Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Kevin L. Nichols. Published: 2012-08-15 12:00:11 At the start of what would have been a normal day at work, I learned that I received an invitation to attend an eDiscovery related breakfast that was set to start in 30 minutes. Luckily it was located a block away from my office, at the historic City Club in San Francisco (which features [...]
The story about Michigan State Police officers collecting forensic snapshots of mobile phones during traffic stops back in April kicked off my long research journey into whether corporate mobile discovery was really feasible. After lengthy interviews with leading experts in mobile phone forensics, I can assure you that a full physical acquisition of your iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry or Android device is just not going to happen during a typical 30 minute custodian interview or a traffic stop. The connectors and communication protocols of mobile devices were not designed for high speed data exports that we have come to expect from enterprise back up systems and disk imaging devices like Logicube. The ‘pipe’ is just too small to copy 8+ GB without taking custody of the device. You can grab the active call log, text messages and other phone elements quickly, but that kind of logical extraction may not suffice to ‘preserve’ your custodian’s ESI in some matters, especially if that device may be the only source of deleted items that are critical to proving your case.
It can be easy to forget that there are adjacent markets that, to some extent, overlap with or envelope eDiscovery. One such market is Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). The other day, a message from a former Forrester Research colleague of mine – Michael Rasmussen, now of Corporate Integrity – reminded me of the overlap of GRC and eDiscovery. Michael views GRC as “an approach to business – an approach that permeates the organization: its oversight, its processes, its culture, its boundaries.”
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Amber Scorah. Published: 2012-08-21 09:00:24 INTERVIEW WITH Chad P. Brouillard, Esq., Attorney, Foster & Eldridge, LLPI recently spoke with Chad P. Brouillard, Attorney at Foster & Eldridge, LLP, about achieving the balance between E-Discovery mandates and health provider-specific privacy obligations.In part one of the two part interview, we discussed the implications of HIPPA and HITECH. We also looked at a [...]
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Amber Scorah. Published: 2012-08-22 09:03:32 Interview with: Melissa G. Dederer, CRM, Associate Director, Records Management, Purdue PharmaOrganizations are now in an environment where most information is electronic and in many organizations, responding to a document request becomes a stressful, tedious and costly project. By using records and information management best practices, organizations will be in a position to be proactive, rather [...]
There are cynics who claim that social media are time wasters that ultimately distract employees from the job at hand. While that may be true at times, social media ultimately presents a huge opportunity for businesses – an opportunity too big to overlook. How big? In the McKinsey Global Institute’s (MGI) recent report, “The social economy: Unlocking value and productivity through social technologies” it is estimated that “social media technologies could potentially contribute $900 billion to $1.3 trillion in annual value.” And that estimate is only for four industries: consumer packaged goods, retail financial services, advanced manufacturing, and professional services.
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Karl Schieneman. Published: 2012-08-27 11:17:29 As I read some of the commentary I have seen posted on Kleen Products, I felt compelled to weigh in as an industry participant closely involved with predictive coding. Kleen Products was a useful case for a number of reasons.First the case showed us that a party which educated themselves on information retrieval was willing [...]
The last week of summer was more hectic than usual because I spent Monday and Tuesday at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference. Unlike other eDiscovery conferences, this had a more casual feel, with lots of attendees in shorts, tee shirts, and flip flops. I had a chance to meet with several vendors and colleagues and three themes kept coming up: technology-assisted review (TAR); the role of managed services in the eDiscovery market; and pricing models.
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Lynn Frances Jae. Published: 2012-09-05 09:00:29 When I went to the demo for Nytrix, I thought that I would be reviewing a new review tool. So, I was surprised when the demo was as much about the delivery system as it was about the tool itself. Complete Discovery Source is a seven-year-old eDiscovery service provider that has made their name in [...]
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Mikki Tomlinson. Published: 2012-09-06 09:00:31 Legal strategy and the underlying and outlying circumstances and emotional drivers that go to strategic positioning are the elements we are not privy to in reviewing case law. As a 20-plus year professional working in the field of litigation, those are exactly the elements I am curious about when I study opinions. In her book, [...]