"IT professionals should be aware of a rather nasty new trend. Customer, citizen and employee relationship databases were the most common target for e-discovery-based information-gathering for litigation purposes last year.
According to IDC, among 115 litigation support and legal technology operations professionals found that the number of respondents experiencing more than 100 law suits over the last year rose to 46% from 27% in 2008.
A huge 70% of those questioned were involved in international litigation, with the most popular disputes centring on employee termination and intellectual property, which tied for first place. Investigations under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and product liability claims were joint third, while insurance claims came in fifth. . . . (click here to read more).
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