Word of the week: Generational
In legal tech last week, as elections across the globe introduced change, technology adoption, with all of its challenges and opportunities, permeated our personal, business, and legal lives.
Add your thoughts to the eDiscovery Day 2026 Comprehensive AI Adoption and Strategy Survey and join us today, Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 1 PM ET for The Judicious Judge’s Guide to Generative AI and LLMs, Session 2. The Hon. Scott Schlegel will join Dr. Maura Grossman, the Hon. Allison Goddard, and the Hon. Sam Thumma (Ret.) to discuss confidentiality, privacy, and security.
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
And save the dates:
– On Monday, Nov. 16, at 1 PM ET, Doug Austin, Tom O’Connor, Judge Andrew Peck (Ret.), and I return with Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for November 2026, covering redacted witness-prep documents, AI sanctions, and discoverability of an expert’s AI use, sponsored by our Trusted Partner ComplexDiscovery.
– On Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 1 PM ET, Tara Emory, Dr. Maura Grossman, Stephanie Clerkin, and Lea Bays explore whether GenAI review prompts must be disclosed in You Can’t See My Prompts, or Can You?.
Register for all three webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel.
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Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel
- 10 November | 1 PM ET – The Judicious Judge’s Guide to Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models – Session 2
- 16 November | 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for November 2026
- 17 November | 1 PM ET – You Can’t See My Prompts, or Can You?
- 18 November | 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] When Standard eDiscovery Isn’t Enough: Strategies for High-Stakes, Specialized Litigation
Can’t make it to a live session? Past EDRM webinars are available to watch anytime on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel. Missed a recent one? Catch up on our most recent on-demand webinars:
- Beyond Search: From Keywords to AI-Integrated Discovery
- The DSAR Horror Story: When Privacy Requests Become eDiscovery Matters
- Comprehensive eDiscovery Case Management
Updates from Our Trusted Partners
- Tallinn Digital Summit’s second morning asks who controls the AI Europe runs on: ComplexDiscovery examines Europe’s dependence on foreign AI providers, including vendor concentration, U.S. export controls, and the risks of disruptions to critical AI services.
- Legaltech News: What DSARs Reveal About an Organization’s Data Maturity: HaystackID’s Esther Birnbaum and Christopher Wall examine how data subject access requests (DSARs) can reveal gaps in data governance, information management, and privacy compliance. Originally published in Legaltech News.
- The complete guide to corporate ediscovery budgets: Nextpoint’s Michael Beumer examines corporate eDiscovery pricing models, cost predictability, and budgeting strategies, incorporating market data from ComplexDiscovery.
- Cellebrite Appoints Rogerio Rizzi Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development: Cellebrite appointed Rogerio Rizzi as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development, bringing experience in AI, technology strategy, and corporate growth from Okta and SAP.
- Tallinn Digital Summit opens on who holds the rope in the agentic era: ComplexDiscovery reports on discussions at the Tallinn Digital Summit concerning AI agent accountability, government oversight, frontier model testing, and digital sovereignty.
- The Binance Hack: Following the Evidence from Endpoint Access to Transaction Authority: Exterro’s Robert Bond examines the reported Binance attack from a digital forensics perspective, focusing on evidence needed to assess possible endpoint compromise, credential exposure, transaction authorization, and the scope of the attack.
- Building an Operational Layer for eDiscovery with Agility Blue: Proteus Discovery’s Austin J. Hagen explains how the company is using Agility Blue to connect matter information, develop workflow automation, and improve operational visibility throughout the eDiscovery lifecycle.
- How to investigate business email compromise (BEC): from fraudulent email to full scope: Magnet Forensics’ Jeff Rutherford outlines a digital forensic approach to business email compromise investigations, including evidence preservation, account activity reconstruction, incident scoping, and remediation.
- Close Calls: An Interactive Look at the Redgrave Study of aiR Review: Relativity revisits Redgrave LLP’s simulated study comparing aiR Review with a human review team, examines documents on which reviewers disagreed about responsiveness, and offers an interactive exercise based on documents from the study.
- Skilled Skepticism: How Pro Bono Teams Put AI to Work: Relativity reports on a Relativity Fest 2026 panel exploring how pro bono legal teams use AI, emphasizing appropriate tool selection, attorney oversight, and critical evaluation of AI-generated results.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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Recent guests include:
- Episode 245 | Ralph Losey, CEO, Losey AI, LLC
- Episode 244 | Khrhysna “Khrys” McKinney, Founder, K. L. McKinney
- Episode 243 | Robb Caruso, Vice President of Legal and Cyber Solutions, HaystackID
EDRM Announcements
- Survey Request: Cybersecurity, information governance and legal discovery professionals are invited to complete ComplexDiscovery OÜ’s Summer 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey. Now in its sixteenth edition and conducted in partnership with EDRM, the anonymized survey takes approximately five minutes and is open through November 20, 2026.
- Save the Date: Join us on December 3, 2026, for the 12th annual eDiscovery Day! Founded by Trusted Partner Exterro and co-sponsored by EDRM, eDiscovery Today, ACEDS, and LegalOps.com, this year’s event will feature educational programming, including a keynote exploring AI’s evolving role in eDiscovery, featuring new industry research, a live oral argument on AI, and recognition of the inaugural Rising Stars of eDiscovery. Learn more here.
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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
