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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Are You Ready for E-Discovery?

If you’re like most of us in IT, you probably have a relatively small number of individuals in your firm that you’re used to working with fairly closely. For example, if you’re a development manager, you probably work closely on a daily basis with the business folks to understand their requirements for the systems you [...]

Reduce E-Discovery Costs: Organize Data Before Litigation Starts

Annually, the lack of policies and procedures assuring easy discovery of all pertinent electronic records is costing companies tens of thousands of dollars in this litigious society. In today’s world, the details of business transactions and negotiations are recorded electronically through e-mails and text messages. Companies of old had clerical staff and warehouses dedicated to [...]

eDiscovery, IT and What to Do About It

The new Federal Rules of Electronic Discovery will be a burden to IT but you can mitigate the fallout, writes CIO Update guest columnist Michael Sears of Mathon Systems.Have you heard the new Lawyer joke: What do you call a lawyer who likes the new federal rules of eDiscovery? Plaintiff’s counsel. Okay, not very funny. [...]

importance of E-Discovery

An interesting story this morning on a importance of E-Discovery by clearwellsystems, Here is the blurb: In my experience, e-discovery does not make the radar screen of most corporate General Counsels (GCs). Typically, it is one many issues left to others (e.g., Chief of Litigation, Director of Litigation Support) within the GC’s group. That may [...]

The ethics of computer-based electronic evidence recovery

Technology is present in every aspect of modern life. Information Technology is constantly growing & every new development gets a larger role in our lives. Criminals are exploiting the same technological advances which are driving forward the evolution of society. Computers can be used in the commission of crime, they can contain evidence of crime [...]