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, December 1, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - December 1, 2010

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.

eDiscovery News
Context for Considering Discovery
  1. 7th Circuit Focuses on More Test Cases, Surveys in Next Phase of eDiscovery Pilot Program - http://tinyurl.com/22v8bef (Isabel Arias)
  2. American Medical Association Adopts Policy on "Professionalism in the Use of Social Media" - http://bit.ly/hDr5Id (Colin J. Zick)
  3. Avoid Endless Paper Trails, Discovery Sanctions with Technology - http://tinyurl.com/259se5k (Lora Bentley)
  4. Canadian Courts Set High Bar for Privacy Damage Awards - http://tinyurl.com/387nw55 (Michael Geist)
  5. Considering the Ethical Challenges in Electronic Discovery: An Overview (Presentation) - http://tinyurl.com/23uqkmc (Tom O'Connor)
  6. Data Extraction from a Physical Dump - http://tinyurl.com/2efhvzz (Bram Jooij)
  7. Defense Lawyers Ask Congress for FCPA Changes - http://tinyurl.com/2fdtnp8 (David Ingram)
  8. District Court Declines to Order Incarceration for Defendant's Bad Faith Spoliation - http://tinyurl.com/2g696ft (K&L Gates)
  9. Email Archiving Migration for Novell GroupWise - http://tinyurl.com/35zr626 (Arnauld Savoye de Puineuf)
  10. Examining a PDF's "Document Properties" - http://tinyurl.com/2dh7xok (Ernie Svenson)
  11. EU Launches Antitrust Probe into Google Search Tampering - http://tinyurl.com/23pah3n (Matt Brown)
  12. How to Keep ESI at Bay in E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/2c3llv9 (Erik Sherman)
  13. IQPC Corporate Counsel Exchange - Conference Report and Interviews - http://tinyurl.com/2c7axwk (Greg Bufithis and Juan Di Luca)
  14. Is the Use of “Preserve in Place” a Gamble in Electronic Discovery? http://tinyurl.com/2cdajxr (Brian D'Agostino)
  15. Is Your Multifunction Printer Spilling Your Secrets? http://tinyurl.com/27r2heu (Sean Doherty)
  16. IT and eDiscovery Collections - http://tinyurl.com/27yrk6k (Christine Taylor)
  17. Magistrate Judge in NY Says Verbal Hold Notice May Be Ok and Questions the Value of Proportionality - http://tinyurl.com/396bkao (Ralph Losey)
  18. Massachusetts Publishes Database Detailing Pharma Payments to Health Providers - http://tinyurl.com/27v5p2b (Abi Gnanadesigan)
  19. No Privilege for Info Posted on Social Network Sites -http://tinyurl.com/2u8dv2t (Robert Brown)
  20. Now, Even Law Firms are Doing "LPO" - http://tinyurl.com/3ystd8y (Ron Friedman)
  21. NY Court Refuses to Relieve Burden of Law Firm to Delete Confidential Business Information - http://tinyurl.com/25sfeu5 (Michael Arkfeld)
  22. Orbit One Ruling Challenges Montreal Pension - http://tinyurl.com/2e69prx (Monica Bay)
  23. Predictive Coding Software Helps Morgan Lewis Review Millions of Pages in 1 Month - http://tinyurl.com/23s3ho6 (Debra Cassens Weiss)
  24. Privacy Class Actions Lag Behind the Online World - http://tinyurl.com/2dswh2l (Amy Miller)
  25. Reconsidering Online Defamation Damages - http://tinyurl.com/25p37px (Omar Ha-Redeye)
  26. Some Scratches of the Head Regarding Touted eDiscovery Costs by Bit US Companies - http://tinyurl.com/37vo23d (Rees Morrison)
  27. Texas Bar Can Withhold Some Members' E-Mail Addresses - http://tinyurl.com/2bc6fv6 (Mary Alice Robbins)
  28. The Case for General Counsels to Invest in R&D - http://tinyurl.com/245gr3a (Ron Friedmann)
  29. The Implicit Security and E-mail Warning in WikiLeaks Scandal - http://tinyurl.com/2foo2b5 (Rob Enderle)
  30. The Legal Content Companies that Matter Most - http://tinyurl.com/33m8tku (Robert Ambrogi)
  31. Ubiquitous Databases - Why we tend to ignore databases and how they can help us find key evidence. http://tinyurl.com/2fnrev3 (Craig Ball)
  32. Valuable Corporate Data Walking Out The Door With Departing Employees - http://tinyurl.com/2573w8q (Eric Sinrod)
  33. Will You Be Master of Your Domain Name? http://tinyurl.com/2at9kb2 (Trevor Schmidt)
  34. What is the EDRM Project Management Framework? http://tinyurl.com/2do23gy (EDRM)
  35. When a Breach of Contract Is Evidence of Computer Fraud - http://tinyurl.com/2ga5k2c (Nick Ackerman)
Compositions of Reports, Reviews, and Surveys
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events

DECEMBER 2010



Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Click here for more information.

ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
Click here for more information.

JANUARY 2011



6th Electronic Documents and Records Management (ARMA)
January 24-25, 2011
Ottawa, ON, CA
Click here for more information.

LegalTech New York
January 31 - February 2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.


eDiscovery Events

DECEMBER 2010


Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Click here for more information.

ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
Click here for more information.

JANUARY 2011


6th Electronic Documents and Records Management (ARMA)
January 24-25, 2011
Ottawa, ON, CA
Click here for more information.

LegalTech New York
January 31 - February 2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.
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