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, June 2, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views – June 2, 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 Practice Point in Agreeing to the Form of Production - http://tinyurl.com/26uofet
  2. Be prepared to Disclose Electronic Data in Bullying and Harassment Disputes - http://bit.ly/cRNFyD
  3. Canadian Lawyer: In-House E-Discovery Roundtable Video - Dealing With Proportionality - http://tinyurl.com/2b3oxgw
  4. Data Accuracy the Next Frontier in Criminal Justice - http://tinyurl.com/24q7upq
  5. Don't Box ECA - Early Case Assessment Precedes E-Discovery by George Socha & Tom Gelbmann - http://tinyurl.com/2fgjo75
  6. Early Case Assessment Still Alive and Well - http://tinyurl.com/2csze95
  7. E-Discovery and the Cloud: The Duty to Preserve Electronically Stored Information (ESI) - http://tinyurl.com/24pd534
  8. E-Discovery Forensics at CEIC 2010: Sorta Sexy, Sorta Scary, Not at All Niche - via The 451 Group - http://tinyurl.com/29wr459
  9. eDiscovery Lessons Learned From Piper Jaffray Sanction - http://bit.ly/dCsQgF
  10. Expanding Role Of Data Deduplication - http://tinyurl.com/2un5esz
  11. FINRA Fines Piper Jaffray $700,000 for Lack of Email Archiving - http://hub.am/btBm62
  12. Four Steps to a More Defensible Preservation and Legal Hold Process - http://tinyurl.com/2vwsvry
  13. How SM-ART (Social Media-Assessment, Risks, and Techniques) are you? http://tinyurl.com/3y6hfnn
  14. Index Lag – Mind the Gap! http://tinyurl.com/36khvkn
  15. Inside the Mind of In-house Counsel - http://tinyurl.com/3axdknj
  16. Internet Privacy Legislation Released In Congress - http://tinyurl.com/373q2no
  17. Judge Scheindlin Amends Recent Pension Opinion - http://tinyurl.com/2fjfx7u
  18. Legal Problems in Ontario? You’re Not Alone - http://tinyurl.com/2785shl
  19. Preserve Relevant Records - Don't Say You Haven't Been Warned - http://tinyurl.com/3aa673h
  20. Social Media from an Employer's Point of View - http://tinyurl.com/2up9bzp
  21. Stayin' Alive: An Overview of Copyright Termination - http://tinyurl.com/2uvg99n
  22. TEKSystems Sues Former Employee Claiming that Continued Communication Over LinkedIn Network Violates Non-Compete - http://bit.ly/aeM4Km
  23. The Defensible Collection of Social Media Data in E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/242s3ls
  24. Toolkit For Change: How The Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee Can Fix Civil Justice System “In Serious Need Of Repair” http://tinyurl.com/2do5cvy
  25. When Is an E-Discovery Burden an Undue Burden? http://tinyurl.com/2fbyozh
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
Case Summaries
eDiscovery Case Law via DiscoverApplied (@discoverapplied)


• Ahroner v. Israel Discount Bank of New York, 2010 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 525 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2010). http://tinyurl.com/29vgbs7
• Armco Capital Inc. v. Armoyan, [2010] N.S.J. No. 128. http://tinyurl.com/29rkn7w
• Brooks v. Canada (Attorney General), [2009] S.J. No. 758. http://tinyurl.com/2av546u
• Hodczak v. Latrobe Specialty Steel Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21267 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 9, 2010). http://tinyurl.com/2u97dnk

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