Electronic Discovery in Europe: A Different Story

Link to article by Jaculin Aaron and Laura J. Lattman posted on Law.com, December 11, 2007:

During the last decade, lawyers faced with the novelty of electronic discovery have reacted in different ways. Some lawyers have mastered it, some have become reasonably conversant with it and some have just added it to the list of things [...]

Does RAM Discovery Make Good Law?

Link to article by Thomas Y. Allman and Kevin F. Brady posted on Law.com, December 12, 2007:

The evolution of electronic discovery has been marked by assertions that a party must preserve and produce electronic information that initially seems well beyond what would normally be considered discoverable. The first of these “cutting edge” cases, and arguably [...]

Learning EDD From the Mistakes of Others

Link to article posted by John J. Coughlin on Law.com, December 13, 2007:

Keeping up with the subject of electronic discovery is a lot like following the latest developments in the lives of Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan: every week a new story and never good news. But just as we can live and learn vicariously [...]

‘E’ in E-Discovery May Be for ‘Expensive’

Link to article by Terry Sweeney posted in Byte and Switch, December 4, 2007:

SAN FRANCISCO — E-discovery continues to reshape the methods, strategies, and relationships of storage professionals within their organization.

And in truth, most storage pros are struggling with what data and documents need to be retained, the legal implications of backup versus archiving, and [...]

Chicken Little-gation In the Electronic World

Link to article by Stephen Whetstone and Michael Simon posted on IndustryWeek, December 7, 2007:

A year ago, the rules that govern litigation in our federal courts were amended to require lawyers and clients to deal head on with electronically stored information (ESI). On December 1, 2006, changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) [...]

Analytics Brief: Gaining Value From ILM

Link to article by Howard Marks, summary by Andrew Conry-Murray posted on InformationWeek, December  1, 2007:  An information life-cycle management strategy is key to addressing expanding data volumes and regulations for data archiving and retrieval.

Information life-cycle management holds great promise for helping enterprises manage data storage from the time information is created until it’s [...]

Data Searching Strategies For Mobile Devices That Can Help Counsel Win Cases

Article by Jerry F. Barbanel and Bruce W. Pixley, Aon Consulting, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

With complex litigation cases becoming increasingly unwieldy due to cost and the vast amount of data requiring review, counsel is continuously looking for more efficient ways to find the “smoking guns.” In that pursuit, critical data that [...]

Times Are Changing – The World Of ESI

Article by Linda G. Sharp and Joel J. Vogel, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

In the old days, plaintiffs would request business records from boxes in dusty warehouses. Attorneys would then review an inventory list of the boxes and pull those that were potentially relevant. Today, employees organize their own electronic data, but [...]

SPi Describes Its Latest Service – Managed Review

Article about interview with Marc Eisner, Senior Consultant to SPi Technologies, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

The Editor interviews Marc Eisner, Senior Consultant to SPi Technologies.

Editor: Would you tell our readers a little about your professional experience?…

Corporate Counsel And eDiscovery: Regaining Control Of The Evidence Management Process

Article about interview with Christopher S. Kruse , President and CEO, CaseCentral, Inc., posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

CEO Chris Kruse recently met with The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel to discuss how CaseCentral reduces corporate costs, drives down risk and empowers general counsel.

Editor: Mr. Kruse, would you tell our readers something about your professional [...]