Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Milestone.
In legal tech last week, our community crossed several milestones: Clio emerged with a $5 billion valuation, and Gartner predicted a LegalTech slowdown. A new generation of AI began to emerge, and a court ordered production of 20 million ChatGPT conversations. EDRM will celebrate its 300th Community Support call.
We are grateful to Sheila Grela and the San Diego Paralegal Association (SDPA) for inviting EDRM to host their annual Friendsgiving. Please join us in honoring our Kaylee Walstad during her first heavenly birthday month, celebrating her enduring impact and spirit of community.
Mary Mack and Holley Robinson, EDRM.
Let’s remain united in our support for each other. For support or to assist a colleague, contact us at info@edrm.net and join our weekly Community Support Call, now in its sixth year.
On the EDRM Blog:
- HaystackID’s CoreFlex Named “Overall eDiscovery Solution of the Year”
- Why You Need to Walk Before You Run: AI Readiness Starts with Technical Competence
- Endpoint Inspector: A Modern, Flexible and User-Friendly Solution for Your Organization
- Did the 2015 Deletion of “Not Reasonably Calculated” From Rule 26(b)(1) Change the Scope of Discovery?
- The AI Advantage in Discovery: How AI is Already Driving Efficiency and Defensibility
- No Milestone Was Established in the ESI Protocol = No Milestone Existed
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 17 November 2025, 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for November 2025
- 18 November 2025,1 PM ET – Nextpoint Product Showcase: How to Win Cases with Compelling Visual Presentations
- 8 December 2025, 1 PM ET – Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Key eDiscovery and Information Governance Considerations for In-House Legal Teams
- 10 December 2025, 1 PM ET – Beyond Document Review: GenAI for Partner-Level Trial Strategy and Investigations
- 17 December 2025, 1 PM ET – Simplify Internal Investigations with Guardian Collaborate for Enterprise
- 18 December 2025, 1 PM ET – Most Important eDiscovery Case Law Rulings of 2025
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Denton’s Karyn Harty shared The Law Society’s guidance for solicitors on generative artificial intelligence. Gartner’s Weston Wicks predicted a slowdown in Legaltech. Clio was valued at $5 billion after its acquisition of vLex. ComplexDiscovery* reported on the trifurcation of legal services at The Legal Tech Fund (TLTF)’s conference. TechCrunch noticed Harvey’s $8 billion valuation. Yann Lecun’s new startup announced a focus on World Models built on learning from video and specialized data, designed to deliver better results than LLMs trained on text. Communities are not all excited about data centers, with organized resistance emerging. Anthropic announced that it had disrupted AI-automated espionage. Ars Technica reported on researchers disputing the autonomous part.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Proteus Discovery Group’s* Ray Biederman was honored with the Indianapolis Bar Association’s John Morton Finney Jr. Award for Excellence in Legal Education. DISCO* and Ari Kaplan examined the rate of AI adoption among lawyers and the barriers. HaystackID’s* CoreFlex was named Overall eDiscovery Solution of the Year. Exterro’s* theme for eDiscovery Day is efficient and defensible AI. Google is building private AI clouds and adding data types to NotebookLM, such as structured data, Word docs, handwritten pages, and (gasp!) linked files. Wired penned an explainer on Microsoft’s Recall. OpenAI released ChatGPT group chat, decried being ordered to produce 20 million conversations.
Thank you to eDiscovery Today’s* Doug Austin for filling his Kitchen Sink with EDRM bloggers: Mike Berman on Did the 2015 Deletion of “Not Reasonably Calculated” From Rule 26(b)(1) Change the Scope of Discovery? and No Milestone Was Established in the ESI Protocol = No Milestone Existed and Aaron Patton’s Gates Dogfish hysterical memes. eDiscovery Day, stewarded by Exterro, is Thursday, December 4, 2025; secure your virtual seat and check out the live events here.
*EDRM Trusted Partner - World Events Impacting Legal Tech: According to news reports, Russia hit Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and a Polish rail supplying aid to Ukraine was destroyed. Israel addressed settler violence. Iran turned to cloud seeding to mitigate their historic drought and admitted taking an oil tanker from the Strait of Hormuz. China rescued its marooned astronauts. Hundreds of thousands protested in Manila against corruption, and thousands protested in Mexico City against crime and corruption. US airports returned to capacity after reductions due to the shutdown.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Recent Illumination Zone Podcasts:
- Recent guests include Greg Moreman, Justin Tolman, Capri Miller, Alex Walstad, and Bryan Bellack.
Recent Echoes of AI Podcast:
- Episode 40 | Google’s New ‘Quantum Echoes Algorithm’ and My Last Article, ‘Quantum Echo’ (Debate Style)
- Episode 39 | Google’s New ‘Quantum Echoes Algorithm’ and My Last Article, ‘Quantum Echo’ (Conversational)
- Episode 38 | From Ships to Silicon: Personhood and Evidence in the Age of AI
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM will be out of the office from November 21 to December 1 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell hosted EDRM’s Mary Mack on the Kennedy-Mighell report, the longest-running legal tech podcast.
- Save the date for eDiscovery Day on December 4! Founded and led by Trusted Partner Exterro, this year features five webinars on “AI, Risk, and the Future of eDiscovery.”
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 300th 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 GAI and LLM Policy.
