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Data Preservation: Don’t Treat Discovery Like It’s 1999

IG Guru

Two recent decisions highlight the importance of preserving relevant data, including text messages, as soon as litigation is anticipated. The post Data Preservation: Don’t Treat Discovery Like It’s 1999 appeared first on IG GURU. In both cases, courts imposed harsh sanctions […].

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Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: Regulatory Risks of Ephemeral Messages

Data Matters

Corporate use of ephemeral messaging applications (communications that disappear after a set time) has become increasingly common across the globe in recent years, with companies recognizing its value in decreasing data storage costs and providing employees a convenient method for communicating quickly with customers and clients.

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Maintaining Data Security Through Slack Legal Hold: Minimizing Risks and Costs

Hanzo Learning Center

Managing data preservation for ediscovery requires walking on a knife’s edge. As soon as you can reasonably anticipate a litigation matter, you must rapidly identify and preserve any relevant data.

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The Cost of Non-Compliance: Financial Implications of Inadequate Legal Holds

Gimmal

When litigation is imminent or ongoing, a legal hold serves as a formal notification to retain all documents, electronic data, and other evidence that may pertain to the case. This preservation duty is not just a best practice; it’s a legal requirement that, if ignored, can result in court sanctions and other penalties.

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Four Tips for Successful Meet and Confers

eDiscovery Daily

The purpose of the meet and confer is to discuss litigation details such as data preservation, privilege issues, the form of production, and expenses. To get the ball rolling, counsel can prepare a list of general questions: What data types need to be collected? The client’s IT environment must be understood as well.

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Ready for In-Depth eDiscovery Training? Head to Georgetown: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

There’s also Authentication and Admissibility, Forms of Production, Preservation and Sanctions and Technology-Assisted Review (“TAR”) for eDiscovery. Even Mobile Data Preservation, Rule 502 and Ethics. Once again, it is coming up in just over a month. And, if you hurry, you can save on registration! So, what do you think?

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Off the Record: Texting

The Texas Record

Data Preservation: Don’t Treat Discovery Like It’s 1999 “- IG Guru. Highlighted here are two legal cases where text messages played a major role in discovery and the preservation of evidence. A government employee multitasking by conducting government business on multiple devices. Laying down the law on texts.