2008 Chief Legal Officer Survey By Altman Weil, Inc.
The Opinions of Chief Legal Officers on Issues of Importance
For the ninth year in a row, Altman Weil, Inc. has surveyed Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) in issues of importance in managing their corporate law departments. The purpose of these surveys is to:
1) Capture current thinking of Chief […]

By James N. Dertouzos, Nicholas M. Pace,and Robert H. Anderson of Rand Institute for Civil Justice
The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery Options for Future Research
This paper reports on exploratory research to identify the most important legal and economic implications of electronic discovery and to develop a research plan in this subject area for […]

The Growing Importance of E-Discovery on Your Business
From Osterman Research
Discovery is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, reviewing, analyzing and producing information during civil legal actions. The goal of discovery is to obtain information that will be useful in developing relevant information for pre-trial motions and
for the trial itself. Information sought during discovery can include […]

FTI Partner Specific FAQ from FTI concerning the recently announced acquisition of Attenex by FTI.
FTI has signed a merger agreement to acquire Attenex Corporation, a leading electronic discovery software provider based in Seattle. Built on a successful four-year partnership between the two firms, the acquisition will add critical intellectual property and software development, support, sales […]

From Kroll ONTRACK
Your corporation may be at risk when faced with litigation, investigations, or regulatory matters involving electronically stored information (ESI). What’s ironic? Most lawyers are still struggling to even know what ESI means – let alone develop plans regarding how to manage it in litigation. This was one of the key findings in this […]

Electronically Stored Information: An FAQ
By Herbert L. Roitblat, Ph.D.
Electronically stored information is, roughly, any information that is or could be stored in a computer. “Computer,” in this case, has a very broad meaning, because many devices outside of the server room or off the desktop include computers and ESI. Not only is ESI proliferating in […]

Ethics Of Destruction And Inadvertent Disclosure Of Documents And ESI
By Daniel Walworth and Patrick Troy of WolfBlock
The retention and destruction of documents raises ethical considerations in two overlapping spheres: an attorney’s obligation to competently protect his or her client’s interests in the contents of the client file (see Model Rules 1.15 and 1.1); and the […]

The Place for EnCase® eDiscovery in Electronic Disclosure for Major Corporations in UK Courts
This is one of a series of white papers written by Chris Dale of the UK-based e-Disclosure Information Project. Its purpose is to further understanding of the issues arising from electronic disclosure in the UK and the part which EnCase® eDiscovery from […]

By The Sedona Conference
The December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to electronically stored information (”ESI”) affected not only discovery practices between parties, but also the acquisition of information from non-parties. This paper describes the changes to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (third party subpoenas), briefly explains the similarities and […]

The Search Problem Posed By Large Heterogeneous Data Sets In Litigation: Possible Future Approaches To Research
By Jason R. Baron and Paul Thompson
Lawyers and their large institutional clients increasingly face the enormous problem of how to efficiently and efficaciously conduct searches for relevant documents in large heterogeneous electronic data sets, for the purpose of responding to […]