The Relativity Blog

In a new year, it's important to consider the landscape from which we come. In 2025, legal took giant strides toward innovation. Some came promise exciting wins and newfound possibilities, while others present daunting challenges or newfound risks.

Jon Chan from FTI Technology believes that the exploration of AI, and of any new technology, calls for good old-fashioned teamwork. Are you adding depth to the conversation?

For legal teams in the public sector, the challenge isn't adopting AI -- it's adopting the right AI. Choosing the wrong AI can undermine compliance, erode trust, and create new vulnerabilities.

Generative AI is redefining workflows for first-pass review. Ben Sexton from JND provides a detailed case study demonstrating how iterative prompts, smart workflow decisions, and rigorous validation helped streamline a massive doc review project.

With growing volumes of hard-to-handle Microsoft 365 data and slow, error-prone handoffs, transferring data from Purview has long been time-consuming and risky. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Agencies need to know that the technology they adopt is secure, data handling is defensible, and outcomes are reliable. They need partners who've earned their trust. Relativity has introduced a U.S. Public Sector competency to help.

Roman Barbera is a real-life, multi-talented e-discovery consulting and technology expert at KordaMentha. He also happens to be one of our 2025 AI Visionaries -- a title earned through innovative AI exploration and leadership.

2025 has been a turning point for AI in legal document review. Across the industry, there is a clear shift: from early curiosity about generative AI to full-scale commitment to bringing it into everyday workflows.

The intersection of law and technology is a pretty fascinating place to be. Erica Hawthorne, from Salesforce, is in it for the long haul. As a 2025 AI Visionary, she is a leader who does not just adapt to change, but helps define it.

PLUSnxt is not just using experimenting with aiR; they are designing and scaling smarter processes around it. Learn how combining aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege helped them build leaner, more defensible review processes tailored to each matter.

According to AI Visionaries, an essential component to the success of any legal AI implementation is balancing your use of technology with the same high expectations and spirit of collaboration that have always made your team successful.

With their increased complexity, DSAR reviews need to be tackled much like litigation discovery: sifting through large data sets from multiple sources, under tight deadlines, with a need for accuracy and defensibility.