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, June 9, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views – June 9, 2010

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

eDiscovery News
Context for Applying Discovery
  1. As Social Media Creeps Into E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/24adf57
  2. CLO and GC Survey on Litigation and Discovery - IAALS - http://ow.ly/1TJuB
  3. Consistent with IDC Research on eDiscovery IT Spend, 25% of In-House Report Less Work for Outside Firms - http://ow.ly/17BfFb
  4. Court Rules that an E-mail can be Libelous Merely by Linking to Someone Else's Defamatory Blog Post - http://twurl.nl/fffmat
  5. Developing a Detection and Prevention System for Managing FCPA/UK Bribery Act Risks - http://tinyurl.com/24xye3w
  6. Early Case Assessment - The Emperor Has No Clothes - http://tinyurl.com/28xrntv
  7. E-Discovery: A Litigator's Perspective - http://tinyurl.com/2eret95
  8. E-Discovery Nightmare Arises on BP's Horizon - http://tinyurl.com/2fmktcx
  9. E-mail Data Leaks a Worry for Most IT Professionals - http://tinyurl.com/3xrbnox
  10. Ensuring Searchable Production Formats (Or Don’t Tick off the Judge) - http://tinyurl.com/26cmsms
  11. Final 'Qualcomm' Ruling a One-Time Pass? http://tinyurl.com/2fwa5pv
  12. For Discovery Violations, Court Indicates Likelihood of Finding Agency Relationship Existed as a Matter of Law - http://tinyurl.com/2elsfgo
  13. Graphic E-Discovery? http://tinyurl.com/289junt
  14. Is the Enterprise Market Eluding the Legacy Litigation Technology Providers? http://tinyurl.com/24dqpn7
  15. Jail Time for Physician's HIPAA Violation Highlights Need to Redouble Compliance Efforts - http://bit.ly/dxzJhn
  16. Lawyers’ Ethical Responsibilities Relating to Metadata - http://tinyurl.com/2g9ffm9
  17. Legally Defensible Security and the (Surprisingly Lacking) Right to Privacy - http://bit.ly/d4oQbS
  18. One Hot, Greasy (Discovery) Nightmare: In-House Lawyers at Oil Spill Companies Are Sweating It": http://bit.ly/bFFNvW
  19. Privacy And Data Security - What Counsel Should Know About Minimizing Risk - http://tinyurl.com/38akafm
  20. Reckless and Grossly Negligent Failure to Preserve Results in Sanctions for Defendant - http://tinyurl.com/2dzs7wx
  21. Removing Common Files in E-Discovery Processing: De-NISTing Explained - http://tinyurl.com/28hsaym v
  22. System and Evolution in Corporate Governance - http://tinyurl.com/2u5ey4x
  23. The 1st Cloud Computing Search Warrant: Google Docs Under Investigation - http://bit.ly/bHYk65
  24. The Duke Conference And E-Discovery Solutions - A Panelist's Perspective - http://tinyurl.com/23xyuz2
  25. Tracking Insider Trading: Disney, Stella and Fecklessness - http://tinyurl.com/2fnpzmr
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