News from EDRM: TAR for public comment, EDRM model update, spring workshop

Spring report from EDRM

The weather outside might not reflect it yet, but spring is upon us! We are off to a great start for 2018. We enjoyed seeing many of you in New York in January for our 2018 information sessions. Your feedback and enthusiasm are already helping to shape our efforts for this year and beyond. Among them: new projects on discovery proportionality and an update and revision of the EDRM model, launching soon. Please let us know if you are interested in participating.

What a year it has been for EDRM. Our 2017 workshop brought more than 50 e-discovery experts to our new home at Duke to reenergize EDRM and launch new projects. Since then, our TAR and GDPR teams have worked tirelessly to produce guidelines and standards that, when released this year, are sure to benefit our industry and the entire legal profession. Our webinar series engaged more than 2,000 participants in the last year alone. Our TAR Conference generated media buzz and substantive discussion among judges, lawyers, vendors and service providers about protocols and standards for the use of TAR in litigation. Duke's new partnership with EDI will create a new and advanced e-discovery curriculum, tapping EDRM members, judges and scholars to teach highly specialized courses for litigation experts. And through a series of EDRM articles in Judicature, we are building e-discovery awareness and facility within the judiciary. And there's so much more on tap in 2018 – please read the news below to keep up with all we are looking forward to this year.

We are thrilled to welcome several new sponsors: Zapproved and UnitedLex have joined us as gold sponsors, and Everlaw, KLDiscovery, and Morae Global have joined as silver sponsors. We are grateful to all our sponsors for their support, which makes all that we do possible, and for the continued support of our membership. Thank you for volunteering your time and expertise to advance e-discovery and technology in the legal profession. Your efforts make EDRM work.

We hope to see you for our spring workshop at Duke, May 23-25. As always, please let us know if you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas.

Jim Waldron | George Socha | John Rabiej

TAR guidelines for public comment

The TAR Project Team has released draft guidelines to the EDRM membership for comment. Please take time to review and provide thoughtful feedback. The draft will be made available for public comment in April. Many thanks to Mike Quartararo (Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP); Matthew Poplawski (Winston & Strawn); and Adam Strayer (Paul Weiss) for their leadership on this project.

Read an update on the project >

GDPR project publishing first document

An EDRM project team is drafting cross-border discovery guidelines for adapting to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that takes effect in the EU this year. EDRM members received a draft of a first document for comment on March 1; that piece will be published in Judicature this spring, and other research and drafting efforts will continue as the GDPR takes effect. Many thanks to Elle Pyle (RuyakCherian LLP), Matthew Knouff (CDS Legal), and David Cohen (Reed Smith) for leading project teams, and to Laia Bertran Manyé, a fellow of the Duke Center for Law & Technology, for her work on the project.

Read an update on the GDPR project >

Register Now! Workshop at Duke May 23-25

Register now for our annual workshop, to be held May 23-25, 2018, at Duke Law School in Durham, N.C. Registration is now open; we also have a limited number of rooms reserved at the Washington Duke hotel. The schedule will include meetings of the TAR and GDPR teams and the launch of new projects on discovery proportionality, information governance, and the EDRM update – as well as plenty of networking opportunities. Current members will receive a registration discount code in a separate email (if you are unsure of your membership status, feel free to check with us at EDRM@law.duke.edu.

Register now >

Volunteers needed for EDRM 2.0

The iconic EDRM framework is in need of a refresh. Launched in 2005, the framework was last updated in 2011. And, need we say, a lot has happened in e-discovery since then. Tara Emory (Driven Inc.) is spearheading the update, along with Robert Keeling (Sidley Austin) and Corey Lee (Hunton). We need additional volunteers to work with Duke Law students as they help revise and adapt the framework to incorporate changes in law, civil rules, and technology. Contact us to find out more and to get involved.

Contact EDRM to sign up >

Local energy

EDRM is working to strengthen relationships with local e-discovery and law and technology networks. We hosted a terrific lunch event with the Raleigh-Durham chapter of Women in E-Discovery and Duke Law students, and we will participate in the local meeting of ARMA in April. Many thanks to Knovos for its generous sponsorship of the EDRM-WiE luncheon and to all our local members who are getting involved and offering mentorship and guidance to law students who are interested in e-discovery.

Read about the WiE event >

Changes to membership benefits, cost

We are continuing to leverage Duke Law School's many opportunities to enhance EDRM member benefits. Effective Feb. 1, we are offering revised membership and sponsorship benefits. You'll see many joint benefits through Duke, including conference discounts and Judicature subscriptions. Members will no longer need a login to find the EDRM database or other materials. And if you're not a member, now is a great time to get involved. Don't forget we offer discounts to ACEDS and Women in E-Discovery members.

See all the new membership benefits >