eDiscovery Today Announces 2024 State of the Industry Report

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HOUSTON, TX, January 9, 2023 – eDiscovery Today, the only daily blog for electronic discovery, cybersecurity, data privacy and information governance trends, best practices and case law, and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), leading the way for global best practices in e-discovery, announce the release of the 2024 State of the Industry Report regarding key trends in eDiscovery.

Compiled by eDiscovery Today and sponsored by EDRM, the fourth annual report discusses key trends including experience and impact of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, use of predictive coding technology, discovery of data from mobile devices and collaboration apps, use cases for eDiscovery, biggest overall eDiscovery trends in 2024 and the eDiscovery challenges not being discussed enough.

With the explosion in popularity of large language models and generative AI technology, 2023 was a pivotal year not only for eDiscovery, but also for business and society in general.

Doug Austin, editor of eDiscovery Today.

“With the explosion in popularity of large language models and generative AI technology, 2023 was a pivotal year not only for eDiscovery, but also for business and society in general”, stated Doug Austin, editor of eDiscovery Today. “The 2024 State of the Industry Report addresses the impact of those trends on eDiscovery, as well as progression on existing trends and challenges and is the most comprehensive report we’ve issued to date. I’m grateful to everyone who participated in this year’s report and especially grateful to eDiscovery Today Foundational Partner EDRM for once again sponsoring and promoting the survey and report!”

“The eDiscovery Today survey, rich with quantitative data to highlight trends over time, has become a barometer of adoption, challenge and expansion of eDiscovery technology and practice,” said Mary Mack, CEO of EDRM. “EDRM is proud to sponsor and promote this survey with our trusted media partner, eDiscovery Today, and we are grateful to our EDRM community for their enthusiastic response.”

The report includes survey results regarding key trends of 444 legal industry professionals (with breakouts by corporate, law firm, service/software provider and consultancy respondents) and observations from 38 key industry thought leaders regarding these trends. This FREE report is available to email followers of eDiscovery Today. To follow eDiscovery Today, go to the eDiscovery Today website and enter your email address in the right sidebar to receive this report and any other reports published by eDiscovery Today, as well as emails with links to new posts.

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About eDiscovery Today

Authored and edited by industry expert Doug Austin, eDiscovery Today is the only daily go-to resource for eDiscovery and eDisclosure professionals seeking to keep up with trends, best practices and case law in electronic discovery, information governance, cybersecurity and data privacy. Doug has over 30 years of experience as an industry thought leader providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting, software product management and technical project management services for numerous commercial and government clients.

In addition, Doug has provided fresh educational content through his blogging to the legal technology community every business day for over twelve years containing case abstracts, conference reviews, industry happenings, leadership interviews and more. eDiscovery Today on Social Media: LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

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