Legalweek’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Honorees: Domino Mentors
Legalweek’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement awards spotlight four industry veterans—Florinda Baldridge, Shannon Bales, David Greetham and Mary Mack—who together embody the “Domino Mentor” model. The honorees illustrate four pillars shaping legal technology: scalability, education, innovation and interoperability. Their collective work spans global eDiscovery, courtroom‑ready training, defensible data collection, and shared EDRM standards. A virtual lunch on April 17 will let the San Diego Paralegal Association hear directly from these mentors.
Inadvertent Production of Work Product Did Not Waive Protection; However, Recipient Showed Substantial Need and Overcame That Protection
A federal court in the Middle District of Florida held that Aerosonic’s inadvertent production of work‑product documents did not waive privilege under Fed. R. Evid. 502, but found that Joby demonstrated a substantial need that overcame the qualified protection. The court affirmed the...
Relativity and Wickard.ai Partner to Bring Hands-On Legal AI Training to U.S. Law Schools
Legal data intelligence firm Relativity has partnered with AI education specialist Wickard.ai to deliver hands‑on legal AI training to U.S. law schools. The collaboration integrates Relativity’s RelativityOne platform into Wickard.ai’s curriculum at no cost to participating institutions, covering AI application,...
From Competence to Judgment: How AI Compresses Litigation Work and Why That Makes Judgment More Important
Artificial intelligence is rapidly compressing litigation workflows, turning labor‑intensive tasks like document review, chronology building, and issue identification into algorithmic processes. This shift reduces the advantage of sheer scale, allowing small, disciplined teams to achieve analytical results that previously required...
Court Suggests That Opposing Counsel Also Failed to Check Citations
The Seventh Circuit rebuked counsel for copying AI‑generated, non‑existent citations in Dec v. Mullin and, unusually, criticized opposing counsel for not catching the errors. The court warned that modern tools make citation verification easy and that failure to do so may...
Categorical Privilege Logs Are Not Disfavored
In Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools, the Western District of Washington held that categorical privilege logs are permissible under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(A)(ii) and are not disfavored by the courts. The defendant’s request for a court order to...
HaystackID Named Finalist for Intelligent Insurer’s Cyber Insurance Awards USA 2026 in Two Categories
HaystackID has been named a finalist in two categories of Intelligent Insurer’s Cyber Insurance Awards 2026, recognizing its VALID™ suite and overall cybersecurity solutions. The awards, now in their third year, spotlight firms that help insurers and insureds manage escalating...
Hallucination or Old-Fashioned Error? It Doesn’t Matter
The Southern District of Ohio ruled in Quandel Construction Group v. Hunt Construction that a mistaken citation—whether caused by an AI hallucination or a simple error—requires a full, sworn explanation from the attorneys involved. The court allowed a corrected brief...
Suggested A.I. Rule – Proposed Amendment to Maryland’s Computer-Generated Evidence Rule
Maryland’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has drafted an amendment to Rule 2‑504.3, the state’s computer‑generated evidence rule, to expressly cover generative AI exhibits. The proposal mandates prior notice, full disclosure of training data and methodology, a pre‑trial...
From Digital Investigations to Business Resilience: Key Private Sector Trends for 2026
Cellebrite’s 2026 private‑sector report shows digital investigations have become a core business capability, supporting risk management, data protection, and continuity. eDiscovery remains the top use case at 54%, but data‑theft and network‑exploit investigations are also rising, reflecting cross‑functional demand. The...
Does Disclosure of Litigation Hold Directive to Preserve “Texts” Waive Privilege?
In Brandes v. Steven Madden, the Eastern District of New York held that merely acknowledging a litigation hold directive’s inclusion of text messages does not waive attorney‑client privilege over the hold notice. The court also rejected the plaintiff’s attempt to...
Nonsensical Spellings and Fabricated Authority Signal Improper Use of Artificial Intelligence
U.S. District Court in California dismissed the plaintiff’s copyright‑infringement complaint after finding that the filings were likely produced using generative AI. The court highlighted nonsensical spellings in AI‑generated images and “hallucinated” citations to nonexistent cases as clear indicators of artificial‑intelligence...
Illumination Zone: Episode 228 | Jon Robins of Level Legal Sits Down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson
Jon Robins, CTO and VP of eDiscovery at Level Legal, joins EDRM’s Mary Mack and Holley Robinson on the Illumination Zone podcast to discuss the firm’s system‑building philosophy. He stresses the importance of asking the right initial questions and maintaining...
HaystackID CoreFlex Wins 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award for Advancing GenAI-Driven Legal Workflows
HaystackID announced that its CoreFlex platform has won the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award from the Business Intelligence Group, recognizing its generative‑AI‑driven legal and investigative workflows. CoreFlex provides a cloud‑native interface that consolidates matter management, data ingestion, reporting and automation,...
The M&A Risk of Confusing Market Velocity with Marketing Capability
Rob Robinson warns that technology M&A teams often mistake rapid market momentum for durable marketing capability. When a product arrives at the right moment, its novelty can generate brand‑like awareness without a solid marketing org, inflating acquisition premiums. As the...
