Posts Tagged "Preservation / Collection"

Helpful Tips for ESI Data Mapping to Reduce E-Discovery Costs

Helpful Tips for ESI Data Mapping to Reduce E-Discovery Costs

Get practical advice on how create a data map to prepare for E-Discovery more efficiently. The first step of the legal hold process is identifying your ESI. Listen to our expert panel describe how to do this effectively and common mistakes that can be made and to avoid. An effective data mapping project can result in reduced e-discovery costs and act as an insurance policy against spoliation charges as an example of a company’s good faith efforts to keep track of their ESI for E-Discovery.

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Data Mismanagement in E-Discovery

Data Mismanagement in E-Discovery

Listen to E-Discovery pioneer and data recovery expert Quin Gregor talk about some of the biggest risks in data mismanagement and what to do when you have ESI which “might” be inaccessible. We will discuss back up tapes, flaws in how we store data today, how to evaluate what to store, critical issues in storage retrieval, when you know you have a data storage mess on your hands, what to do about obsolete data, when data is inaccessible, and we will touch on the implications of the cloud.

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E-Discovery of Databases – Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Perspectives

E-Discovery of Databases – Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Perspectives

What is unique about this show is it can turn into a bit of a debate because we have both plaintiff and defense oriented experts on this show. From both perspectives we will try to cover when database information can be useful to a case, how to get at it, what the challenges seem to be, the process of preserving, collecting and reviewing database ESI, proportionality concerns, where to find good database E-discovery experts, and what developments we see in the database field related to electronic discovery.

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E-Discovery and Antitrust Law

E-Discovery and Antitrust Law

Topics we will discuss include where E-Discovery impacts Antitrust law the most, whether the Collaboration Proclamation being pushed by The Sedona Conference and cited in the Mancia case works in Antitrust cases, how system data such as accounting data is compiled and produced and other tips based on Jeane’s experience in the field as a thought leader.

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E-Discovery and Family Law

E-Discovery and Family Law

Listen to Pittsburgh based family law attorney David Pollock and Cleveland based forensic expert Barry Gummow from JurInnov, discuss how E-Discovery can impact a family law case. David has given live presentations with me in the past on electronic discovery and I look forward to bringing him onto ESIBytes to share his insights with a national audience into how Electronic Discovery impacts family law cases.

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Questions a Company Should Know About Records Management

Questions a Company Should Know About Records Management

In this podcast we explain why the answers to several questions must be answered by in-house attorneys. Sample questions include: 1) Who is involved in establishing an E-Discovery ready records management program or process? 2) Does the company have records management policies? 3) What are the company’s procedures regarding record holds? Are certain employees assigned specific responsibilities regarding records holds? What responsibilities would they be? What is the best way to let company employees know about a record hold?

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Working with First Time Clients on Electronic Discovery Projects

Working with First Time Clients on Electronic Discovery Projects

Listen to an all-star panel of attorneys discuss how to hand-hold a client who is experiencing electronic discovery litigation for the first time. The attorney panel we have assembled is well versed in this issue because each participant has headed up electronic discovery practices at sophisticated regional law firms with national practices.

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Part 1 Migrating From E-Discovery to Effective Records Management by an All Star Panel

Part 1 Migrating From E-Discovery to Effective Records Management by an All Star Panel

This is part 1 in a two part podcast. Listen to one of my older “vault shows” taped as a legal audio conference CLE by Pike & Fischer’s Digital Discovery and e-Evidence publication, which was subsequently acquired by BNA. This panel was the second show we did in this format and had an incredible panel as well as a very interesting topic – the link between records management and electronic discovery.

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Part 2 Migrating From E-Discovery to Effective Records Management by an All Star Panel

Part 2 Migrating From E-Discovery to Effective Records Management by an All Star Panel

This is part 2 in a two part podcast. Listen to one of my older “vault shows” taped as a legal audio conference CLE by Pike & Fischer’s Digital Discovery and e-Evidence publication, which was subsequently acquired by BNA. This panel was the second show we did in this format and had an incredible panel as well as a very interesting topic – the link between records management and electronic discovery.

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The Status of Meta Data Case Law

The Status of Meta Data Case Law

Meta Data is essentially the finger prints which all electronic records have. Who created the file, the date it was created, changes to the records, are just a few examples of Meta Data. Often times, Meta Data itself can be the smoking gun in a lawsuit when retrieved in a defensible manner and examined properly.

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The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Costs of Electronic Discovery

The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Costs of Electronic Discovery

Listen to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Gates attorney David Cohen, discuss 10 ways companies can reduce the costs of electronic discovery. Mr. Cohen is a partner in K&L Gates where he co-chairs the firm’s e-Discovery Analysis & Technology (e-DAT) Group. Mr. Cohen has over 25 years of commercial litigation experience in a variety of subject matters. David Cohen is a frequent national speaker on electronic discovery, using technology in litigation and electronic records management. He has also authored numerous legal publications.

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The Critical Role of Preservation in an Electronic Discovery

The Critical Role of Preservation in an Electronic Discovery

Listen to attorney David Ries describe the oft missed importance of requesting that your adversary preserve their electronic data. How to do this effectively, why it is important and how attorneys can mess this step up are some of the issues on preservation that we will address. This show will take you from the trigger of litigation through the preservation analysis. We will be recording a show specifically on litigation holds which is logically a good show to listen to after this podcast.

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E-Discovery Trends and Forensic Tips

E-Discovery Trends and Forensic Tips

Listen to LTN Electronic Discovery writer and editor Craig Ball give an update of what he sees happening in the field of Electronic Discovery as well as an overview of how forensics fit into many electronic discovery cases. One of the more widely quoted experts in the field, Craig Ball is a true pioneer in electronic discovery and one of the most visible experts in the country having delivered over 500 presentations and papers on electronic discovery.

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Top 10 Electronic Discovery Issues for Corporate Counsel

Top 10 Electronic Discovery Issues for Corporate Counsel

This top 10 list for companies proactively seeking to manage their ESI is a good overview of the process a company goes through when confronting electronic evidence in an electronic discovery case. Therefore you can use this list when starting a case or if you want to prepare for electronic discovery down the road.

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Top 10 Electronic Discovery List for Plaintiff Lawyers

Top 10 Electronic Discovery List for Plaintiff Lawyers

In this podcast, Ariana Tadler will be discussing under the umbrella of Rule 26(f), the Meet and Confer rule, how to deal with issues pertaining to preservation from the plaintiff or requesting parties perspective as well as the form of production. She will present an array of tips to make the process work easier both for her clients and to faciliate a collaborative discovery process.

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