Discovery Resources

California Lawyer this month has a interesting article by Perry L. Segal, an IT executive turned e-discovery attorney and consultant. “Remember the old adage “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”? In the e-discovery universe, you’ll need several pounds. The California Electronic Discovery Act has been in place for about three months, and I’ve been fielding a lot of inquiries. The number one question is: “How much is all this going to cost?”

Answer: How much do you have?”

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Shocking news (not) from The National Law Journal: “The economy has employers extra jittery about company secrets getting out, so nervous that they’re hiring staff just to monitor outbound e-mails.” Continue reading….

From Newsfactor.com’s Data Storage page: “Before the advent of electronic discovery, a grandfather, father, son backup tape rotation policy was probably a good idea. Tapes were an inexpensive means of insurance against the inadvertent deletion of data. Electronic discovery has driven the cost of that insurance into the stratosphere. What can organizations do to address the problem?”  Continue reading….

Tue. 10/27 – This webcast will provide litigation support professionals and paralegals with strategies for facilitating close collaboration among service providers, law firms and clients - crucial for an efficient, cost-effective discovery process.  More info / register >

From the CIO.com’s IT Drilldown: “According to IDC, in 2008 the total amount of information created exceeded the total amount of usable space on every hard drive, tape, CD, DVD and solid state memory device ever created. At the same time, there’s been an explosion of legal obligations for data, largely driven by expanded e-discovery requirements and the revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”  Continue reading….

Investigators Followed a Digital Path to Track Down the Incriminating Evidence on Suspected Terrorist

The indictment of suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi, who is charged with acquiring and preparing bombs similar to the ones deployed in the 2005 London subway attacks, rides substantially on Zazi’s Internet surfing habits. Continue reading….

By the end of 2012, organisations that fully document their search processes in e-discovery will save 25% on their collection processes, according to Gartner.

“Addressing the ongoing challenge of the IT perspective of litigation management demands both that the technologies be acquired and that procedures for using them be established,” said Whit Andrews, vice president and distinguished analyst. “Companies need to own the products that will be necessary for them to address litigation and understand that those products will not have the same positive impact unless they are supported by repeatable, effective, systemic processes for lawyers and IT to follow.”

In terms of storage requirements to support regulatory compliance, Gartnercontinue…

What does vanish really mean for computer systems at our universities? From the New York Times: “In less than two months after a group of University of Washington computer researchers proposed a novel system for making electronic messages “disappear” after a certain period of time, a rival group of researchers based at the University of Texas at Austin, Princeton, and the University of Michigan, has claimed to have undermined the scheme.”
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This month, Bullseye brings you an article by Robert Ambrogi which points out the best of the worst — 10 of the most outrageous examples of people caught in the courtroom by what they did on Facebook, Twitter or elsewhere online. Remember, what happens in Vegas, doesn’t necessarily stay there. Continue reading….

If you know hard drives, tape back-up systems and electronic data exchange protocols from A to Z, you won’t necessarily make a good electronic data discovery project manager (PM). So says the latest article from ALSP UPDATE. You may consider yourself an expert, but what does it really take to play the project management role in electronic discovery world? Continue reading….