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• April 29, 2008

  Corporate America And Uncle Sam Need To Wake Up To E-Discovery and E-FOIA Obligations, Part One

  In this article, FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod examines the responsibilities of the government and private enterprise pertaining to electronic information under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for electronic discovery and the Freedom of Information Act. This installment addresses electronic discovery; Part Two will cover the Freedom of Information Act.
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• April 15, 2008

  Corporate Counsel Can Control E-Discovery

  Are you in control of e-discovery—or is it controlling you? E-discovery costs and risks have become a major concern, not just to the general counsel, the litigation support team and the CIO, but now also to the CEO, CFO and board.
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• April 08, 2008

  Six Critical Steps To Managing Electronically Stored Information Under FRCP

  Litigation always, has been, and will continue to be, a reality of doing business. What is changing, however, is discovery and its focus on electronically stored information (often abbreviated ESI). Recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning the discovery of ESI coupled with the explosive growth of electronically stored documents are exposing organizations to new risks and costs during litigation and the subsequent discovery.
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• March 31, 2008

  Discovery Across Borders, Part Two: Strategies for Handling Multi-Jurisdictional Discovery and Data Collection

  For everyone involved in cross-border discovery, the objective is simple: to collect information in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations while serving the client effectively. But though the objective is simple, achieving it is not. There is no substitute for technical and local expertise, and you should be prepared to engage both in order to effectively manage any crisis with cross-border implications.
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• March 25, 2008

  Metadata: The Ghosts Haunting e-Documents

  Metadata is not new, but it has become pervasive in the digital world in which lawyers (and their clients) live. Many programs commonly used in the office create data about data and then save that unseen information along with the visible text of the document in a single file.
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• March 12, 2008

  Discovery Across Borders, Part One: Practical and Legal Aspects of Multi-Jurisdictional Discovery and Data Collection

  In today's business, all information is electronic. Paper may have been heavy, hard to store, and time-consuming to review-but it was a tangible thing, easy to inventory, and it tended to be limited in volume, even in the largest cases. Electronic communication has led to exponential increases in the amount of data that companies store, and the locations where the information is stored.
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