Protective Order. Rhode Island issued AI ethics rules. Plat4orm and Edge Marketing partnered to assist clients in AI visibility. A deepfake bill advanced through committee in the US Senate. An International Criminal Court prosecutor was suspended by the British Bar for alleged misconduct.
- International eDiscovery Trends: EDRM’s IGRM project team released the User Guide for the IGRM 4.1 graphic. EDRM and Exterro released a survey on AI adoption in eDiscovery. Rob Robinson of ComplexDiscovery alerted us that the US DOJ is using AI to evaluate HSR filings. HaystackID presented at LegalTechTalk in London on deepfakes, with practical advice on protecting oneself and one’s organization, and introduced Compliance Oversight for Mobile Electronic Transmissions (HaystackID COMET™). ComplexDiscovery analyzed the data and information war in Ukraine.
Thank you to Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today for including Ralph Losey’s Why Quantum Law, and Why Now? Privacy, Proof, and Judgment in the Next Technology Shift to Quantum and Mike Berman’s Trial Court’s Order Contained Hallucinated Mistake.
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Ukraine’s drones have hit infrastructure in Russia, and gasoline sales in Crimea were reduced for civilians due to refinery blasts. Israel-Iran’s shaky peace continued to be negotiated as the Strait of Hormuz opened and closed. Norway imposed restrictions on AI for elementary school children. Microsoft contracted with Chevron on a natural gas-powered data center. The UK’s Starmer announced his resignation. France and Europe experienced two heat domes. China sanctioned companies and restricted more rare earth minerals. Wildfires started early in the US West, in Florida, Alaska, and Nevada. Ebola continued to spread, with 1,003 reported cases and 254 deaths.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Illumination Zone Podcasts
Recent guests include:
- Episode 234 | Frank Ready, Manager of External Communications, Legal and Regulatory, Wolters Kluwer
- Episode 233 | Rishi Chhatwal, Partner, Redgrave LLP
- Episode 232 | Jeff Rutherford, Forensic Consultant, and Justin Fitzsimmons, Technical Prosecutor Lead, Magnet Forensics
EDRM Announcements
- The EDRM team will be out of the office from Thursday, June 25, through Tuesday, July 7, in observance of Independence Day. We will return on Wednesday, July 8.
- We’ve teamed up with our longtime Trusted Partner Exterro to survey legal professionals on AI adoption in eDiscovery. The survey is anonymous, vendor-neutral, and takes just five minutes. Share your insights here.
- 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 331st 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.
