The EDRM GenAI Survey Results: Separating Fact, Fiction, Hype, and Reality Monday, March 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time.

The EDRM GenAI Survey Results 📊 

Join us next week for a live webinar digging into the data on real‑world GenAI adoption, legal use cases, and transparency expectations in eDiscovery.

📅 Mon, Mar 30 | 1 PM ET | Register: buff.ly/uGPmBnv

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Illumination Zone: Episode 227 | Michael Cammack and Stephanie Wienke of HaystackID sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson | JD Supra The two share insights into the unique challenges of bringing an entire organization into an AI governance framework, covering topics from the highly technical to the entirely human.

Governance debt in AI systems? 💡

@haystackid.bsky.social's Michael Cammack & Stephanie Wienke join Mary Mack & Holley Robinson to unpack HITRUST, oversight challenges, and how AI governance evolves from checklist to culture.

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[HaystackID® Webcast] Meaningful Transparency in AI: What Privacy Laws Actually Require Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM Central Daylight Time.

Are your AI disclosures actually defensible? ⚖️

Tomorrow, EDRM hosts a @haystackid.bsky.social webcast on what privacy laws really require for meaningful transparency in AI use and automated decisions.

🗓️ Wed, Mar 25 | 12 PM ET | Register: buff.ly/iCdl5bi

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What People Want to Know About AI: Top 10 Curiosity Index | JD Supra Gemini 3.1 Pro Surprises: Synthesizing the Top 10 AI Questions of 2024–2026 - I was recently struck by a capability in the pro version of Gemini that...

How does AI really think, and what are people most worried about? 🤖

@losey-ai.bsky.social's new "Top 10 Curiosity Index" highlights key AI concerns, including job security, data privacy, misinformation, and more.

🔟 See the Top 10 AI questions: buff.ly/43ksWYF

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Tom O'Connor Chats with James Province of Microsoft About the Current State of eDiscovery in M365 Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time.

Real‑world eDiscovery in M365 🔍

Tomorrow, join Tom O'Connor and Microsoft's James Province for a practical walkthrough of Purview eDiscovery + Copilot in live matters, including how it handles cloud/hyperlink attachments.

📅 Thurs, Mar 19 | 1 PM ET | Register: buff.ly/pT98tTA

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Illumination Zone: Episode 226 | Greg Moreman of Level Legal sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson | JD Supra Greg Moreman, Partner, Client Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode,...

AI in review workflows, without compromising defensibility? 💡

Level Legal's Greg Moreman joins Mary Mack & Holley Robinson to share how teams validate AI before scaling, measure outcomes, and keep an expert human in the loop.

🎧 Listen: buff.ly/3HqJ5MM

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💼 ComplexDiscovery OÜ and EDRM Release Complete Analysis of the Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey 👀 Read the complete press release from ComplexDiscovery OÜ's industry research beat at complexdiscovery.com/complexdisco.... #LegalTech #Pricing #eDiscovery #GenAI #EDRM #Economics

Are you going to #Legalweek26? We are!

📍 Find us at Nook 750 in the exhibit hall. We'll be giving out buttons and would love your feedback on the EDRM 2.0 model (under development).

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Something Big is Happening — But Not What You Think | JD Supra I. Something big is happening. On that much Matt Shumer and I agree. The essay Something Big Is Happening was published on Matt Shumer’s personal blog...

AI is accelerating, but are we mistaking capability for autonomy? 🤔

@losey-ai.bsky.social responds to Matt Shumer’s viral essay, arguing that benchmark gains are real, yet governance, accountability, and human judgment still decide outcomes.

👉 Read the full analysis: buff.ly/xxWqMCq

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Illumination Zone: Episode 225 | Cash Butler of Legalverse Media and Marc Mandel of Exos sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson | JD Supra Cash Butler, founder of Legalverse Media, and Marc Mandel, senior vice president and general counsel for Exos, sit down with EDRM’s Mary Mack and...

Legal ops inside the corporate legal department 💡

Cash Butler of Legalverse Media and Marc Mandel of Exos join Mary Mack and Holley Robinson to talk legal department change, Marc’s new coding project, career paths, and a fun fact or two.

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Electronic Evidence Workbook 2026 | JD Supra Today marks the end of Carnival season in New Orleans. The tourists depart, the city exhales, and we pack away costumes and beads. My own sigh of...

Electronic evidence education just got a major update. 📚

Craig Ball’s Electronic Evidence Workbook 2026 leans into LLMs, forensic imaging, and cloud-era eDiscovery, challenging law schools to graduate AI-competent, practice-ready lawyers.

📘 Read on: buff.ly/ueU5uBg

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Illumination Zone: Episode 224 | Timothy Conlon of DarrowEverett sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson | JD Supra Timothy Conlon, a partner and practice leader for DarrowEverett’s Private Client Group and co-chair of its Family Law Practice Group, sits down with...

Illumination Zone Ep. 224 💡

Timothy Conlon of DarrowEverett joins Mary Mack & Holley Robinson to explore electronic evidence in family law, early computer fraud cases, and insights from his book, “Electronic Evidence for Family Law Attorneys.”

🎧 Tune into the insights: buff.ly/YgVpz5V

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💵 The Pricing Pulse: Generative AI-Assisted Review Insights from the Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey 🔎 Read the complete article from ComplexDiscovery OÜ's industry research beat at complexdiscovery.com/the-pricing-.... #eDiscovery #EDRM #LegalTech #LitigationSupport #GenAI

Possession, Custody, or Control – Need for a Uniform National Standard – Part II | JD Supra In L.S. v. Bolduan, 2026 WL 95689 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 12, 2026), under the “legal right test,” defense counsel–who obtained information from their...

Is “possession, custody, or control” due for a national reset? ⚖️

Michael Berman of E-Discovery LLC examines L.S. v. Bolduan and the tension between the legal right and practical ability tests under Rule 34.

📜 Read the full analysis: buff.ly/gZaeGXV

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EDRM Earns JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Award for 2026 Named #1 Firm in eDiscovery for the Fourth Year in a Row

EDRM Earns JD Supra’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award 🏆

Named the #1 Firm in eDiscovery for the fourth consecutive year. We are grateful to our authors and Trusted Partners who generously share their insights and expertise with our global community.

📣 Read the full announcement: buff.ly/7FgxCpl

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Crypto-Procrastination: The Dangerous Delay in Preparing for Post-Quantum Data Security The Citi Institute’s January 2026 report quantifying the GDP-at-risk from a quantum-enabled cyberattack—paired with Check Point’s documentation of attacks on financial institutions doubling in 2025—transforms what has often been a theoretical discussion into an operational mandate.

“Harvest now, decrypt later” is reshaping data risk. ⚠️

@complexdiscovery.bsky.social examines crypto-procrastination, post-quantum migration, and what long-term ESI exposure means for cybersecurity, IG, and eDiscovery Teams.

🔐 Read the full analysis here: buff.ly/Z58CqNB

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AI Review 2.0: Why Document-Driven Review Produces Better Results—and Puts You Back in Control | JD Supra The argument for AI-powered document review is all but over. Large language models are smarter, faster, more consistent, and less expensive than human...

AI capability ≠ AI accuracy

John Tredennick of Merlin Search Technologies explains why Document-Driven Review builds and validates protocols against your actual documents before full-scale review. Fewer reviewers. Greater control.

📖 Dive into AI Review 2.0: buff.ly/APKuG1K

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From One-Eyed Kings to Collective Sight in Enterprise AI | JD Supra “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” Erasmus wrote those words in 1500. As we enter 2026, they describe the state of AI adoption in...

When AI use outpaces oversight, risk follows. 🛡️

@complexdiscovery.bsky.social examines why enterprise AI stalls at scale, how “one-eyed kings” create risk, and why prompts are now discoverable in litigation.

🔎 Explore the implications: buff.ly/7dwKI2z

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Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for February 2026 Monday, February 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Love is in the air, and so is eDiscovery case law. ❤️ Join EDRM and Trusted Partner eDiscovery Today for a live webinar covering February’s key case law decisions on source data, metadata, privilege, and privacy.

📅 Mon, Feb 16 | 1 PM ET
🔗 Register: buff.ly/lajN7zp

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Illumination Zone: Episode 222 | Elizabeth Guthrie of Nextpoint sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson | JD Supra Elizabeth Guthrie, Content Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, sits down with EDRM’s Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Elizabeth...

Illumination Zone Ep. 222 💡

Elizabeth Guthrie of our Trusted Partner Nextpoint joins Mary Mack & Holley Robinson to discuss her career path into eDiscovery, developing understandable instructional materials, and a preview of what's ahead.

🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/yPiDmWl

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The eDiscovery Reset: How AI Will Transform Solutions and Business Models | JD Supra The eDiscovery landscape is approaching a fundamental reset. Driven by a massive influx of venture capital and the maturation of Generative AI...

The eDiscovery industry is approaching a reset.

AI-first platforms, elastic cloud pricing, and data sovereignty are reshaping legal tech. Sergey Demyanov explores what this shift means for the future of eDiscovery.

🔗 Read the full article: buff.ly/2OXuECV

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Lively v. Wayfarer Parties/Baldoni – Requests to Seal, Unseal, and a “Bottom-Line Order” | JD Supra Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2026 WL 145483 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2026), is the latest in a long line of discovery and other decisions in this...

Courts are guardians of public access.

In Lively v. Wayfarer, SDNY explains why relevance and admissibility do not govern sealing decisions and how courts weigh privacy interests.

📄 Read Mike's analysis: buff.ly/VVp7fzs

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Home Magnet Virtual Summit 2024 is an incredible opportunity to share and obtain DFIR knowledge at all experience levels with the global community.

Join EDRM Trusted Partner @magnetforensics.bsky.social for their free virtual summit, February 23-26.

Hear from 50+ industry leaders on AI, mobile forensics, eDiscovery, deepfakes, incident response, and more.

👉 Register today: buff.ly/v8o1aqW

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Sixth Annual eDiscovery Today State of the Industry Report Survey Results Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Live Webinar: Results from the State of the Industry Report Survey

Join EDRM and our Trusted Partner eDiscovery Today for a data-driven discussion on the real-world use of LLMs, GenAI, and key eDiscovery trends for 2026.

📅 Tues, Feb 10 | 1 PM ET | buff.ly/ko7tQgf

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Facial Recognition Technology in Maryland Criminal Cases | JD Supra Facial Recognition Technology, or “FRT,” is a form of artificial intelligence.  Maryland has cases,  statutes, and procedural rules that govern the...

Facial recognition is already shaping criminal cases. How are courts responding?

Michael Berman examines Maryland case law, statutes, and disclosure rules governing facial recognition technology, with lessons that may extend far beyond the state.

📸 Read more: buff.ly/MTAsqPb

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Five Reasons Why Your Best Document Reviewer Isn’t Human Anymore | JD Supra A year ago, skeptics questioned whether AI could reliably review documents. Today, those skeptics are watching others finish reviews in weeks instead...

AI is reshaping document review.

John Tredennick of Merlin Search Technologies explains why speed, consistency, multilingual scale, and security now favor AI over human review & what that means for modern matters.

🔍 Explore the reasoning here: buff.ly/tor3iNY

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Inadequate Privilege Log Fails to Meet Burden of Proof; Waiver Doctrine Does Not Apply A federal court explains why an inadequate privilege log fails the burden of proof and why the waiver doctrine does not apply.

What happens when a privilege log lacks detail?

In Cassels v. Veroblue, a firm produced ~7,000 docs but failed to prove privilege. The court said that's not a waiver, it's a failure to meet the burden of proof.

🔍 Breakdown by Michael Berman: buff.ly/m8F8aAz

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Get Going: Deploy a Scalable, Hybrid eDiscovery Model Learn how a scalable, hybrid eDiscovery model helps law firms manage risk, protect margins, and expand capacity without growing headcount.

Struggling to balance cost, capacity, and complexity in your eDiscovery program?

Jim Norman of Proteus Discovery Group shares how a hybrid model can scale smartly while keeping control in-house.

🔍 Explore the approach: buff.ly/jeVxKMo

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"Artificial Intelligence for the Rest of Us" Author Panel: Learn How to Navigate Legal AI with Confidence Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Live Author Panel: "Artificial Intelligence for the Rest of Us" 📘

Join Tom O’Connor and co-authors from Trusted Partner Nextpoint to cut through the AI hype and learn how to navigate legal AI with confidence.

📅 Thurs, Feb 12 | 1 PM ET | buff.ly/1D15aTr

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Illumination Zone: Episode 221 | Jenny Hamilton, CLO of Exterro, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson | JD Supra Jenny Hamilton, Chief Legal Officer of EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro, sits down with EDRM’s Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jenny talks...

Illumination Zone Ep. 221 💡

Jenny Hamilton, CLO of Trusted Partner Exterro, joins Mary Mack & Holley Robinson to talk legal’s leadership in responsible AI adoption, empowering legal ops, and navigating change.

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