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, September 15, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - September 15, 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. 9th Circuit Sides With Industry on Stopping Software Resales - http://tinyurl.com/23tvsrm
  2. Appeals Court Guts Landmark Computer-Privacy Ruling - http://tinyurl.com/2cj5ohv
  3. Arbitrators Confirm Quinn Emanuel's Fee in Facebook Settlement - http://tinyurl.com/2ewuowo
  4. Can Employers Review Electronic Messages? http://tinyurl.com/2apv8ld
  5. Cellphones, Social Networks make Eavesdropping OK? http://tinyurl.com/279v93h
  6. Cloud Computing Presents Legal Challenges to Healthcare Industry - http://tinyurl.com/2cc5r8c
  7. Company Hit With $459 Million Judgment Over 'Junk Fax' Transmissions - http://tinyurl.com/22olejs
  8. Critical Success Factors for IT and eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/34uq7eq
  9. Danger Below the Surface: A Look at Metadata Ethics Opinions - http://tinyurl.com/2uev9z6
  10. Dawn in Oceania: The 9th Circuit’s Assault on the 4th Amendment - http://tinyurl.com/2u2ez75
  11. Digitizing the World’s Laws: Authentication and Preservation - http://tinyurl.com/39npcw6
  12. Dispositive Sanctions Ordered and Outside and In-House Counsel Credibility Questioned in ESI Concealment Case - http://bit.ly/dsca0Y
  13. E-Disclosure and E-Discovery at Home and Abroad - http://tinyurl.com/2fyt7l3
  14. Examining eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/22njb4h
  15. European Court Limits Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel - http://tinyurl.com/2c4xlsr
  16. Facebook Posts Used in String of Burglaries - http://bit.ly/aHJ1nF
  17. Federal Suit Tests Online Griper's Right to Use Target's Name in Web Address - http://tinyurl.com/27geono
  18. Forensic Accounting: Investigation of Fraud and Criminal Activity in the Modern Business World - http://tinyurl.com/2umxy5z
  19. How the Law Firm of the Future Can Use E-Discovery to Drive Sustainability - http://tinyurl.com/32eqxzf
  20. ILTA 2010 Project Management Survey Results - http://www.mygazines.com/issue/16014
  21. Is a Website's Look and Feel Protected? http://tinyurl.com/2a2xmdd
  22. Latham Launches iPhone App for Deal Lawyers - http://tinyurl.com/25fjf6w
  23. Lawyers Can Get Scammed, Too - http://tinyurl.com/3x5kujy
  24. N.J. Court OKs Googling Jurors During Voir Dire - http://tinyurl.com/2uqvl4s
  25. Sensitive Company Information Bleeding Out The Door - http://tinyurl.com/2ekacg4
  26. Spoliation Sanctions by Circuit - http://tinyurl.com/26xdnt5
  27. Storage Firm Sanctioned $150K for eDiscovery Snafu - http://tinyurl.com/3yk3atc
  28. Steroids in Baseball: 9th Circuit Backtracks on Electronic Search Rules - http://tinyurl.com/2gxuxuw
  29. Subpoena Served on Yahoo! To Identify Anonymous E-Mailed is Quashed - http://bit.ly/aPkR0P
  30. Taming Litigation Hold Sanctions - http://tinyurl.com/32679mt
  31. The Crimes Are Virtual But The Damages Are Real - http://tinyurl.com/2v9gafr
  32. The Eternal Dilemma - U.S. Businesses are Sitting on a Virtual Mountain of Electronic Documents - http://tinyurl.com/2cef4vw
  33. The Grimm Truth About Spoliation - http://tinyurl.com/39ynd7m
  34. The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Legal Holds- September, 2010 Version - http://tinyurl.com/38m386s
  35. Victor Stanley 2 – Judge Grimm Imposes Prison Sanction for Spoliation - http://tinyurl.com/37o2eaz
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eDiscovery Events

SEPTEMBER

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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