If your organization thinks that it is prepared to survive an e-discovery request, perhaps those risk managers working on their business continuity and contingency plans should read more articles like the one we have chosen in this blog posting.

Mr. Craig Ball is a trial lawyer and computer forensics/EDD special master as well as a writer for the Law Technology News division of Law.com.   We are asking you to read his article on the subject of e-discovery because we believe it addresses several areas of the legal hold process that require more awareness than we have seen presented in previous stories about this topic.

The topic of e-discovery has certainly been mentioned in this blog before.  However, the importance of e-discovery continues to grow and, in an article by Peter S. Vogel of the Government Technology publication, it is clearly shown of the need to have your organization’s IT officer revisit this important topic. 

The objective of the article is to show that IT professionals today need to understand the Law of Evidence and Rules of Civil Procedures as much as they do the server technology and storage area networks they manage. 

Basic information about e-discovery is provided, reviewed and presented in a straightforward manner in this article.   

Click here to read this article.

Like it or not, the evolution of the current e-Discovery laws within the United States have a potential impact on all companies.  Risk management of all business continuity plans for all organizations must pay attention to these e-Discovery laws and determine what impact they can have on an organization’s regular course of doing business.

The SearchCompliance.com staff has done a fine job in presenting information that explains the development of and current status of the e-Discovery laws in the United States.

Click here to read this article.