Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Observance
In legal tech last week, March Madness took on a different meaning as bombs flew and airport TSA lines went around corners and downstairs. EDRM hosted “Tom O’Connor Chats with James Province of Microsoft About the Current State of eDiscovery in M365,” and John Tredennick invited Craig Ball and Cat Casey to discuss their new legal AI books in “Something Big Is Happening in AI: Is 2026 the Tipping Point for Litigation, Discovery, and Investigations?” The GenAI Project’s Survey Working Group held a webinar titled “The EDRM GenAI Survey Results: Separating Fact, Fiction, Hype, and Reality,” featuring The Hon. Ralph Artigliere (Ret.), Dr. Maura Grossman, Jason R. Baron, and Bruce Hedin.
This April, we encourage our community to take time to celebrate and be with family and friends. EDRM will be “closed” from April 2 to April 7 for that purpose. Our Tuesday EDRM Community Support Call will still be held at 6 PM ET, as always. If you or a colleague would like to attend, please email info@edrm.net, and we will be happy to welcome you with the camera optional Zoom link.
Mary Mack, 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 seventh year.
On the EDRM Blog:
- Five Faces of the Black Box: How AI ‘Thinks’ and Makes Decisions
- Does Disclosure of Litigation Hold Directive to Preserve “Texts” Waive Privilege?
- When the Agent Goes Off-Script: Meta’s AI-Triggered Data Exposure Revives Old Security Fears
- Nonsensical Spellings and Fabricated Authority Signal Improper Use of Artificial Intelligence
- HaystackID CoreFlex Wins 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award for Advancing GenAI-Driven Legal Workflows
- The M&A Risk of Confusing Market Velocity with Marketing Capability
- Well-Reasoned “Hallucination” Analysis
Upcoming Webinars on the EDRM Global Webinar Channel:
- 30 March 2026, 1 PM ET – The EDRM GenAI Survey Results: Separating Fact, Fiction, Hype, and Reality
- 14 April 2026, 1 PM ET – Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for April 2026
- 16 April 2026, 1 PM ET – Deposition Masterclass: 5 Key Strategies for Testimony that Wins Cases
- 22 April 2026, 12 PM ET – [HaystackID® Webcast] When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Deepfakes, Digital Evidence, and Proving Authenticity in the Age of AI
- 29 April 2026, 11 AM ET – [EDRM Workshop] Discovery at a Crossroads: Global Perspectives on Emerging Challenges
Updates from Around the Globe:
- Global Legal Tech Developments: Juries found that Meta and Google’s engagement algorithms were addictive, using tort law, Yahoo Finance reported. TechCrunch explained why OpenAI shut down the video platform Sora, and it does not appear to be related to copyright or deepfake risks. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning a mammoth, innovative IPO, Axios said. Google asserts Q Day will hit by 2029, a few short years away. Wired explains why the US has banned foreign routers. EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID analyzed the White House’s AI Framework, impacting compliance, legal, cyber, and regulatory risk. India onboarded 2000 lawyers using AI to assist consumers, CXOToday reported.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Artificial Lawyer confirmed the rumor that EDRM Trusted Partner Relativity has filed for an IPO, and Law.com’s Rhys Dipshan looked at the possibilities. EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID announced its CoreFlex platform has won a 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award from the Business Intelligence Group for its GenAI innovation in legal data and investigative workflows. EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro examined how early use of smarter early case assessment can help legal teams decide to litigate or settle with greater confidence. EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint’s CEO and Founder, Rakesh Madhava, recently joined Matt Rasmussen, CEO of ModeOne, for a candid conversation about the eDiscovery trends defining 2026.
Thank you to EDRM Trusted Partner eDiscovery Today’s Doug Austin for including EDRM authors in his Kitchen Sink: Ralph Losey’s explainer on Five Faces of the Black Box: How AI ‘Thinks’ and Makes Decisions, ComplexDiscovery’s Rob Robinson on When the Agent Goes Off-Script: Meta’s AI-Triggered Data Exposure Revives Old Security Fears, and Mike Berman on Does Disclosure of Litigation Hold Directive to Preserve “Texts” Waive Privilege? - World Events Impacting Legal Tech: The world’s religions begin observing sacred days in April. After a month of the US war with Iran, drones were fired from Yemen as the Houthis entered the fray, reported the Detroit News. Reuters reports that Pakistan will host regional powers to open the Strait of Hormuz and diffuse the conflict. The Times of Israel reports that Israel struck an Iranian university in central Tehran, which was allegedly used for weapons R&D. MIT announced it hosted a hackathon to assist Ukraine. ICE will remain in US airports even after TSA agents begin being paid, Reuters reports. Nestle announced that 12 tons of KitKat bars were stolen. NASA warns that it is fireball season for meteors. March Madness continues this week for the NCAA and the Women’s NCAA, as reported by USA Today.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Illumination Zone Podcasts:
- Recent guests include Jon Robins; Michael Cammack and Stephanie Wienke; Greg Moreman; Cash Butler and Marc Mandel; and Timothy Conlon.
Echoes of AI Podcast:
EDRM Announcements:
- EDRM Congratulates Community Leaders Honored at the Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards 2026.
- ComplexDiscovery OÜ and EDRM released a complete analysis of the Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey, the fifteenth edition of the semi-annual Pricing Pulse research series.
- EDRM’s CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, Mary Mack, was recently featured in Legaltech News, discussing how outcomes and relationships are becoming more important than pricing for clients in the eDiscovery market.
- EDRM has been named the #1 firm in eDiscovery in JD Supra’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards for the fourth consecutive year. We are grateful to JD Supra and to our global community for your continued support.
- 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 319th 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.
