Dearest EDRM Community,
Word of the week: Throes
In legal tech last week, hostilities between the US and Iran moved toward peace. Anthropic’s newest model was withdrawn from the market as the promise of AI in legal expanded with law firms across the globe announcing innovations. eDiscovery platforms published validation findings from AI experts who reported significant time savings and quality improvements compared with other methodologies.
Wishing our community well during the week of Juneteenth celebrations and observances, and to those gathered at RelFest London.
Mary Mack, CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, EDRM.
Join us this Wednesday, June 17 at 1 PM ET, for “5 Minutes, Not 90: The New Standard for Subpoena Response,” to view our Trusted Partner Exterro’s first agentic AI offering.
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
- HaystackID Unveils New Compliance Oversight for Mobile Electronic Transmissions (COMET) and Showcases Enhanced AI Solutions at London’s LegalTechTalk
- Webinar Transcript | Training Is Not Enough: Guardrails for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice
- Curiosity + AI: Durable Skills, Judgment, and the Future of Legal Work
- AI is becoming an advisor, and it is rewriting how buyers find you
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
- 14 July 2026 | 1 PM ET – Building a Case Chronology That Holds Up from Discovery Through Trial
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: Anthropic’s latest models were suddenly disabled due to a US Export Control directive. Drawing a distinction between search engines and AI-generated overviews, a German court found Google liable for false statements. Bob Ambrogi reflected on a week with major leadership changes at legaltech companies. Richard Tromans analyzed the general AI companies’ moves into the legal vertical. South Korean in-house counsel was advised to act as controllers within a company regarding artificial intelligence (AI) by Yoon & Yang partner Kwang-Wook Lee at the Korea Legal Tech Forum 2026. Palantir and Kirkland & Ellis developed an AI-based funding platform. A coalition of state attorneys is investigating alleged harm by OpenAI products.
- International eDiscovery Trends: Relativity published a study by Robert Keeling and Ray Mangum, Partners at Redgrave, a head-to-head study comparing Relativity aiR for Review, a generative AI review workflow, against a traditional first-pass managed review workflow using active learning, finding dramatic differences. Bennett Borden tested and validated Reveal’s AI offering. Rob Robinson reported that Estonia tightened the scope of electronic evidence collection in criminal matters at the same time the EU E-Evidence Act is speeding up the compliance window, and Britain announced investments in sovereign computing. Sheila Grela identified that durable skills and judgment can be brought to bear in legal AI workflows. Doug Austin covered the Shell Oil case on the issue of production of AI prompts and a Mississippi case where both sides were sanctioned for misuse of AI. CNET provided a step-by-step guide to transfer memory from other AI’s to and from Gemini. Amy Sellars and Tom Corey of Gunster were out early on the Anthropic open-sourced protocol for AI agents to connect to external tools and data sources, Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- World Events Impacting Legal Tech: Swiss voters rejected a population cap, as the new policies on migration and immigration take hold in the EU. Ukraine struck Russian industrial facilities, and Russia struck multiple cities in Ukraine, including a UNESCO cathedral. Royal Forces boarded a Russian oil tanker in the English Channel. A peace deal between the US and Iran to be signed on Friday added to the 80th birthday cage match celebration at the White House. SpaceX, the largest IPO in history, minted a trillionaire. The Ebola epidemic expanded to over 750 cases in the Congo alone. The NY Knicks won the 2026 NBA Championship.
Catch our latest syndicated EDRM Global Podcast Network episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and more.
Illumination Zone Podcasts
Recent guests include:
- Episode 233 | Rishi Chhatwal, Partner, Redgrave LLP
- Episode 232 | Jeff Rutherford, Forensic Consultant, and Justin Fitzsimmons, Technical Prosecutor Lead, Magnet Forensics
- Episode 231 | Matthew Hamilton, Forensic Analyst, HaystackID
EDRM Announcements
- The EDRM team will be out of the office on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. We will return on Monday, June 22.
- Masters AI Los Angeles 2026 takes place on June 17 at Buchalter, with virtual access available for the first time. Attendees can earn six California CLE hours, including one hour of ethics, provided by the San Diego Paralegal Association in association with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). Register 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 330th 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.
