e-Discovery For Dummies

Learn to:

• Follow the correct steps in the e-discovery process
• Anticipate potential risks
• Develop an e-discovery strategy for your company
• Identify best practices in the event of litigation

Be prepared for legal action! Learn about e-discovery rules, protections, and vulnerabilities

Here are the issues, challenges, strengths, and limitations of e-discovery in an easy-to-understand guide. Find out how to identify, protect, and produce electronically stored information, prepare for litigation, avoid tainting evidence, and much more. It's a much better (and cheaper) way to learn about this hot legal issue than through experience!

• What happened — explore the legal changes that made e-discovery an issue and what they mean to you
• Your ESI IQ — get a comprehensive look at your electronically stored information (ESI) and how to manage it effectively
• Set up a team — assemble a team of employees from your IT and Legal departments and establish how to work together on important e-discovery projects
• Make a plan — identify potentially relevant ESI and how to comply with litigation holds
• Put the plan into action — preserve ESI, redact privileged info, and produce ESI in its native format, including metadata
• If you're challenged — find out how to evaluate admissibility and document your evidence
• Be prepared — build an electronic records management program and policy and monitor compliance
• Call for backup — know when to bring in outside vendors and computer forensics specialists

Open the book and find:

• Why you can't ignore e-discovery
• How to prepare for litigation
• Ten essential e-discovery rules
• How to create a data map
• What data to keep
• How to set up a document repository
• Suggestions for controlling your e-discovery costs
• How to review, process, and filter information