FindLaw's Interactive Guide to Electronic Discovery

Introduction

Welcome to FindLaw's Interactive Guide to Electronic Discovery. Based on the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, this tool will help you develop your knowledge of e-discovery practices and determine the best strategies for success with complex e-discovery issues.

Launched in May 2005, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project was created to address the lack of standards and guidelines in the electronic discovery market - a problem identified in the 2003 and 2004 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery surveys as a major concern for vendors and consumers alike. The completed reference model provides a common, flexible and extensible framework for the development, selection, evaluation and use of electronic discovery products and services.

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Records Management

Developing and implementing an effective records management program is a complicated, time-consuming task that requires a multi-faceted team of professionals committed to fully understanding the business and the types of records created by the company.

Identification

Electronic data is often in the form of e-mail, which can be difficult to sort, catalog and store. It's crucial that a company manage its e-mail as effectively as it does its paper records.

Preservation

Finalizing a record often means creating drafts, notes, calculations, correspondence and copies, all of which can be managed in various ways to adhere to a retention policy and free up storage space.

Collection

Metadata, or embedded data about data, is included in almost every electronic document imaginable, and can figure prominently in litigation.

Processing

A variety of legal restrictions govern the storage and disposal of corporate records. Find out how to avoid running afoul of them.

Review

Audits of a record-management program can assure an organization that its internal standards and practices are being followed and that its compliance with legislation and regulation is legally defensible.

Analysis

Audits of a record-management program can assure an organization that its internal standards and practices are being followed and that its compliance with legislation and regulation is legally defensible.

Production

Audits of a record-management program can assure an organization that its internal standards and practices are being followed and that its compliance with legislation and regulation is legally defensible.

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