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Legal technology has changed the way in-house counsel manages litigation.  Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) has expanded the discovery process to include new types of data to request, sort, and exchange. And even before you need to engage outside counsel to represent the company in a legal matter, you should ideally have a procedure in place for managing records to make eDiscovery flow more smoothly.  Why should a company put in place a record management program? And How do you start?  Take a look and take the helm in getting the company's papers in order.  

http://technology.findlaw.com/video/records-management.html

From the halls of software companies and the conference rooms of legal technology firms, e-Discovery is coming in-house.  The American Bar Association (ABA) reports on the recent trend of big companies to develop e-discovery resources within their own legal departments rather than passing the baton to outside counsel.

Perhaps it is a sign of the economy or the desire to get more bang for the company's proverbial buck, but the move indoors can leave an in-house counsel wondering...what exactly is e-Discovery again?

Here is a primer on the practice, and what you need to sound coherent in discussing the ins and outs of e-Discovery.

By now everyone knows how important ediscovery is.  Most information is now stored mainly in electronic form, so ediscovery is an essential part of any lawsuit or arbitration. 

Legal departments know this.  IT departments know this.  So why is there still tension and acrimony between the departments when it comes to ediscovery issues? 

Part of the problem is the lack of a shared language and background.  Different cultures, in other words.  IT departments concern themselves with performance, uptime and disaster recovery since their primary responsibility is to provide computer services to employees whenever they need them.  Legal departments, on the other hand, focus on building cases, making arguments and gathering evidence.

This seminar is presented by Mimosa Systems:

Tues., July 21, 2009
9:00am - 1:00pm
Microsoft
1065 La Avenida
Mountain View, CA 94043

The costs of backup and eDiscovery requirements are soaring along with the likelihood of your team needing ready access to your corporate communications and content.

• Storage requirements will grow from almost 18 MB per user/day in 2007, to over 28 MB per user/day in 2011*

• 80% of electronic discovery events involve email and attachments**

• One of 2 organizations worldwide is using or planning to use SharePoint***

Is your organization prepared?

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM (EDT)/10:00 AM (PDT)

Description:
Given the marked increase in economic and business risk anxiety, it's no surprise that in-house counsel are scrutinizing litigation costs and, in many cases, seizing control of much of the discovery process. This webinar will explore the changing relationships and roles of in-house and outside counsel around what often is the single largest cost in a legal proceeding - electronic discovery. In this webinar you will learn about:

In this post, guest authors Mary Mack and Dennis Kiker examine the implications of an eDiscovery decision suggesting that authentication of electronically stored information will soon become a major issue during litigation.  The authors predict that this opinion will take on great importance in future eDiscovery cases.

Authenticating electronic evidence in civil trials is coming into its own. In May 2007, Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm, in Lorraine v. Markel Am. Ins. Co ., set down persuasive parameters for authenticating evidence. Lorraine, which is getting more traction by the day, establishes guidelines for admitting electronically stored information (ESI) into evidence. It goes beyond the "breathalyzer" standard of In re Vee Vinhnee. If, as Judge Grimm predicts, the bar in civil court for ESI authentication is about to be raised, his opinion could take on landmark proportions. That's why it's imperative to understand the practical and strategic implications of Lorraine.