A young Houston Police Department CSI with a table of evidence, my how the years have flown My apologies for going dark over the holidays. My favorite client asked for an intervention, and I have been back in the trenches running Purview searches and meeting unmovable deadlines. You will benefit from a lot of anonymized lessons learned when I have caught up [...]
“What is your 2025 prediction?” asked Relativity’s David Horrigan of the E-Discovery State of the Union panel alumni for his and Stephani Wilkins 2025 Predictions webinar (posted soon). I was under water photographing Bonaire’s amazing sea life and missed the response window. A moment’s reflection on the data source growth trends and bonfire cases I supported this year said, “Email is dead, long live [...]
Relatively few new features introduced in the month following Ignite, but the theme is Copilot summarization/recap of meetings, documents and more. It will become all too easy for meeting organizers or document collaborators to forward Copilot recaps or conversions without reviewing them for accuracy. eDJ has seen these recaps actually reverse counsel statements (i.e. DO this instead of DO NOT do this) in pilot [...]
You logged into Purview eDiscovery and found yourself in a whole new user experience (UX). You have a priority hold or collection and need counsel’s buy in on the new search, hold, review and export options. Buried at the end of my Geek Guide page detailing the new portal UX changes is the list below of key decisions that impact even simple investigations. Send [...]
The new Purview Portal UX adds a lot of new functionality and architectural changes. The classic versions are scheduled for decommissioning in January, so Purview users need to get up to speed quick and adapt your workflows. I created a page that calls out the changes, potential impact and recommendations for experienced users. Although I have met with some of the new Microsoft PM [...]
132 new items were added to the Roadmap this month. Beyond the new Teams chat UI changes, my key new update is PERSONAL USER LOOP WORKSPACES! Every user will now have another default data source that may require preservation and collection. If you have not tested search, export, processing and review of Loop components in your eDiscovery infrastructure, the time is now. View my [...]
After the Relativity Fest keynote and my interview with Verizon’s Kacey Hall, I decided that I had to make the time to get my hands on Relativity aiR for Review. The labs generally had a line, but they were open during meals. Relativity is one of the few eDiscovery technology companies that gives open access to full documentation and the aiR for Review [...]
Walgreens’s Sr. Counsel and Director of eDiscovery Operations Adam Rouse discussed using Relativity’s integration with Microsoft 365 for collections and legal holds at Relativity Fest. Walgreens’ eDiscovery team evolved from Adam’s prior role supporting compliance and IT security teams. His deep technical background translates to a very tech forward team comfortable with Powershell and other admin tools. While the Walgreens’s team may have more [...]
Kacey Hall shared Verizon’s impressive experience in the advanced access program for Relativity aiR for Review and limited general availability program Relativity aiR for Privilege. Unlike most corporations, Verizon’s legal department manages all discovery in house, largely relying on their RelativityOne instance. They have automated most upstream workflows including integrated Google Workspace holds and collections. aiR for Review has effectively extended that automation and [...]
2024 was my year to attend the great sessions. That was the idea when I got a late start booking briefings and interviews. A last-minute wave of requests derailed most of my session plans, but I wanted to share my summaries and highlights from the few I attended. Did I miss some good ones? Yes, I did. So write up your own highlights to [...]