Minimizing eDiscovery spend begins with a disciplined information governance (or, in traditional corporate speak, a disciplined document retention plan).

And that begins with a data mapping exercise.

Ari Kaplan recently posted results of his 6th Annual eDiscovery Unfiltered Survey, which deals with legal technology vendors and industry trends.

As we move toward launching our recent re-brand, I wanted to take time to comment on the findings, specifically as they relate to in-house legal teams.

Information Governance is a tech-era update of the old corporate term, "document retention policies," so I'll use both terms below. It's not great cocktail party conversation (remember cocktail parties?!) but it's crucially important.

In a post-COVID world, more data is being generated than ever before. Microsoft O365, and its Teams platform, has been a huge winner in the shift to working from home. In April 2020, Microsoft reported 258 million O365 users – a 21% jump from the 2019.

COVID-19 has hit the legal industry incredibly hard.

We’re living in a time when social media has supplanted email as the primary means of electronic communication.

Successful eDiscovery document review project are characterized by both speed and accuracy.

eDiscovery Project Managers (PMs) work in an environment where “I’m on vacation,” “It’s Christmas,” or “I just woke up after open-heart surgery” are rarely suitable reasons to tell a client no.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally alteredhow most individuals and businesses are conducting their daily affairs. Chief among these adjustments has been a newfounddependence on remote technology.

So, your organization is engaged in, or reasonably anticipates: litigation defense, regulatory investigation (especially if you're held to GDPR or CCPA), an audit, or another legal dispute. 

Now what?

State and federal statutes, court rules, and government regulations each promulgate, frame, and define an organization’s obligations to identify relevant electronically stored information (“ESI”) when such conflicts arise. According to EDRM, Identification is arguably among the most important...