At the American Bar Association, Section of Science & Technology Law, E-Discovery and Digital Evidence (EDDE) Committee’s National Institute in Tampa, Fla., Eric Hibbard provided an update on international e-discovery standards development efforts. Hibbard is coordinating the U.S. response and contributions as well as serving as a member of the International Organization for Standardization editing team that is developing international e-discovery standards. Hibbard is also an EDDE co-chair and the CTO of security and privacy at Hitachi Data Systems. Hibbard reported that the next significant event in the standards development process is a meeting among the international participants in Hong Kong on April 14-15.
Law Technology News first reported on this international standards effort in the April 30, 2013 article “International Standard Project for E-Discovery Approved,” written by Steven Teppler, EDDE co-chair and attorney at the Abbot Law Group, P.A.
