Information Governance (InfoGovernance) is the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archiving and deletion of information. It includes the processes, roles, standards and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information to enable an organization to achieve its goals. Information governance should be an element in planning an enterprise's information architecture.

(Gartner Hype Cycle for Legal and Regulatory Information Governance, 2009, December 2009).

An Engagement Area (EA) is an area where the commander of a military force intends to contain and destroy an enemy force with the massed effects of all available weapons systems.

(FM 1-02, Operational Terms and Graphics, September 2004).

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News – March 31, 2010

Provided for your review/use is this week's snapshot update of key industry news and views highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

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  1. 2010 Corporate Bankruptcy and Emergences Scorecard via American Lawyer - http://tinyurl.com/yg4gfjw
  2. "A Continuing Lack of “Civil-ity” in eDiscovery" -  http://bit.ly/aXBA6C
  3. An Open Letter to Judges About Computer Forensic Exams - http://bit.ly/bt8slU
  4. A Primer on eDiscovery Ethics - http://tinyurl.com/y8h5dn4
  5. Applied Discovery Downloadable Project Map & Workflow - http://tinyurl.com/ykd8l9v
  6. Asked & Answered: Mechanics of Copyright Infringement Suit -  http://bit.ly/cUOWRK
  7. Burning Down MySpace: How Photos Can Get You Fired -  http://tinyurl.com/ycojjhv
  8. Bringing US Privacy Law Into The Cloud Computing Era - http://tinyurl.com/yfxf9al
  9. "Changes in Managing Discovery" from the ABA TECSHOW - http://tinyurl.com/yz2lz38
  10. Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – Computer Forensics and E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/yeqcfr8
  11. Comprehensive Resource on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - http://tinyurl.com/yccj2ur
  12. Considering an Expert Witness? Tales from the Trenches - http://tinyurl.com/ydzxe3m 
  13. EarthLink to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit Over Early Termination Fees - http://tinyurl.com/yd3vrbh
  14. eDiscovery and Why It Could be Part of a Company’s Business Impact Analysis Process - http://tinyurl.com/yz9wudx
  15. eDiscovery Can Create Big Hassle for Small Cases http://ow.ly/16UjVP
  16. eDiscovery Encounters of the Third-Party Kind - http://tinyurl.com/ybx2fax
  17. eDiscovery: Feds Add More Dollars and Tech Staff - http://tinyurl.com/ydjzey5
  18. Get Your Head in the Cloud - http://tinyurl.com/yhxrf47
  19. Going Too Far with a Litigation Hold: Do Not Secretly Copy the Adverse Party’s Data - http://tinyurl.com/yl3fpbr
  20. 'Hot News' Tort Swats Flyonthewall.com - http://tinyurl.com/yfcy7md
  21. How to Handle Hard Drives in Government Probe - http://tinyurl.com/yhdgfq3
  22. In Retrial, Former Brocade CEO Found Guilty of Most Counts - http://tinyurl.com/yz9s3xc
  23. Keeping a Closer Eye on Employees’ Social Networking - http://tinyurl.com/yb6tc7p
  24. Prosecutors, Defense Snipe Over Speedy Trial Clock in FCPA Case - http://tinyurl.com/yjo3etd
  25. Suggested Metadata Practices for Legislation and Regulations - http://tinyurl.com/yab7p3e
  26. Supreme Court Justices Hostile to 'Foreign-Cubed' Cases - http://tinyurl.com/ycgh6h2
  27. The Permissive Sanction: Rimkus and the Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority - http://tinyurl.com/ykp2gpe
  28. The So Called "Conflict" Between Judge Scheindlin and Judge Rosenthal is Just Fake News - http://tinyurl.com/yhyf3mc
  29. Why Not E-Mail Service After the Complaint? http://tinyurl.com/yc4ngql
  30. Your Medical Records Aren't Secure - http://tinyurl.com/yg22vlz

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views – March 24, 2010

Provided for your review/use is this week's snapshot update of key industry news and views highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News
Context for Applying Discovery
  1. Affordable, Quality e-Discovery Is Not Attainable Without Teamwork and Cooperation http://bit.ly/cBXRkC
  2. Calls for New Model of Law Firm-Client Relations at Georgetown Conference - http://tinyurl.com/yb8cqgy
  3. Confusion Carries the Day in E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/ybxpt9x
  4. Court's Google Search Did Not Violate Evidence Rules, 2nd Circuit Says - http://tinyurl.com/y9gcsds
  5. Doctors Told Not To Use Social Networks, Could Create Ethical Problems - http://tinyurl.com/ybfdkp8
  6. Drowning in ESI? Grab A Buoy. By Herb Roitblat, Ph.D., http://bit.ly/9SwOes
  7. Dueling Opinions: Scheindlin’s Pension Committee vs. Rosenthal’s Rimkus - http://tinyurl.com/ydsdqo2
  8. Get Your Head in the Cloud - Despite Ethics Questions, Law Firms are Storing Client Data on the Net - http://tinyurl.com/y9gsal6
  9. ESI Culling: Trouble With Image Files - http://tinyurl.com/yc3y96b
  10. ESI Non-Preservation Agreement - Form http://tinyurl.com/yg99ahd
  11. Green Electronic Discovery Matters (The Trees) - http://tinyurl.com/yclq9fn
  12. How to Keep Sensitive Data Blacked Out - http://bit.ly/9niXkj
  13. In South Africa: Review of the Law of Evidence - South African Law Reform Commission - http://tinyurl.com/yfmslvl
  14. Judge Scheindlin's Latest Primer on E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/ycmulc9
  15. “Law Firm Evolution-Brave New World or Business as Usual?” http://bit.ly/bTmTK0
  16. Networking Site Spur Another Look at Bogus E-Mails - http://tinyurl.com/yh3gg4z
  17. No, No, You Can't Do That: Lawyers Surreptitiously Friending on Facebook - http://bit.ly /axR324
  18. 'Perpetual' Software Licence Doesn't Last Forever, Rules Court - http://tinyurl.com/yg96kh6
  19. Records Management: Is Europe Taking The Lead - http://tinyurl.com/ygmqfxr
  20. Review Performance Module Changes E-Discovery Review Management Landscape - http://tinyurl.com/yklb3or
  21. Social Media and Long Term Care Facilities: Considerations for Employers and Employees - http://tinyurl.com/yh9vkja
  22. 'Sexting,' Texting and EDD Before High Court - http://tinyurl.com/yjtcemq
  23. Small and Medium Businesses look to Cloud Storage Services For Data Compliance and E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/y8r4y3v
  24. Stolen Vanderbilt Desktop has Data of Over 7,000 students -  http://tinyurl.com/ye2wt85
  25. The CPA's Role in Quantifying Post-Acquisition Dispute Damages (Journal of Accountancy) - http://bit.ly/aJei35
  26. The Electronic Turn in Criminal Subpoenas - http://tinyurl.com/ya9v3to
  27. Undisputed Fiction Or Viacom's Smoking Gun? Early Emails Between YouTube's Founders - http://tcrn.ch/cAYZuD
  28. What is Information Governance? By Barry Murphy - http://tinyurl.com/ycluhm4
  29. Why The Rest of the World Thinks We’re Crazy - http://tinyurl.com/ydkq69w
  30. XML Tags Provide Relief for eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/ygyt43l
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views – March 17, 2010

Provided for your review/use is this week's snapshot update of key industry news and views highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

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  • AccessData Corp. v. ALSTE Technologies GmbH, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4566 (D. Utah Jan. 21, 2010). http://bit.ly/9zzAXo
  • Actionlink, LLC v. Sorgenfrei, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6703 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 27, 2010). http://bit.ly/9hxsgj
  • Altissima Ltd. v. One Niagara LLC, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11718 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. 8, 2010). http://bit.ly/cHHKGY
  • Kwon v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13614 (D. Haw. Feb. 17, 2010). http://bit.ly/8Z67Z3
  • Chang v. United States, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13353 (D.D.C. Feb. 16, 2010). http://tinyurl.com/yb5p3ge