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Understanding M365 eDiscovery API Export Fees

Surprise API bill, courtesy of Copilot eDiscovery platforms with Microsoft 365 collection integrations could create unexpected Microsoft fees for customers. While researching a new resource on the Microsoft eDiscovery API I stumbled over a $15/GB fee for exceeding your ‘seeded capacity’. Purview eDiscovery may meet the requirements of SMB companies with minimal litigation or regulatory profiles. Global corporations and highly regulated companies [...]

By |2024-05-03T17:04:13-05:00May 3rd, 2024|Provider, Platform, Essay, Collection, ESI Sources, Purchase|0 Comments
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eDJ Brief: X1 Enterprise Collects Teams and More

The X1 Enterprise Collect Platform now indexes in-place and collects ESI from M365 Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint. While most other Microsoft partners utilize the Graph API to extend Microsoft’s Purview eDiscovery and compliance functionality, X1 execs John Patzakis and Kunjan Zaveri gave me a deep dive into the advantages offered by their ‘direct connector’ approach.

By |2023-08-03T17:15:34-05:00July 11th, 2023|Platform, Corporate, Essay, Investigation, Collectors, Preservation, Government, Collection, ESI Sources, Architecture, Search|2 Comments
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eDJ Brief: FTI Technology and Jerry Bui

I enjoy meeting eDiscovery peers, especially those whose social media content bring me new perspectives and pro tips. Jerry Bui’s videos and articles attracted my attention and ILTA was a good excuse to catch up on FTI Technology. 7 degrees of eDiscovery It is always fun to share eDiscovery journeys and find common employers, friends and experiences. Jerry brings a fresh perspective to the [...]

By |2022-10-07T14:54:50-05:00October 7th, 2022|Platform, Provider, Essay, Analytics, Collectors, Collection, Processing, Tech, Analysis, Review|0 Comments
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Secret Service Self Preservation?

Legal hold notification and custodial manual preservation of potential evidence was standard practice before complex digital systems became the primary sources. Many companies still rely on ‘do not delete’ hold instructions for mobile devices and cloud systems lacking central search, hold and collection capabilities. This approach may be appropriate in low-risk civil matters without any known bad actors or possible criminal elements. I cannot [...]

By |2022-07-20T14:43:34-05:00July 20th, 2022|Investigation, Corporate, Essay, Compliance, Preservation, Collection, Government, Legal Holds, ESI Sources|0 Comments
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Barrera – Time to Update Corporate Travel Policies

The Inspector General’s seizure of John Eastman’s phone should be a wakeup call for corporate legal and security stakeholders. US v. Barrera ruling in 2019 opened the door for law enforcement to use biometrics (face or fingerprints) to unlock a seized personal device. Every domestic or foreign customs agent just added this trick to their interview protocol. Think about that. Putting aside politics, I [...]

By |2022-06-28T14:07:40-05:00June 28th, 2022|Essay, Investigation, Corporate, Preservation, Collectors, Collection|0 Comments
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The Great Resignation, Return or Reshuffle? Part 1

Microsoft’s 2022 Work Trend Index report should be a wake up for execs like JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon spouting, “We’re not going to pay your not to work in the office.” More than 31,000 respondents from 34 countries prove that “There’s no going back!” to pre-Pandemic Koyaanisquatsi cubicle work for professionals. The job security bubble has burst and 52% of Gen Z/Mellennials are considering changing [...]

By |2022-05-02T17:34:46-05:00May 2nd, 2022|Info Gov, Essay, Collectors, Preservation, Collection, Legal Holds, Content Management|1 Comment
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Veritas Compliance Winter Release Announcement Webinar

I hope that you join Dave Scott and myself for the Veritas Compliance Portfolio Winter Announcement webinar this Wednesday January 19th at 10am CST. Join us to hear about all the new capabilities of Veritas (formerly Symantec) Digital Compliance portfolio. Dave will cover all the new data sources and features from Enterprise Vault, eDiscovery Platform and more. I have been invited to discuss the [...]

By |2022-01-17T14:21:04-06:00January 17th, 2022|Info Gov, Platform, Analytics, Investigation, Essay, Preservation, Collectors, Collection, Processing, Content Management, Analysis, Review, ESI Sources, Architecture, Production, Purchase, Search, Expiration, Management|0 Comments
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eDJ Brief: Knovos

It has been a while since I caught up with my friend Joe Bartolo. Knovos has evolved from their service provider roots (Capital Novus) into a broad, diverse legal technology company. Despite Relativity’s dominance of the large matter review market, mid-market players like Knovos seem to be gaining traction with usable, focused products that meet specific customer requirements. eDiscovery functionality, performance and innovation can [...]

By |2021-12-30T09:13:43-06:00December 29th, 2021|Info Gov, Platform, Investigation, Essay, Corporate, Asia Pacific, Preservation, Firm, Government, Collection, Processing, Analysis, Review, Market, Purchase, Search|0 Comments
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eDJ Brief: Evidence Optix – Visualizing Proportionality

A good friend from my Summation days put Insight Optix CEO Mandi Ross in touch with me to explore her new cloud matter scoping platform, Evidence Optix (EO). At first I struggled with whether matter scoping and cost estimation was a broad enough pain point to interest my corporate clients. Most of my legal ops engagements include matter budgets and tools for inside counsel [...]

By |2021-11-12T16:38:13-06:00November 9th, 2021|United States, Europe, Essay, Asia Pacific, Preservation, Legal Holds, Collection, Matter Management, Analysis, ESI Sources|0 Comments
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M365 Core eDiscovery Retires Search by ID List

Microsoft change notice MC291088 announced the retirement of the Core eDiscovery Search by ID List feature because “it is not functioning to an adequate level and creates significant challenges for organizations who depend on consistent and repeatable results for eDiscovery workflows.” That is a remarkably frank statement that this feature was not working consistently. The ‘Search by ID list’ feature was part of the [...]

By |2021-10-22T14:20:28-05:00October 22nd, 2021|Essay, Collectors, Collection, Search|0 Comments
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