RenewData Launches Data Migration Service for e-Discovery: "The migration of legacy e-mails using ActiveVault conversion engine employs a legally defensible process and results in a unified archive to support e-discovery actions.
E-discovery services provider RenewData on May 21 announced the launch of a new data migration system that locates and consolidates old e-mail into a new searchable archive to create a centralized repository suitable for legal discovery.
Data Migration Services is designed to eliminate costs and risks associated with maintaining old e-mail on backup tapes or in a previous e-mail archiving system, marketing director Jake Frazier told eWEEK."
Monday, June 11, 2007
The Data Boom: Can Law Firms Profit?
Legal Technology - The Data Boom: Can Law Firms Profit?: "In the fall of 2005, a small Israeli technology startup came to San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster with a lawsuit -- and, soon enough, a problem.
The company had been mired in a contract dispute with one of its business partners, a huge American tech concern, and, unable to reach a settlement, was taking the matter to court.
The stakes weren't particularly high -- just a few million dollars. But after the case was filed, the defendant hit back with an electronic discovery request -- every relevant e-mail, Microsoft Word file, spreadsheet, you name it -- so onerous that its cost alone would take a fair chunk of any judgment.
'We saw that it was going to take several hundred thousand dollars to do this,' says Oz Benamram, director of knowledge management and Israel practice counsel at MoFo. In fact, there was nothing terribly unique about this situation. As more correspondence and information is stored electronically, e-discovery is requiring more time, and more dollars, than ever before."
The company had been mired in a contract dispute with one of its business partners, a huge American tech concern, and, unable to reach a settlement, was taking the matter to court.
The stakes weren't particularly high -- just a few million dollars. But after the case was filed, the defendant hit back with an electronic discovery request -- every relevant e-mail, Microsoft Word file, spreadsheet, you name it -- so onerous that its cost alone would take a fair chunk of any judgment.
'We saw that it was going to take several hundred thousand dollars to do this,' says Oz Benamram, director of knowledge management and Israel practice counsel at MoFo. In fact, there was nothing terribly unique about this situation. As more correspondence and information is stored electronically, e-discovery is requiring more time, and more dollars, than ever before."
Storage Tip: The authenticity of a found document
storage.itworld.com - Storage Tip: The authenticity of a found document: "What seems to be the problem? Your IT organization has put in place proper procedures for deleting electronic documents, including e-mails. So it is no surprise when as a result of litigation your e-discovery process cannot turn up a particular document. However, to everyone's surprise the document turns up on your CEO's laptop. This is a very possible scenario. You must know whether the document is admissible as evidence in a civil lawsuit.
What do you need to know? Evidence is admitted in court only if it can be shown that the evidence is authentic. Authentic data must follow a chain-of-custody. So how does this work with a lost document that has now been found?
My expertise is storage, not litigation support, so I turned to AdamsGrayson Consulting, a dedicated e-discovery and data retention planning firm in Washington, D.C., as a resource. AdamsGrayson kindly provided me with the necessary information to answer the question. "
What do you need to know? Evidence is admitted in court only if it can be shown that the evidence is authentic. Authentic data must follow a chain-of-custody. So how does this work with a lost document that has now been found?
My expertise is storage, not litigation support, so I turned to AdamsGrayson Consulting, a dedicated e-discovery and data retention planning firm in Washington, D.C., as a resource. AdamsGrayson kindly provided me with the necessary information to answer the question. "
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