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Emergence of E-Discovery In Civil Litigation
The law, as a means of administering dispute resolution and criminal accountability, must be able to adapt to revolutions of industry or technology. We are currently in the beginning years of a technological revolution that will only grow and continue to change the way humans live their lives. Computer and internet use have changed the…
Read MoreChallenges in Recovering Deleted Email
Both computer forensics experts and data recovery technicians seek to recover deleted data. Data recovery is primarily interested in bringing back files, while computer forensics tends to dig deeper, looking not just for deleted documents, but also for metadata (data about data – such as file attributes, descriptions, dates, and other information) and meaningful snippets…
Read MoreThe Sedona Conference® Publishes The Sedona Principles Second Edition Addressing Electronic Discovery
The Sedona Conference has published a second edition of its iconic The Sedona Principles: Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production (June 2007), which is available via download at www.thesedonaconference.org. The Sedona Conference is a nonprofit group, created in 1997, to tackle complex legal (primarily litigation) issues. The latest update is a…
Read MoreAre 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…
Read MoreReduce 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…
Read MoreeDiscovery, 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.…
Read Moreimportance 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreCollecting Personal Data for E-Discovery
A huge component of e-discovery relates to electronic files that are created and stored every day by employees – e-mails, word documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more. Oftentimes, it is inadvertent spoliation or omission of such files in discovery that results in undesired sanctions and even default judgments. Thus, developing sound methodologies for identifying, preserving, and…
Read MoreAntiforensics Practices Can Complicate E-Discovery Investigations
With the rise of e-discovery, attorneys have necessarily become acquainted with the inner workings of computer systems. File system metadata is often crucial to proving critical points at trial, and computer forensics has shown itself to be an essential tool for discovering lost files and revealing hidden metadata. But as the lawyers and investigators grow…
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