Is Your Data Wide Open to Your Opponent?

Information technology departments of sophisticated organizations are already aware that each party to a litigation in the United States is obligated to collect its own discoverable electronic information to be produced to the opposing party.

Multinationals Take a Global View of EDD

Information technology has undeniably become a key element of most business organizations, supporting both the primary methods of communication and the means of processing and storing vast amounts of proprietary information. The application of technology systems to the day-to-day activities of business has naturally caused electronically generated and stored information to become a primary target for litigation discovery requests.

In response to what are now commonplace requests for discovery of such information, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have been amended to include specific provisions relating to discovery of electronically stored information. This change, along with the growing body of case law concerning electronic discovery, reflects the legal community's effort to catch up with the rapid progress of technology.