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 30, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views – June 30, 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. 2010 Law Technology News Legal Technology Vendor Satisfaction Survey - http://tinyurl.com/27mveze
  2. "A McChrystal?" Viral Social Media and the McChrystal Termination - http://tinyurl.com/2cfy6pf
  3. Another Step Towards Information Governance - http://tinyurl.com/2ddrwc9
  4. Are E-Discovery Sanctions Tough Enough? http://tinyurl.com/2etxxcj
  5. Automated Review in Electronic Discovery Re-Visited - http://tinyurl.com/2fb8ccg
  6. Desktop Collection 2.0 –Enterprise Forensics Part 2 - http://tinyurl.com/284rcad
  7. Divorce Lawyers: Facebook Tops in Online Evidence - http://tinyurl.com/25x6w8n
  8. EC gives UK Two Months to Up Data Protection Laws - http://tinyurl.com/2dsrw42
  9. eDiscovery and Rule 30(b)(6): You Only Get What You Ask For (So Know Your Borders) - http://tinyurl.com/2a2upy6
  10. Examining The Need For Standardized Collection Workflows - http://tinyurl.com/2eu3w9q
  11. Handling Privileged Information - Canadian Lawyer Magazine - Video Panel Discussion - http://tinyurl.com/36dg2x4
  12. I Hate That We’re Still Talking About Pages - http://goo.gl/fb/EosL5
  13. Jury Instruction Allowing Inference that Destroyed Evidence Was Unfavorable and Payment of Attorneys' Fees... http://tinyurl.com/24pyqjv
  14. Legal, IT Should Both Treat E-Discovery as 'Mission-Critical' - http://tinyurl.com/2a4eaqa
  15. Legal Project Management Moves In-House - http://tinyurl.com/2cm2pdw
  16. Making Sense of Compliance and Governance - http://tinyurl.com/2ezte5q
  17. Minimizing the Legal Risks of Using Online Social Networks - http://tinyurl.com/2bguwls
  18. Primer on the Use of Sampling in E-Discovery - http://bit.ly/drFmOT
  19. Sarbanes-Oxley Survives High Court Ruling on Accounting Board - http://tinyurl.com/2g8rohe
  20. Self-Collection Prohibited in Delaware - http://tinyurl.com/2cnhjfs
  21. Social Gaming Suits Are Serious Business - http://tinyurl.com/25ktlgf
  22. Social Media Governance: An Interview with Applied Discovery and Sensei Enterprises - http://bit.ly/c5ogZV
  23. The Growth of Legal Outsourcing: Passage to India - http://tinyurl.com/2c3obbl
  24. Twitter Settles Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers' Personal Info - http://tinyurl.com/2eva73h
  25. U.S. Government's FCPA Probe of Weatherford Expands - http://tinyurl.com/2bzqwpq
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