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, July 28, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - July 28, 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. A Spectre of Future Discovery Conundrums - http://tinyurl.com/27ucdrn
  2. Court Affirms Dismissal As Sanction For "Egregiously Improper And Abusive" Discovery Misconduct - http://tinyurl.com/2b2y7l6
  3. Court May Block Executive's Start Date at Competitor (Computer Forensics) - http://tinyurl.com/267424p
  4. Court Orders Retention of 3rd Party Vendor to Assist w/Document Review & Production, Appoints Special Master for Future Disputes - http://tinyurl.com/2be42po
  5. Cybercrime Costing Business $3.8 Million Annually - http://tinyurl.com/2bkd3yw
  6. eDiscovery: Friction Between Legal and IT Groups Jeopordize Response - http://tinyurl.com/2334vgn
  7. Digital Detectives: Current Issues in Computer Forensics - http://tinyurl.com/29yao8s
  8. European Commission Receives Report on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies - http://bit.ly/91oMBH
  9. FDA Inspections to Focus on Electronic Record Criteria - http://bit.ly/9dSlGI
  10. Fishing Expeditions in Cell Phone & Hard Drive Collection - http://tinyurl.com/32g4zcr
  11. Four Keys for Getting Employees to Change Their Document Retention Habits - http://tinyurl.com/24n9uvf
  12. How Facebook Can Make or Break Your Case - http://tinyurl.com/27lkkjp
  13. In Antitrust Blitz, FTC Targets Consummated Mergers - http://tinyurl.com/2f3tpmz
  14. Is Privacy the KEY Information Governance component? http://bit.ly/cuD20O
  15. LPO as a Driver of Law Firm Innovation - http://tinyurl.com/25bz77x
  16. Managing the Lines of Client Communication During an Outsourcing - http://tinyurl.com/2u8kbud
  17. “Permanence” of Social Media an Excuse for Refusal to Adopt? http://bit.ly/d7khlT
  18. Piloting E-Discovery Rules in the 7th Circuit -http://tinyurl.com/28kdnzu
  19. Recent Decision Discusses Accessing Someone Else's Email - http://tinyurl.com/2fjhdvh
  20. Records Management and Early Case Assessment (ECA) - http://tinyurl.com/2bzps9l
  21. Tech Savvy Judges and the Challenge of Jurors Conducting Online Research - http://tinyurl.com/24vqmsy
  22. The Legal Issues Around Cloud Computing - http://tinyurl.com/2c8obl4
  23. Survival in a FinReg World - http://tinyurl.com/2agxuyn
  24. TREC 2009 Legal Track Sheds Light on Search Efficacy in Electronic Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/2fbazk6
  25. Using Information from Income Tax Returns as an Investigative Tool in Forensic Accounting - http://tinyurl.com/286dfzk
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views – July 21, 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. Brevity Is One Key to Internet-Era Speaking - http://tinyurl.com/27els46
  2. Citing Rule 37(e), Court Denies Spoliation Sanctions Despite the Existence of a Duty to Preserve - http://tinyurl.com/2udom25
  3. Cross-Border Discovery: Ontario’s Golden Rule - http://tinyurl.com/2ddbc8n
  4. CyberAttacks on the Rise in 2010, Report Says - http://bit.ly/cFdscb
  5. Database Access and the Defense - http://tinyurl.com/2ffx729
  6. Digital Detectives: A Look at Data Breaches - New Podcast on the LegalTalkNetwork -  http://tinyurl.com/28fhxae
  7. EDRM Enron Email Data Set v2 Update - http://tinyurl.com/27r9vnv
  8. EDRM XML Schema Survey - http://bit.ly/de4xiU
  9. eDiscovery Buying Criteria - http://tinyurl.com/23ajv89
  10. E-Discovery Sector has Room to Grow: Experts - http://tinyurl.com/2wn5wkg
  11. E-Monitoring and the First Amendment: What Can Tech Do? http://tinyurl.com/2d8tuww
  12. EU Data Sharing: European Commission Lays Out Core Principles of Data Sharing And Results Of First Ever Audit - http://tinyurl.com/27ln5g8
  13. Fired Over Twitter: 13 Tweets That Got People Canned - http://huff.to/aVfdEC
  14. Hosting eDiscovery in the Cloud: Know What You’re Getting - http://tinyurl.com/39qq4p5
  15. Law Technology News Legal Technology Vendor  Satisfaction Survey - http://tinyurl.com/27mveze
  16. No E-Discovery Project Management Plan Survives Contact with the Enemy - http://tinyurl.com/29c2xub
  17. Overview of the TREC 2009 Legal Track, by Hedin et al. - http://bit.ly/aXeDPt
  18. Metropolitan Corporate Counsel - Social Media - Assessment, Risks, and Techniques - http://tinyurl.com/3ay6o3j
  19. Politics and ESI Retention: What Happened to Transparency in Government? http://tinyurl.com/2v5auum
  20. Primer on Foreign Language E-Discovery - http://bit.ly/cuuJtG
  21. Search Term Turkey - http://bit.ly/aMSluo
  22. SEC Adds Units to Oversee Financial Institutions, Asset-Backed Securities, New Financial Products and Trends - http://tinyurl.com/272kvr9
  23. Social Media and eDiscovery: More Bark than Bite? http://tinyurl.com/28uoknn
  24. Stupid Defendant Tricks: Poor Photo-Editing Skills Edition - http://bit.ly/bGvCf2
  25. Survey of 103 eDiscovery Cases in the First Half 2010, the “Campbell Soup” case, and the Wisdom of Andy Warhol: http://tinyurl.com/33xe2ue
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Industry Landscape

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eDiscovery Events
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