Monday, June 11, 2007

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. "

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