George J. Socha, Jr., Esq.

Socha Consulting LLC
1374 Lincoln Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105

Phone +1.651.690.1739
Mobile +1.651.336.3940
Fax +1.651.846.5920

george@sochaconsulting.com

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Producing Electronically Stored Information

Article by John P. Scordo and Kristine Russo Begley, Day Pitney LLP, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

As technology advances, the need for discovery of electronic communications and information increases and raises questions concerning the proper form of production for electronically stored information (ESI). The December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules [...]

Leveraging Your Service Providers: E-Discovery And Staffing Firms Join Forces

Article by Courtney Ingraffia Barton, Esq., LexisNexis Applied Discovery, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

E-discovery is big business: according to the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann survey it is anticipated that spending on e-discovery will reach $2.45 billion in 2007 and grow at a rate of around 30 percent annually. Although this is a reality [...]

Getting ESI Evidence Admitted: Lorraine v. Markel American Insurance Co.

Article by Jeffrey L. Nagel, Gibbons P.C., posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

Much has been written about a company’s obligation to preserve, produce, and even restore electronically stored information (“ESI”), but much less has been written about the ways in which ESI can actually be used as evidence to prove one’s case [...]

Qualcomm, The Subprime & E-Discovery Trends For 2008

Article about interview with Mark Mack, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

The Editor interviews Mary Mack, Technology Counsel, Fios, Inc., who has been regularly blogging on e-discovery issues and the Qualcomm v. Broadcom case in her blog, SoundEvidence, on DiscoveryResources.org.

Editor: It seems that e-discovery is a moving target. Even though assessing [...]

Navigating The Complexities Of U.S.-E.U. Data Protection And Electronic Discovery Issues

Article by Jerry F. Barbanel and Daryk Rowland posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

U.S. multinationals that are making efforts to comply with data protection and e-discovery laws, rules and regulations in both the U.S. as well as other international jurisdictions face a multitude of challenges. If they are not in compliance, multinationals [...]

A Lawyer’s Guide To Electronic Discovery – Potentially Privileged Searches

Article by Bobby Malhotra, Esq., Senior Project Manager, Professional Services Group, Encore Legal Solutions, posted on Encore Legal Solutions:

Introduction

Privilege review is usually one of the most critical and sensitive aspects of the document review process. Inadvertent production of privileged documents can result in waiver of privilege for the produced materials. If these protections [...]

Keeping Up With EDD Blogs and Tools

Article by Robert J. Ambrogi posted on Law.com, November 26, 2007:

As I wrote last month in the first half of this two-part column, no lawyer today can afford to ignore electronic data discovery. No matter the case, digital data is likely to be implicated. That means lawyers urgently need to understand EDD and keep [...]

Filtering Responsive Data in EDD

Article by Brian Larsen posted on Law.com, November 8, 2007:

As most e-discovery vendors will happily tell you, 99 percent of all new business information is being created and stored electronically, and an estimated 60 billion e-mail messages are sent daily in the U.S. Sifting through all this data in a meaningful manner requires strategic [...]

White House Directed to Preserve Backup Tapes Containing Millions of E-Mails

Article by Pete Yost posted on Law.com, November 13, 2007:

A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against.

U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy directed the Executive Office of the President to safeguard the material in response to two [...]

Examining Hard Drives During Discovery

Article by Richard Raysman and Peter Brown posted on Law.com, November 13, 2007:

Over-stuffed file cabinets that hold business records and personal information have been replaced by compact computer hard drives that offer easy and convenient storage of and access to a variety of items, including correspondence, forms, memos, photos, account information and Internet transactions.

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