Break Out the EDD Road Map
Law Technology News
January 9, 2006
Electronic data discovery has gone from "next big thing" to "absolute necessity." Between the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rise of electronic media, it's time to jump on the bandwagon. If you're still wary of the EDD process, consultant George Socha has broken it down into steps, from identification to presentation, to help you get comfortable with things and determine who is best equipped to handle each part of the process.
Harvesting Data: Best Practices for Bumper Crops
Law Technology News
December 16, 2005
After attorney review, data harvest is byte for byte the costliest phase of electronic data discovery. Scouring servers, local hard drives and portable media to gather files and metadata is an undertaking no company wants to repeat because of poor planning. With attorney and trial technology consultant Craig Ball as your guide, you'll get through the harvesting process painlessly and find yourself with a bumper crop of data at the ready.
Retention Policies That Work
Law Technology News
December 1, 2005
Imagine that your firm needs to find and retain e-mail messages for possible litigation. You've scoured all the possible hiding places and you've found the relevant messages. Now you need to protect them from deletion and corruption. That doesn't mean you should save every e-mail, despite the temptations posed by the low cost of data storage. Taking the best preservation steps, and performing the right kinds of backups, will minimize retention costs and complexity.
E-Discovery: Pre-Litigation Considerations for In-House Counsel
Special to Law.com
November 22, 2005
Court decisions highlighting the potentially expensive pitfalls of electronic discovery for companies in litigation have come along all too often. Jonathan W. Hughes and Simon J. Frankel, partners in the litigation department at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco, discuss some key considerations for in-house counsel even before litigation lands at their door and they're suddenly in the thick of discovery.
The Forecast for EDD
Special to Law.com
November 15, 2005
When law firms go looking for an electronic data discovery product or service, they may find more than they bargained for. Chief among developing trends, the EDD market is rife with confusion and, with up to 500 vendors competing to serve lawyers, ready for consolidation. In the next year, the market will mature, as leading firms and vendors help normalize best practices -- in line with amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -- while more intelligent tools evolve.
Piecing Together EDD's In-House vs. Outsource Puzzle
Special to Law.com
November 15, 2005
E-discovery is a relatively new task for attorneys, and the sheer volume of data to sort can be daunting. Every case is different. Most, but not all, law firms and corporate legal departments turn to outside companies to help them manage and process portions of the data. That can save time, money and energy -- if you avoid certain pitfalls. Get a feel for the evolving in-house vs. outsourcing debate.
