Electronic Discovery and Evidence

New Release: Arkfeld’s Best Practices Guide for Litigation Readiness and Hold

New Release: Arkfeld’s Best Practices Guide for Litigation Readiness and Hold provides strategic guidance and recommendations to legal professionals in preparing for and implementing a ‘litigation hold.’ This Guide covers the components of a litigation readiness plan to ensure that your client can timely identify, preserve, collect, process and review electronic data for disclosure. Such a proactive approach will contribute to your success by properly identifying and preserving ESI once a triggering event occurs. In addition, an important section entitled Court Directives, Duties and Tasks, derived from case law, highlight the litigation hold obligations for disclosing parties.

Contents include:

  * Litigation Readiness Plan Components

* How to Recognize ‘Triggering’ Events

* How to Formulate a Litigation Hold Strategy

* Checklist for IT Systems and ESI Type, Storage, and Locations

* Litigation Hold Court Directives, Duties, and Tasks

IT And Legal Make A Great Team. Yeah, Right.

IT And Legal Make A Great Team. Yeah, Right.  "While technological challenges abound in e-discovery, IT's biggest hurdle may be getting in-house attorneys to meet them halfway. On the TV show Alias, field agent Sydney Bristow always worked closely with über-geek Marshall Flinkman, who augmented her talents for disguise and ass-kicking with gadgets and hacking tips. I'd always imagined that IT and in-house attorneys would have a similarly close relationship when it comes to electronic discovery. After all, IT has the technical skills to find and produce the electronic evidence that the attorneys rely on to prosecute or defend a case. . . . "