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e-discovery

Google Keeps Your Digital Tail

March 14, 2010

Electronic discovery, while undergoing constant change, is still considered uncharted territory. What kinds of information is discoverable is still debated, along with methods for recovering that information. More and more businesses conduct electronic discovery, but examining hard drives is still very expensive. The amount of information available, however, is not in doubt. As this recent [...]

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Ensure E-Discovery Readiness For Your Hosted & Managed Systems

September 14, 2009

Guest post by Steven Rodin. E-discovery can quickly get out of hand, sometimes costing millions of dollars. An example was seen in the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, where one single e-discovery request cost taxpayers over $6,000,000. Thankfully, there are third-party solutions available that can help lower some of the administration and legal costs [...]

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Federal e-discovery rules can create a crushing financial burden

July 27, 2008

So says Eric J. Sinrod, a California attorney who criticizes the courts for taking e-discovery requirements to extreme lengths. I have found the best course is to find out what sort of electronic data exists, and early–at the 26(f) meeting with opposing counsel, if possible. With that knowledge, I can make an intelligent decision as [...]

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Image hard drives for e-discovery or backup with PING

October 27, 2007

PING (Partimage is Not Ghost) is a Linux-based LiveCD for backing up your system by making an image of the hard drive (or smaller partitions, if you have them). In other words, you boot a simplified version of Linux (it doesn’t matter what operating system you normally use on the computer–just pop the CD in [...]

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E-discovery chain of custody

October 27, 2007

E-discovery has existed since computers have existed, but it has only become a hot (if dry) topic in recent years. For the solosmall practitioner, e-discovery can be an extra-large headache, since capturing and preserving electronic data in compliance with the rules and case law can be confusing, time-consuming, and, most importantly, expensive. However, Law.com’s Legal [...]

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