Notable e-Discovery Articles 6/30 - 7/6

Foreign Language e-Discovery – An Introduction

We're definitely seeing more and more cases involving overseas collection efforts and reviewing foreign language documents.  This article is a good overview into the options available to review teams for translating documents, reviewing them, and ultimately producing them.

Non-English Language Search Design

Don't forget native language slang terms and alternative spelling.  A good overview of some of the more common languages litigators run into with a link to the full whitepaper.

How Early Does the Duty to Preserve Arise in Litigation?

A look at two cases, - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Rambus Inc. andMicron Technology Inc. v. Rambus Inc., and how the courts treated "reasonably foreseeable" in the scope of preservation.

How Much Data Will Humans Create & Store This Year? [INFOGRAPHIC]

A fun (slightly alarming) graphical look at how much data is projected to be created and stored this year.  You may be surprised!  This number statistically has doubled every two years, according to a recent study by IDC and EMC.

Notable e-Discovery Articles 6/22 - 6/29

E-Discovery Basics: Collection of ESI (Vol. 1, No. 7) - Gibson Dunn

Collection methodologies that companies may consider include employee self-collection, IT-assisted collection and collection by an outside service provider (commonly referred to as an e-discovery vendor). To make informed decisions about which methodology to use, companies should consider the risks associated with each and the extent to which courts or requesting governmental agencies will find a particular approach acceptable.

Building An Effective Discovery Response Team - Ogletree Deakins

The discovery response team plays a continuing, though changing, role throughout the life cycle of a case. Its effectiveness will dramatically impact the costs of defense and potentially affect the outcome of the case. Therefore, building a solid team at the outset is essential.

The Cloud Isn't Shrinking IT Departments Yet

"Shrinking the IT department and cutting down on costs are two commonly touted benefits of cloud computing. We've reported before about estimates of how many IT jobs would be eliminated by cloud computing. But so far, we're not seeing that happen. Instead, firms are hiring more IT staff and paying them more."

Clearwell Systems Survey Finds Cloud and Social Media Applications will be Twice as Relevant in E-Disclosure by End of 2011

"...our research indicates that 34 percent of companies are currently using cloud-based applications and another 21 percent plan to, which means that e-disclosure activities will have to incorporate these new enterprise data sources. These two market trends exacerbate the urgency for enterprises to take the necessary precautions and implement the proper processes to meet the ever-changing demands of rising litigation requests. Organisations must proactively address cloud computing and social media as part of their overall e-disclosure strategies, or otherwise expose themselves to magnified risk and added expense.”

The Storage Problem You Can't Ignore

"We must do the hard work of figuring out the right mix of policies and technologies to balance access, performance vs. capacity, security, and short- and long-term costs. We must figure out what, exactly, we're paying per gigabyte for internal storage so we can do an intelligent total-cost-of-ownership analysis of not only various cloud service alternatives, but also new technologies like solid-state drives, deduplication, and storage virtualization."