Unlock Six eDiscovery Trends Structuring Legal-tech in 2026 and Beyond
What Makes eDiscovery Evolved
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.”
This famous quote by Bill Gates reminds us that lasting success depends on continuous evolution and adaptation. It’s a principle clearly mirrored
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Former Uber AGC: Tech Providers ‘Overpromising Can Lead to Disappointment'
Ruby Zefo, Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow and former chief privacy officer and AGC, Privacy & Cybersecurity, at Uber, and winner of Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award, talks about how outside counsel should respond to the gen AI-spurred shift in legal department insourcing.
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From TAR TO HAR Report: Are GenAI Discovery Tools Ready for Forensic Scrutiny? Read it here now!
As generative AI moves from experimentation to production use in live discovery matters (Human AI-Assisted Review or HAR), the legal profession faces a question it has been collectively reluctant to answer: is the validation architecture that legitimised Technology-Assisted Review fit for purpose when applied to a technology that works very differently?
A new Legal IT Insider report, out today (9…
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Level Legal's Digital Forensics VP: AI Still Isn't Having ‘Mainstream Impact' on Legal
David Greetham, vice president of digital forensics at Level Legal and winner of Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award, talks about the cost, workflow and privacy challenges facing AI and the need for e-discovery tools for mobile devices.
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EY Leader: Data security, Privacy Concerns Biggest Barriers to Legal Innovation
Heena Bhambhlani, executive director and global delivery services forensics and integrity services co-lead at EY and winner of Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award, discusses how AI will spur workflow, talent and culture shirts in the legal industry.
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Australian Startup Mary Technology Secures $4.9M Funding Round, Opens San Francisco Office
With the funding, Mary Technology plans to expand the market reach of its fact verification software in the U.S. and make way toward small to midsize law firms.
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Intelligent Legal Solutions Raises Over $3 Million, with Backing from The Legal Tech Fund
The startup, which offers software to automate investment fund processes, announced a seed funding round led by Chicago Ventures, and noted that it raised over $3 million to date.
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Mary Technology Raises A$7M to Bring ‘Fact Management’ Platform to U.S. Market
By Bob Ambrogi
An Australian legal tech startup that has built what it describes as the first fact management system for litigation is announcing a A$7 million seed round and its expansion into the United States, including the opening of a San Francisco office and the launch of a self-serve platform aimed at smaller law firms. Mary Technology, […]
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Debevoise Partners With Legora on 2nd Iteration of Subscription-Based AI Advisory Offering
The firm is working with the Swedish legal AI company and clients including Blackstone and Capital One to revamp STAAR, which gives clients an alternative to paying by the hour for work on low-risk AI implementations.
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Niki Black on AI Adoption, Billing Pressure, and the Governance Gap in Legal
By Greg Lambert
This week we welcome back Niki Black to unpack the findings from the newly released 2026 Legal Industry Report from 8am The conversation centers on a legal profession moving into a new phase of AI adoption, where individual lawyers are embracing general purpose AI tools at a striking pace, while many firms still lack even basic policies or training. Niki…
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Legalweek 2026 Pre-Show News Rundown: Relativity Announces Brand Refresh, Epiq Expands Agentic AI Suite, and More
An update on the legal tech market from product launches to new partnerships over the past week and on the first day of Legalweek 2026 in New York.
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Legal Tech Vendors Roll Out Wave of Announcements Ahead of Legalweek; News From DISCO, Advocacy, iManage, Monjur, Reveal and ChronoTracer and ALIGN
By Bob Ambrogi
With Legalweek 2026 set to open Monday in New York City, legal technology companies have been rolling out a string of product announcements and company news in the days leading up to the conference. The pre-conference wave covers a range of developments, from new AI platforms and funding rounds to enhancements in e-discovery tools and […]
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The Heppner And Warner Rulings: Hobgoblin Consistency Or An Application Of Principle?
Two federal judges with seemingly opposite rulings on whether using GenAI tools waives the work product privilege. But the cases present facts that differ in important ways.Here’s what reading them together can tell us about discovery risk, waiver, and pro se status. The bottom line is that privilege issues can still be minefield, and neither ruling necessarily gives you a safe…
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Sidley Austin's E-Discovery Group Leader: Clients Encouragement Gives Firms Space to Innovate
Colleen Kenney, partner and founder and head of the e-discovery and data analytics group at Sidley Austin and winner of Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award, talks about the vital role clients play in spurring law firm technology experiments.
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Munger Tolles & Olson's Senior Litigation Support Manager: Great Barrier to Innovation Is Structure
Shannon Lex Bales, senior manager of litigation support at Munger Tolles & Olsonand winner of Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award, talks about how every breakthrough innovation in legal follows a similar path.
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EDRM CEO Mary Mack: AI Pushing E-Discovery Clients to Put Premium on Trust, Reliability
Mary Mack, CEO and chief legal technologist at EDRM and winner of Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Lifetime Achievement Award, discusses how outcomes and relationships are becoming more important than pricing for clients in the d-discovery market.
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