More than half of Fortune 500 companies from the year 2,000 no longer exist, at least not in the same form they once did. In today’s dynamic economy, companies regularly rebrand, merge, acquire smaller companies, or spin off divisions into separate legal entities.

For each of these corporate changes, data must be preserved and remain accessible to meet anticipated or ongoing litigation obligations. This process is separate from due diligence performed as part of a corporate structure change and, instead, is focused on the identification, continued preservation, and management of data necessary for litigation. This work can be especially challenging due to complex and ever-evolving technologies and company data systems. For pending and anticipated litigations, how do the parties to these transactions ensure that they have the data they may need in the future?