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, August 11, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - August 11, 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. 1st Circuit Upholds Maine Law Regulating Data Mining - http://tinyurl.com/26xbn2e
  2. A Decoding the ESI of Intent: Bimbo Bakeries and Industrial Espionage - http://tinyurl.com/28nba22
  3. America’s Got e-Discovery Talent: Judging the Hot Cases of 2010 - http://tinyurl.com/2fkso2v
  4. Authenticating Cell Phone Records - http://tinyurl.com/2c97bgy
  5. BlackBerry Bans: A Question of Business, or Ethics? http://tinyurl.com/2f2h4d5
  6. British Survey: General Counsel Have Big Business on the Brain - http://tinyurl.com/2bprlbp
  7. Can One Bad Apple Break Your Legal Hold? http://tinyurl.com/29yob65
  8. Coming Together: A Shared Interest for Legal and IT: http://litn.eu/sa02
  9. Corporate Clergy: Role of Compliance Officer Involves Communicating Meaning, Importance of Ethics - http://ow.ly/2kktB
  10. Court Grants Defendant's Motion for Entry of Clawback Provision -http://tinyurl.com/22vbjnz
  11. Court Quashes Subpoena for Facebook Messages - http://tinyurl.com/296akfs
  12. Delaware Chancery Court Vice Chancellor Derides Lax Attitude Toward eDiscovery and Custodian Self-Collection - http://tinyurl.com/2d4uylj
  13. Discovery Rule for Libel Doesn't Apply to Blogs, Says Federal Judge - http://tinyurl.com/2b6usja
  14. E-Discovery Converging in the Cloud: Is Gartner Right? http://bit.ly/aO4R8V
  15. Employees’ E-Mails Lead to Non-Compete Lawsuit - http://tinyurl.com/2et3yg9
  16. FDA Asserted Authority Not Only Over Social Media, but Metadata Too - http://tinyurl.com/24j7uhb
  17. For Third Time, Blogger Charged With Menacing Judges Goes on Trial - http://tinyurl.com/2da5wtv
  18. Goldman Sachs Bans Swearing In Email - http://tinyurl.com/29kequl
  19. How Fulbright Transformed Its Document Review - http://tinyurl.com/34xdaq2
  20. It’s All About Timing: Good Faith and the Duty to Preserve - http://tinyurl.com/2ufk5yy
  21. It Takes the Cake: e-Discovery & Social Networking in Trademark Litigation - http://tinyurl.com/2c37vpa
  22. Online Viewer of Child Pornography Ordered to Pay Restitution to the Victim - http://tinyurl.com/36w75bq
  23. Plaintiff's Anonymity Denied in Civil Rights Suit - http://tinyurl.com/32yccn5
  24. Remove Metadata from Acrobat Documents as Part of E-Discovery Readiness? http://tinyurl.com/2bwxqdm
  25. Report: Law Firms, Corporations Seeing Increased eDiscovery Workloads,Anticipate Greater Hiring - http://bit.ly/dn47sw
  26. Rite Aid Fined $1 Million for Improperly Disposing Personal Information - http://tinyurl.com/256w4ru
  27. Sanctions Based on “Minimal Evidence” Presented - “It Is Not Clear that [Defendant] Spoliated Evidence” - http://tinyurl.com/2bgse7c
  28. Study: eDiscovery + Enterprise Search = Reduced Costs - http://tinyurl.com/2by5h3j
  29. “Weekend At Bernie’s” and End-user based eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/257d8qt
  30. What Happens to Your Twitter Account When You Die? http://tinyurl.com/27tpda4
  31. What Part of E-Discovery Should You Fix First? http://tinyurl.com/29tuj8p
  32. When an Apology is a Discovery Response - http://tinyurl.com/2ehes87
  33. When Do You Call an Expert for Cell Phone Data? http://tinyurl.com/26e4bun
  34. Wisconsin "De-claws" eDiscovery Rules - http://tinyurl.com/22q4798
  35. Xerox Advises Securing Data In Printer Hard Drives - http://tinyurl.com/246hcgy
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events

AUGUST

CBA Canadian Legal Conference & Expo
August 15-17, 2010
Niagara, Ontatio
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ILTA 2010
August 22-26, 2010
Nashville, TN
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SEPTEMBER

Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum
September 14-15, 2010
London, UK
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IBA: 14th Annual Competition Conference
September 17-18, 2010
Florence, Italy
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IQPC: 8th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals
September 20-23, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
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Canadian Forum on Court Technology
September 22-23, 2010
Ottawa, Canada
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ALM – Virtual LegalTech
September 23, 2010
Online
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Second Annual Intermountain eDiscovery Conference
September 24, 2010
Salt Lake City, UT
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Argyle Executive Forum: 2010 Chief Legal Officer Leadership Forum
September 29, 2010
Chicago, IL
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OCTOBER

The Masters Conference
October 4-6, 2010
Washington, DC
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2010 NFPA Annual Convention
October 7-10, 2010
Cherry Hill, NJ
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Gartner Symposium: ITxpo 2010
October 17-21, 2010
Orlando, FL
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EDRM Midyear Meeting
October 19-20-2010
St. Paul, MN
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DRI Annual Meeting
October 20-24, 2010
San Diego, CA
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The Sedona Conference: Patent Litigation XI
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
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ACC Annual Meeting
October 24-27, 2010
San Antonio, TX
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2010 Techno Forensics & Digital Investigations
October 25-26, 2010
Gaithersburg, MD
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Sedona Conference, Antitrust Law & Litigation XII
October 28-29, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
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NOVEMBER

InfoSecurity – Netherlands
November 3-4, 2010
Utrecht, Netherlands
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InfoSecurity – Russia
November 17-19, 2010
Moscow, Russia
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Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit
November 17, 2010
San Diego, CA
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Gartner Data Center Summit
November 22-23, 2010
London, UK
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DECEMBER

Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
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ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
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