A new class of legal professionals is emerging, those who are not just using generative AI, but integrating it deeply into their daily practice. These leaders are seeing significant benefits, reclaiming hours, days, and weeks to focus on more strategic legal work. This isn’t just about efficiency; it’s about fundamentally rethinking how legal professionals operate and staying competitive.

Since the initial Ediscovery Innovation Report, Everlaw has consistently tracked organizations shifting to cloud-based ediscovery software and the resulting industry changes. Although the pace of cloud adoption has recently moderated, significant progress has been made with those hosting their cloud-based software in-house. This indicates that the future of ediscovery isn’t just in the cloud, but specifically within in-house managed cloud environments.

Cloud-based ediscovery software users are at the forefront of leveraging generative AI in their legal work, with a much higher rate of generative AI adoption compared to those with their ediscovery software deployed on-prem. This disparity is reflected throughout the industry, with cloud users showing a higher willingness to embrace generative AI across the board.