AI Prompt to Improve Keyword Search

Yes, AI is Here. No, You’re Not Gone.

Garden Variety: Byte Fed. v. Lux Vending

In light of Byte Fed., Inc. v. Lux Vending LLC. and the opinion issued by United States Magistrate Judge Sean Flynn from the Middle District of Florida on May 1, 2024, Craig Ball looked at “garden...

Girding for the E-Savvy Opponent (Revisited)

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on April 26, 2024.] A friend shared that she was seeing the Carole King musical,...

Cloud Attachments: Versions and Purview

Craig Ball examines cloud attachments and versions in M365 and Purview, identifying the settings necessary to enable the collection. He explores the problem of versions, asserting that it is improper not to collect any of...

What’s All the Fuss About Linked Attachments?

The e-discovery debate over ‘Linked Attachments’ versus traditional embedded files reveals significant implications for legal tech. This shift to cloud-based linked attachments challenges legal professionals to navigate new paradigms in document management and litigation support....

ESI Protocols: How Do I Get Out of a Bad Deal?

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on March 19, 2024.] I watched a webinar this morning where the presenters addressed ESI...

Lessons from Lousy Lexical Search (and Tips to Do Better)

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on February 26, 2024.] Preparing a talk about keyword search, I set out to distill...

Surviving a Registration Bomb Attack

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on February 2, 2024.] It started just after 7:00 last night.  My mailbox swelled with...

Will AI Summarization Disrupt Discovery?

[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Craig Ball. This article is republished with permission and was first published on January 26, 2024.] Reader’s Digest, the century-old magazine with the highest paid circulation,...

Being the Better Expert Witness

In the paper, I discuss the difficulty computer forensic examiners face honing their testimonial abilities because it’s rare to be interrogated by a lawyer who truly understands what we are talking about.  Most interrogators work...

Introducing the EDRM E-Mail Duplicate Identification Specification and Message Identification Hash (MIH)

[Editor’s Note: EDRM is grateful for Craig Ball, a DupeID project contributor, for permission to publish this perspective and the white paper on MIH, originally published on Ball in Your Court, February 16, 2023.] I’m...