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When litigation is commenced or a production order is issued, clients frequently find themselves scrambling to identify the individuals involved with the issues under review and location of the relevant electronic information. Where employees have departed or the issues are historical, locating electronic information can be particularly problematic. It is usually during this phase that an organization realizes that the patchwork of policies regarding document organization, document retention, and BYOB do little to assist legal counsel and IT with satisfying the organization’s legal obligations to identify relevant information.
In the age of “big data”, with many organizations feeling the constant threat of security breaches and struggling to stay on top of the numerous privacy concerns, it is very important for organizations to have in place systems to effectively manage their information. Studies suggest that management of information is impacting business productivity and creating costs and liabilities for organizations.
Read the complete article at Discovery Obligations – Identification