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 22, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - September 22, 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 Lawyer Must be a Technologist, Especially in the e-Discovery Industry - http://tinyurl.com/22k462q
  2. Avoiding the Ethical Minefield of Social Media: Do You Know Who Your Friends Are? http://tinyurl.com/29yqagu
  3. Be Careful How Your Brand Travels on Social Networks - http://tinyurl.com/27ft252
  4. Code That Tracks Users’ Browsing Prompts Lawsuits - http://nyti.ms/dzZRjU
  5. Data Security and the Perfect Storm - http://tinyurl.com/22vhq2e
  6. Did Iqbal/Twombly Raise the Bar for Browsewrap Claims? http://bit.ly/a7Oeuj
  7. Don’t Be Afraid to Delete that Email - http://tinyurl.com/2c4nqfc
  8. EDD Investment Rallies 'Round Regulation - http://tinyurl.com/29yk3p2
  9. European Data Privacy Restrictions Slow Cloud Computing Spread - http://tinyurl.com/23hzs6k
  10. Google Engineer Dismissed for Accessing User Gmail, Chat Logs - http://tinyurl.com/33fydwr
  11. In Their Own Words: Legal Thought Leaders Interview Series - http://tinyurl.com/2vfbzf2
  12. Is Integrated E-Discovery the Best Approach?http://tinyurl.com/2aneazh
  13. How Third Party ESI Requests Collide with the Stored Communications Act - http://bit.ly/9jPXGD
  14. Law Firms Decry Impact of Proposed Accounting Rule on Corporate Clients - http://tinyurl.com/2bces6l
  15. Marketing Legal Services on the Deepening, Splintering Web - http://tinyurl.com/289khkz
  16. Metadata – What You Can't See Can Hurt You - http://tinyurl.com/24f3vsb
  17. New EDRM White Paper: The E-Discovery Maturity Model - http://tinyurl.com/27e5nml
  18. New Suits Challenge Online Cookies that Defy or Inhibit Deletion - http://tinyurl.com/2ar8rjy
  19. Party's Spoliation to be Treated as Criminal Contempt and Defendant Sentenced to Two Years of Imprisonment - http://tinyurl.com/2ftlhdt
  20. Personal Injury Practice Bonds With Technology - http://tinyurl.com/25ge29e
  21. Potential Jail Time For Electronic Discovery Abuse and Spoliation of Evidence - http://tinyurl.com/22thykn
  22. Q&A: White House E-mail Lawyer Anne Weismann - http://tinyurl.com/26ssval
  23. Rule 37 Safe Harbor Provision used to Limit Sanctions Requested under Court's Inherent Authority - http://is.gd/fjmJ8
  24. Sandisk Fails to Find Proper E-Discovery Balance – Gets Sanctioned - http://tinyurl.com/29ef3c7
  25. Social Media and E-Discovery: Two Excellent Law Review Articles - http://tinyurl.com/2e2bz5a
  26. The Ins and Outs of Metadata Mining - http://tinyurl.com/23m33q3
  27. The Market Reaction to Corporate Governance Regulation - http://tinyurl.com/2bwlpap
  28. The Missing Piece of Cloud Security? http://tinyurl.com/3ys8ayb
  29. The Most Influential People in Corporate Governance -http://tinyurl.com/263nt2t
  30. Third Edition of The Sedona Conference® Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management - http://www.thesedonaconference.org
  31. T-Mobile Sued Over Blockade of Text Messages - http://tinyurl.com/2fvxc4u
  32. Turning eDiscovery News and Views into a Community of Interest - http://tinyurl.com/26b86tw
  33. Using Social Network Evidence in Family Court - http://tinyurl.com/24zhjmc
  34. Wash. Justice Awarded 4 E-Mails in Disclosure Case - http://tinyurl.com/38dgu2m
  35. What is ECA? Here Is My Definition - http://tinyurl.com/2fbp7w2
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events

SEPTEMBER

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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