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, February 29, 2012

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - February 29, 2012

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

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eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations
  • A Billion Dollar Fix for Free - http://bit.ly/zD4RXW (Craig Ball)
  • A Practical Guide To Responding To Government Investigations - bit.ly/zS0diw (Roderick Thomas, Mark Sweet)
  • A Good eDiscovery Team: eDiscovery Lawyers – Part II - bit.ly/AwOmmY (Dennis Kiker)
  • All’s “Well” for Halliburton: No Sanctions Result from BP’s Spoliation Claims | Cozen O’Connor – bit.ly/yB8lqA (Diana Lin)
  • Am I Naïve to Think Something Should Be Done? | Resolving Discovery Disputes - bit.ly/yQPD5z (Katherine Gallo)
  • Beware: Courts May Force You To Pay Costs Of Unnecessary eDiscovery Actions - bit.ly/AinqyM (Austin O’Malley)
  • Check For Privilege Before Turning Over Database: The Lesson In Thorncreek Apartments – bit.ly/yz9SHL (John Tredennick)
  • Computer-Assisted Review “Acceptable in Appropriate Cases,” Says Judge Peck - bit.ly/xn79DI (Matt Nelson)
  • Computerized Document Review Defensible at Last? bit.ly/zwruTK (Ron Friedmann)
  • Cost of Converting (Electronically Stored Information) Jardin v. DATAllegro, Inc. – bit.ly/A0LSpr (Jennifer Connelly)
  • Courts Tackle Spyware Interceptions - bit.ly/AbezOp (Peter Crusco)
  • Criminal Law Catches Up: New ESI Guidelines Issued – bit.ly/yVpQvH (Shira Scheindlin, Jeffrey Rabkin)
  • Data Preservation is Critical in Trade Secrets Cases | Littler - bit.ly/zpf7Gm (Douglas Wickham)
  • E-Discovery: Avoiding eDiscovery Offenses in State Courts - bit.ly/xXmfK9 (Matthew Prewitt)
  • eDiscovery Court Pilot Programs: eDiscovery Templates that Legal Teams Should Utilize – bit.ly/wfc7pU (Mike Hamilton)
  • Eleventh Circuit Reverses Order Compelling Production Of Unencrypted Computer Contents -bit.ly/xTpPPU (Federal Evidence Review)
  • Federal Court Incentivizes Narrow eDiscovery Through Cost Shifting | Cozen O’Connor - bit.ly/wrqi8H (Lisa Myers)
  • Federal Court Approves Use of “Computer-Assisted Review” to Find and Produce Relevant ESI in Discovery - bit.ly/xBfh4F (Jay Yurkiw)
  • Government’s “Recommendations for ESI Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases” Revealed - bit.ly/zpyZ4a (K&L Gates)
  • Hard Drive of a Key Non-Party Witness is Searchable in Response to Subpoena | Gibbons - bit.ly/x1rkR6(Stephen J. Finley)
  • How a Case Can Crash and Burn: Why Litigant Should Not Set Afire Computer After It Crashes (Preservation 101) bit.ly/x3G7H1 (Gibbons)
  • Huge Hole in eDiscovery Process – bit.ly/zBhGqC (Josh Gilliland)
  • In A Milestone for Predictive Coding, Judge Peck Says, ‘Go Ahead, Dive In!’ bit.ly/Aw2xdG (Bob Ambrogi)
  • In eDiscovery Breakthrough, Judge Endorses ‘Predictive Coding’ - bit.ly/xkrjX6 (Alison Frankel)
  • Is Predictive Analytics Going Mainstream? bit.ly/xL3AWv (Cat Casey)
  • Judge Peck Issues Opinion on Computer-Assisted Review - bit.ly/wA6J26 (Monica Bay)
  • Judge Orders Twitter User’s Identity Revealed In Bachmann Threat Investigation - bit.ly/yGOWPB (Mike Scarcella)
  • Judge Peck’s Predictive Coding Game-Changer – bit.ly/zBqfuu (Craig Carpenter)
  • LegalTech New York 2012 – A New Zealand Perspective - bit.ly/yOKGFl (Andrew King)
  • New York State Reaffirms Influence of Zubulake and Pension Committee Federal Decisions - bit.ly/zUwmro (Michael Arkfeld)
  • Ownership of Work Related Social Media – Recent Case Law - bit.ly/zE5wYf (Maxine Neuhauser, Susan Sholinsky)
  • Plaintiffs Object to Predictive Coding Order, Argue Lack of Transparency in eDiscovery Process – bit.ly/yLWhJD (Philip Favro)
  • Predictive Coding’s Silver Blaze: The Dogs Who Didn’t Bark In The Night-Time - bit.ly/wzoIXO (Chris Dale)
  • Producing Party Must Pay for Discovery: Appeals Court – bit.ly/wK7a8l (Joseph Ax)
  • Saved by the Judge – Understanding Keyword Searches and “Unallocated Space” bit.ly/xbRfHF (Michael Arkfeld)
  • Service of Process Via Social Media and Authentication - bit.ly/yVBSaw (Bradley Shear)
  • Size and Significance in eDiscovery Sampling - bit.ly/yTNmD7 (@OrangeLT)
  • Still No Cure for the Malady of Jurors’ Social Media Use During Trials and Deliberations - bit.ly/zEllFW(Gibbons)
  • Taming Big Data - bit.ly/ACsmGw (Nick Patience)
  • The Act of Production: Minimize Risk When Replying to a Subpoena - bit.ly/zRVZ7o (Michael Dockterman, Ira Greenberg)
  • The Implications Of Pippins v. KPMG For The Preservation Of Evidence - bit.ly/AuP9Lk (Jon Resnick)
  • The Next Governance Frontier: Social Media - onforb.es/wYojZ7 (Barry Murphy)
  • The SEC and eDiscovery - bit.ly/wYCzbD (Wallis Hampton, Elizabeth Russo, Canaan Himmelbaum)
  • Thoughtful Guidelines for eDiscovery in Criminal Cases - bit.ly/w65VFD (Craig Ball)
  • Twittering Grievances May Be Expensive - bit.ly/wUS6xT (Joy Newborg)
  • Use of Computer-Assisted Coding Is Endorsed to Comb Through Huge Number of Documents – bit.ly/zrGCSs (Mark Hamblett)
  • U.S. District Judge Must Affirm Peck’s Decision - bit.ly/AmphIn (Albert Barsochinni)
  • Woman Must Turn Over Unencrypted Computer Hard Drive to U.S. - bit.ly/wAuPVt (Solomon Banda)
Reports and Resources
  • CNSSI-4031 Cryptographic High Value Products (CHVP) (PDF) bit.ly/xHmRPd (Committee on National Security Systems)
  • Microsoft Paper Focuses on Evolved Security, Privacy and Reliability Strategies for Cloud and Big Data – bit.ly/yR2QpG (Scott Charney)
  • New Federal Guidelines Promote Uniform Treatment of eDiscovery in Criminal Proceedings – bit.ly/AjW6sa (Bracewell & Giuliani)
  • New Research Reveals Cyber Risk Still Not Getting Adequate Attention from Boards and Senior Executives – prn.to/yvJMs5 (PR Newswire)
  • Of Frightened Horses and Autonomous Vehicles: Tort Law and its Assimilation of Innovations – bit.ly/Av1qmR (Kyle Graham)
  • Symantec 2012 State of Mobility Survey - bit.ly/xBg7PW (Press Release)
  • The Buzz On Information Matters (eDiscovery and Information Governance) bit.ly/wuj188 (Redgrave)
  • Want to Delete Web History Before Google Gathering Takes Effect? EFF Shows How - bit.ly/xJbFtq (Debra Cassens Weiss)
Sight and Sound
  • A Pinteresting Look At Ethics? From Ethics to eDiscovery - bit.ly/yKMN5o (@OrangeLT)
  • Breaking Down the White House Privacy Framework with Foley Hoag’s Colin Zick - bit.ly/Arrp1a (@LXBN)
  • Former Judge Ronald Hedges on the Collision of Privacy and EDD - bit.ly/xBfu7t (Monica Bay)
  • John Facciola, Michael Arkfeld on the ABA Ethics 20/20 Project – bit.ly/xLxr4r (Monica Bay)
  • Judicial Perspectives on Tech-Assisted Review – Video - bit.ly/y00kFq (@Xerox_XLS)
  • Legal Talk Network: Digital Detectives Podcast: “The Best Resources for Staying Current eDiscovery” – bit.ly/ykDnMi (PR Newswire)
  • LegalTech 2012: The Mashup App – Most Excellent Technology Adventure [With Video] bit.ly/zf0BJa (Greg Bufithis)
  • Video of White House Event Announcing New Internet Privacy Approach – http://ow.ly/1hAKA0 (Hogan Lovells)
Technology and Tactics
  • 5 Issues to Consider Before Deploying Cloud-Based Email for Law Enforcement - bit.ly/yFu7zP (Matt Williams)
  • 6 Shining Examples of Cloud Computing in Action – http://onforb.es/ynmBCq  (Joe McKendrick)
  • 7 Tips for Starting Information Governance Projects - bit.ly/yPP1UF (Mark Diamond)
  • Archive Now and Simplify Data Migrations | The VAR Guy - bit.ly/AeSyBI (Randy Cochran)
  • Are Outside Counsel Using SEO, Social Media to Reach GCs? bit.ly/wTzTLJ (Shannon Green)
  • Assessing the Risk of Cybercrime - bit.ly/zkMObd (Marc Mayerson, Darren Teshima)
  • Can You Screen Employees Using Facebook? bit.ly/yZGKMa (Beverly Michaelis)
  • Cloud Storage in the Age of SOPA and Megaupload - bit.ly/z5o3Yx (Ben Schorr)
  • Conflicts Arise When Complying With U.S. and E.U. Laws - bit.ly/y1QIJu (Catherine Dunn)
  • Dell Is Hoping It’s More Than a Server Company - nyti.ms/AlmB0Z (Quentin Hardy)
  • DLA Piper Sponsors Open-Source Think Tank - bit.ly/z2nHC4 (Evan Koblentz)
  • Don’t Be Ambushed by Your Cloud Provider - bit.ly/z0ceem (Mary Jander)
  • Download Your Facebook Info for eDiscovery or Curiosity - bit.ly/wcyZ0X (Jason Velasco)
  • Facebook Conducting “Test” SMS Snooping - bit.ly/yBh0l5 (Adam Smith)
  • From the Experts: Cloud Computing’s Hidden Export Regulation Risks - bit.ly/zkKHXP (Chad Breckinridge)
  • FTC Approves New COPPA Safe-Harbor Program | Covington – bit.ly/xbM8UJ (Michael Beder)
  • Grandfather Provision of Massachusetts Data Security Requirements Expiring - bit.ly/yMlMBj (Jeremy Logsdon)
  • Healthcare: A Special Area For Privacy And Data Protection - bit.ly/vZ5PNO (Jo-Ellyn Klein)
  • How Europe is Dealing with Privacy Online - bit.ly/w4ONJq (Viviane Reding)
  • Internet Privacy Bill of Rights - bit.ly/yJjCZC (Peter Vogel)
  • IT Leaders Must Swallow the Automatic ‘No’ and Focus on Making Things Happen - bit.ly/yLB7UK (Doug Caddell)
  • KPMG-Wharton Survey Indicates Boost for M&A Activity in 2012 - bit.ly/ykJMrn (PR Newswire)
  • Lessons Learned: The VeriSign Breach - bit.ly/x3R36o (Anthony Di Bello)
  • Maximizing Information Technology Return on Investment - bit.ly/zdXlBj (Edward Poll)
  • New Social Media Darling Pinterest and Copyright Law | Slaw - bit.ly/whOba1 (Connie Crosby)
  • Plucking the Eye Out of Email Storms - bit.ly/x97IjX (John Mello)
  • Proactive Cyber Security Means Knowing Your Adversary and Educating your Ally - bit.ly/wGWuab (Russ Gould)
  • Protecting Copyright Holders and Potential Infringers – bit.ly/xh8Hiz (Edward Spiro, Judith Mogul)
  • Sun Co-founder McNealy’s Startup Wayin raises $14M - bit.ly/wZ8nGL (San Jose Business Journal)
  • Stratfor E-Mails Contain Deal Details Involving Willkie and Jackson Walker - bit.ly/Aoj3UW (Brian Baxter)
  • Strong General Counsel And The New Reality - bit.ly/yoG14w (Al Driver)
  • The Top Ten Pitfalls In ITaaS Transformation - bit.ly/xKCW4t (Chuck Hollis)
  • Three Aspects of Backup Software Management that May Never Go Away - bit.ly/A8AAat (Jerome Wendt)
  • Tweets on Trial: Law Enforcement Subpoenas Twitter Account - bit.ly/AsjvyD (Mario Anzuoni)
  • Two Lawyers Sue West and LexisNexis for Reproducing Legal Briefs - bit.ly/z8yD5g (Debra Cassens Weiss)
  • Will ‘Big Data’ Transform Your Industry? bit.ly/zkBrAd (McKinsey)
  • Will The FBI Be Shutting Down Your Internet Access On March 8? bit.ly/wojUze (John Mello)
  • What is “Reasonable” for a Law Firm With Respect to Protecting Client Data? bit.ly/Ai7NhM (Sharon Nelson)
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
  • BlackStone Discovery Leverages OneO eDiscovery Platform to Support Audio Communications Leader – bit.ly/xB8URY (Press Release)
  • Caringo’s Object Storage Platform Fully Integrated with Symantec Enterprise Vault 10 – bit.ly/zAIozR (Press Release)
  • Catalyst and Exterro Partner to Unify the Full Litigation Lifecycle - bit.ly/zix1W4 (Press Release)
  • Compiled Services Releases New Version of ReadySuite E-Discovery Software - bit.ly/wflA7k (Press Release)
  • Considering Predictive Coding? | Orange Legal Technologies – http://bit.ly/znmHLg (@OrangeLT)
  • Digital Forensics and Discovery Services Provider Expands to Taiwan – bit.ly/wBFlvx (PR Web)
  • Digital Reef Expands Legal Service Provider Partnership Program - bit.ly/w5hpxV (Business Wire)
  • Digital Reef Selected by KMWorld as one of 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management for 2012 - bit.ly/y6pJjF (Business Wire)
  • Exterro E-Discovery From A to Zeta - bit.ly/zF7VQr (Jason Krause)
  • Fast-Growing VeDISCOVERY, LLC Emerges From Parent - bit.ly/A5OKeY (Metropolitan Corporate Counsel)
  • Former DOJ Cybercrimes Chief Michael DuBose Joins Kroll - bit.ly/A8vNM2 (Matthew Huisman)
  • FTI Consulting, Inc. Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results - prn.to/wJIosR (PR Newswire)
  • Guidance Software And FireEye Ally To Eliminate Advanced Malware - bit.ly/zzvASs (Business Wire)
  • HP: ‘Baby Tiger’ Autonomy Will Drive Channel Business - bit.ly/yoiG5I (Kevin McLaughlin)
  • Introducing Europe Legal Technologies™, A Joint Venture of Altlaw and Global EDD Group - bit.ly/wAI8Tt(Press Release)
  • Iron Mountain Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results - bit.ly/yciQVU (Business Wire)
  • kCura Recognized at Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Support - bit.ly/xR04j9 (Press Release)
  • LegalTech Micro Briefs – Part 1 – http://bit.ly/yOwmQi | Part 2 - bit.ly/zs1C9P (Greg Buckles)
  • Litigation Industry Veteran Mike Boris Joins IE Discovery bit.ly/xOgaWG (PR Newswire)
  • New Jive Connector with Alfresco Makes Social and Enterprise Cross-Platform Publishing a Reality – bit.ly/ztiKPt (Mike Johnston)
  • Nuix: The Convergence of eDiscovery and Information Governance – The Movie – bit.ly/AzCwTD (Chris Dale)
  • Proofpoint Extends Data Protection To Box File-Sharing Cloud - bit.ly/wCrLvM (Robert Mullins)
  • Recommind – Predictive Coding: Serving Corporate Counsel’s eDiscovery, Compliance And Other IM Needs – bit.ly/zE28wS (Craig Carpenter)
  • Relativity:  Avalon Document Services Becomes Relativity Premium Hosting – Partner bit.ly/wWqXpF (Press Release)
  • Seal Software Partners With Nuix to Bring Contract Visibility/Management to Corporations - bit.ly/zfXDs9 (Press Release)
  • SFL Data Experts Earn Relativity Certified Administrator Status - yhoo.it/A1ZKZW (PR Web)
  • Solix Technologies and ASG Software Form Partnership - bit.ly/zxymBR (Business Wire)
  • StoredIQ Named to KMWorld’s 2012 List of 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management – bit.ly/yb1OJp (Business Wire)
  • Syngence Hires a CTO and a VP of Product Development – bit.ly/A2BkOr (Evan Koblentz)
  • X1 Social Discovery: Tompkins v. Detroit Metropolitan Airport: Systematic Public Search of Social Media Evidence – bit.ly/xRiqk4 (John Patzakis)
  • ZyLAB Honored for 8th Consecutive Year by KMWorld as One of the “100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management” - bit.ly/xE24rx (Press Release)
  • ZL Technologies’ Unified Archive® Earns DoD 5015.02 Certification for Records Management – mwne.ws/x9X5a1 (Marketwire)
2012 eDiscovery Events

MARCH

LegalIT Business Show March 6 - 7, 2012
London, UK

IP Counsel Forum
March 7 - 8, 2012
San Jose, CA

AIIM 2012 Conference
March 20 - 22, 2012
San Francisco, CA

The Sedona Conference Institute's 6th Annual Program on Staying Ahead of the eDiscovery
Curve
March 22 - 23, 2012
St. Louis, MO

ABA TECHSHOW 2012
March 29-31, 2012
Chicago, IL

APRIL

ACEDS 2012 Conference
April 2 - 4, 2012
Hollywood, FL

Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit – Europe
April 2-3, 2012
London, UK

12th Annual Super Conference
April 23 - 24, 2012
Chicago, IL

MAY

2012 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
May 3 - 4, 2012
Washington, DC

INSIGHT 2012 Law Firm IT - Conference and Exposition
May 8 - 9, 2012
London, UK

EDRM 2012 - 2013 Kickoff Meeting
May 16 - 17, 2012
St. Paul, MN

CEIC 2012
May 21 - 24, 2012
Summerlin, NV

LegalTech West Coast 2012
May 22-23, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

JUNE

ILO Global Counsel Congress
June 14, 2012
New York, NY

JULY

Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat
July 22 - 24, 2012
Carmel, CA

AUGUST

ILTA Annual Conference 2012
August 26 - 30, 2012
Washington, DC

SEPTEMBER

Intermountain eDiscovery Conference 2012
September 13, 2012 (Planning)
Salt Lake City, UT

ACC Annual Meeting
September 30 - October 3, 2012
Orlando, FL

OCTOBER


EDI Leadership Summit 2012
October 17 - 19, 2012
Fort Lauderdale, FL