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 25, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - August 25, 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 InsideLegal/ILTA Member Technology Purchasing Survey - http://tinyurl.com/238djurAnnual Texas Corporate Counsel Survey Highlights Impact of Reduced Legal Budgets on Law Firm-Corporate Counsel Relationships - http://tinyurl.com/24544g3
  2. A Discovery Jewel: Keeping Requests in Focus - http://bit.ly/aOiDwK
  3. America’s Got eDiscovery Talent – Part 3 - http://tinyurl.com/256o87z
  4. Best Practices to Quickly Identify and Preserve Relevant ESI - http://tinyurl.com/26peezn
  5. Beware of Social Networking Sites - Minnesota Lawyer - http://tinyurl.com/24w6phg
  6. Blogging: A Hotbed of Litigation - http://tinyurl.com/232dvul
  7. Case Report – Master Short Argues for Proportionality in Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/3x9obj4
  8. Chat Logs, Authentication and the Best Evidence Rule - http://tinyurl.com/3yulfma
  9. Corporate Counsel': Who Represents America's Biggest Companies 2010 - http://tinyurl.com/2d28a2y
  10. Court Affirms Taxation of eDiscovery Costs Absent Cost Allocation Agreement - http://tinyurl.com/2858ane
  11. Do We Share Too Much Information? http://tinyurl.com/3a4kgmr
  12. EDD Market Size Question - http://tinyurl.com/2f8bcac
  13. Expanding eDiscovery Solution Features Across the EDRM - http://tinyurl.com/23r479z
  14. Germany To Outlaw Employers Checking Out Candidates On Facebook, But Googling Is OK - http://tcrn.ch/avCDsA
  15. ILTA Impressions – A Call for Unity - http://tinyurl.com/34svtkj
  16. Indiana Court Calls for Production of Social Networking Profiles - http://tinyurl.com/29z9lay
  17. Is 'Private' Data on Social Networks Discoverable? http://tinyurl.com/3ajtt93
  18. Judge in Clemens Case Tells Parties to Keep Their Mouths (and Twitter) Shut - http://tinyurl.com/22mbmbw
  19. Liability for Failing to Redact Personally Identifiable Information from E-filings? http://tinyurl.com/2wb8vjv
  20. No Safe Harbors in Argentina - Bits Blog - http://nyti.ms/aWA3KA
  21. Privacy Policies in the Electronic Workplace - http://tinyurl.com/37v7hu7
  22. Putting an End to Digital Dumpster Diving - http://tinyurl.com/2fvj7fd
  23. Redacting Personally Identifiable Data From E-Filings - http://tinyurl.com/27gwf2s
  24. Regulation and Distrust - http://tinyurl.com/2eqlf2m
  25. Social Networking Sites: Subject to Discovery? http://tinyurl.com/388duua
  26. Super Password? Thoughts from the Digital Samurai - http://tinyurl.com/34qvgqs
  27. Texas State Bar Releases 63,000 Lawyer E-Mail Addresses to Law Student - http://ow.ly/18ENnA
  28. What Lawyers Need to Know About Search Tools - http://tinyurl.com/2clo7kg
  29. Worldmark v. Wyndham Resort: An E-mail Address is an "Address" - http://tinyurl.com/27ntsfu
  30. Web 2.0 as Evidence - http://tinyurl.com/ykaq3hq
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events
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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