A picture is worth a thousand words, but the metadata often helps illuminate whether those words are fact or faction.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered how most individuals and businesses are conducting their daily affairs. Chief among these adjustments has been a newfound dependence 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)
• Audit
• Or other 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. Identification is arguably among the most important responsibilities an...