Press Releases

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), the leading standards organization for the e-discovery market, today provided formal updates from five of the EDRM projects.

ARMA International and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) announced today the publication of a jointly developed white paper entitled, How the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) Complements ARMA International’s Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP). This white paper is the result of the collaboration between EDRM and ARMA International, which began this past September.

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 25, 2011 - St. Paul, MN – September 26, 2011– As part of EDRM’s mission to streamline e-discovery proceses, EDRM announces the release of version 1.2 of the EDRM XML schema, a specification designed to reduce time and risk involved with data exchange between parties and systems. This iterative release contains modest changes while preparing for the more significant 2.0 release in early 2012.

Press Release – Overland Park, KS and St. Paul, MN – Month XX, 2011 – ARMA International and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) announced today the formation of an alliance to focus on helping organizations understand the importance of overall information governance, the benefits it provides and how to begin the process of achieving it.

January 21, 2011 - This year EDRM (the Electronic Discovery Reference Model) is holding an informal “Meet & Greet” at the Hilton Lobby Bar on Monday January 31, 2011 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm EST.

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and ZL Technologies today announced the launch of Version 2 of the EDRM Enron Email Data Set. This version offers the largest and richest set of publically available, general-purpose corporate email to date.

Scarab Consulting, a premier provider of litigation support and electronic discovery services for law firms and corporations, announced today that it has united with the founders of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model for a July 9th webinar titled, “EDRM Model Code of Conduct: Moving E-Discovery Out of the Wild, Wild West.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. – February 23, 2010 – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project teams announced today announced the beginning of the public comment period for new work product drafts posted on the EDRM website.

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project today announced that it is now easier for users to find the valuable research and standards created by the leading e-discovery industry group via a completely re-designed website, www.edrm.net. In addition, the EDRM leaders, Tom Gelbmann and George Socha, have provided updates to all of the working projects in advance of the mid-year meeting, which is being held from Oct. 20-21, 2009, in St. Paul, Minn.

Great strides have been taken over the past two years to flesh out and further define the EDRM model. Over the next few months, you will be seeing two years worth of active collaboration, refinement and modeling being added to the EDRM website. As part of that process, we are re-building the site to provide users an updated interface with easier access to the valuable research and content. In that realm, we wanted to provide a quick update on what’s happening in each of the projects.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – April 23, 2009 – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), an industry group created to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for electronic discovery, is holding its 5th EDRM Kick-Off Meeting in St. Paul, Minn., on May 13 and 14, 2009. At this meeting, EDRM participants will meet to:

St. Paul, MN (January 28, 2009) – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (“EDRM”), an industry group created to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for electronic discovery, today announces: WHAT: An EDRM “Lunch and Learn” featuring George Socha, Tom Gelbmann and other industry leaders for a presentation on the key trends impacting e-discovery professionals, including advancing standards across all phases of the process (Evergreen), ethical challenges (Model Code of Conduct), search practices and technology advancements (Search), data challenges (Data Set) and XML integration between various e-discovery tools (XML). Attendees will also have an opportunity to learn more about involvement in this industry-leading organization.

St. Paul, MN (December 3, 2007) – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (“EDRM”), an industry group created to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for electronic discovery, today launches its Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard, now available for download at the EDRM Website (www.edrm.net). The standard allows for the easy transfer of electronically stored information (ESI) to and from applications involved in different phases of the discovery process.

St. Paul, MN (Oct. 23, 2007) – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (“EDRM”), an industry group created to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for electronic discovery, today announced that it has developed an Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard for the easy transfer of electronically stored information (ESI) to and from applications involved in different phases of the discovery process. The new XML standard will help all e-discovery practitioners – whether vendors, consultants, law firms, in-house counsel or corporate IT departments – reduce the cost, time and manual work associated with e-discovery.

St. Paul, MN (February 8, 2007) – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), designed to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for electronic discovery, today announced the establishment of an advisory committee to advise on the future direction of EDRM projects. In order to provide a balanced viewpoint, representatives from corporate legal, law firm and eDiscovery services and software providers were selected.

St. Paul, MN (January 16, 2007) – The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), designed to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for ediscovery, today announced its primary projects for 2007-2008: the EDRM Code of Conduct, Evergreen, Metrics 2 and XML 2 projects. All projects are aimed at improving consumers’ and providers’ ability to monitor and facilitate the e-discovery process.