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Information Management. Records Management for Paper and ESI Document Retention Policies addressing creation, management and disposition Minimize the risk and exposure. Identification. Litigation Hold Readiness
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Information Management • Records Management for Paper and ESI • Document Retention Policies addressing creation, management and disposition • Minimize the risk and exposure
Identification • Litigation Hold Readiness • Process of learning where everything relevant may be located and who has access to where and what
Preservation • When does duty arise through litigation hold • Clearly defined, monitored, published process • Must allow business to continue to operate, but avoid the spoliation and potential sanctions related to destruction
Collection • Meet and Confer agreements • Now begins the “acquisition” of the data • Must be comprehensive, maintaining integrity of data content and preserving its format • Close attention to metadata and chain of custody
Processing • Early case assessment tools • Identify the variables and make recommendations • Final preparation for attorney review process
Review • Critical, critical and more critical • Clearly defined process • Monitored and QC’d at every step • Flexible as parameters change
Analysis • Evaluation of key topics • Many new software tools for grouping and automated analysis • Document families and “social” aspects can be key differentiators
Production • Flexible formats important • Ability to maintain process and QC • 1% margin of error could represent tens of thousands of pages • FRCP addresses this area multiple times