Getting Control of Electronic
Discovery How In-House Technology Delivers Savings
By Brian Babineau December, 2008 Copyright 2008, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ESG WHITE PAPER Getting Control of Electronic Discovery
Table of Contents
Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................................... i Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Electronic Discovery Challenges .......................................................................................................................... 2 Data is Everywhere ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Resource Constraints............................................................................................................................................ 3 A Quick Fix Shouldn't Be Permanent ................................................................................................................... 3 Outsourcing Electronic Discovery ......................................................................................................................... 3 The Sacrifices ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 The Next Phase of Electronic Discovery: Process Optimization ....................................................................... 5 Shift More Responsibilities In-House .................................................................................................................... 5 The Technology Payback ..................................................................................................................................... 6 One Size Does Not Fit All ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Control Provides Visibility into Electronic Discovery Costs................................................................................... 7 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
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Introduction
In December of 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended for the tenth time since their inception in 1938. Most of the changes centered on the management and production of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). The new rules certainly clarified some of the questions surrounding ESI, but more importantly, they confirmed that ESI is a viable source of evidence requiring organizations to assimilate electronic discovery as a common business process. With more business being conducted electronically, regulators and litigators are going to continue to focus on digital data repositories as key sources of evidence-forcing corporate counsels and IT departments to consistently ... [download for more]
