Posts Tagged ‘ESI’

Gartner offers Webcast on eDiscovery insourcing

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

In reaction to the rising costs of litigation involving electronically stored information (ESI) and eDiscovery, as well as associated legal risks, a growing number of organizations are insourcing their eDiscovery processes. Expert firm Gartner, in concert with Guidance Software, offers a webcast on eDiscovery Insourcing. Featured speakers are analysts from Gartner and experts from Guidance Software. They will explain the key issues and advantages of eDiscovery insourcing and related solutions : litigation holds, IT and legal cooperation, process automation, etc. Proving the benefits and crucial importance of a good needs analysis, the webcast also includes the testimony of an organization that achieved a return on investment in three months (!). The program is as follow:

  • Learn how to overcome the issues surrounding the litigation hold process.
  • Hear successful methods for bringing the e-discovery process in-house.
  • Find out how to get your legal team and IT department to working together to execute a defensible process.
  • Learn how to automate the collection process, which will not only reduce your costs, but will also reduce your legal risk.
  • Find out how to utilize e-mail archiving as a complement to your e-discovery efforts.

How many steps in the ladder of legal hold defensibility?

Friday, July 30th, 2010

According to the title of John J. Isaza, Esq. and John Jablonski, Esq. new book on legal holds which is available at ARMA Bookstore: 7

7 Steps for Legal Holds of ESI and Other Documents is described as a practical book, an “how-to guide describing step-by-step a best practice process for identifying trigger events and implementing a litigation hold. It provides a straightforward description of why the law requires preservation, the scope of preservation, and practical tips on how to preserve records in an acceptable manner.”

The book covers topics such as:

  • What Is a Legal Hold?
  • Different Types of Holds
  • Preservation Orders
  • Legally Defensible Process
  • Difficult Legal Hold Issues
  • Assessing Readiness
  • Identifying Trigger Events
  • Statutory or Regulatory Obligations to Preserve
  • Duty Arising from Potential or Threatened Litigation or Investigation
  • Duty Created by Preservation Letters from Opposing Counsel or Agency
  • Duty Arising from Service of a Complaint, Civil Discovery Statutes, Discovery Requests, and Court Orders
  • Legal Hold Scoping
  • Legal Hold Implementation Methodology
  • Legal Hold Enforcement
  • Lifting a Legal Hold

This legal hold bible also includes a self-analysis checklist, a flow chart describing the process for implementing a litigation hold and case law citations supporting this best practices process.