Records Mgmt & Archiving

A funny video sequence about records mgmt related buzzwords ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni9oVK0yFeM&feature=related

Folks that are interested in more serious stuff may go through the GTSI Tech leadership series of e-Discovery
e.g. a speaker from NARA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnsMjzHU58

or FBI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_KM4HWVOSY&feature=related

Do you follow your business rules or do they stay in the manuals?

Managing Discovery of
Electronic Information:
A Pocket Guide for Judges
Barbara J. Rothstein, Ronald J. Hedges, and
Elizabeth C. Wiggins

see:
http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/eldscpkt.pdf/$file/eldscpkt.pdf

More and more states are adopting statutes and court rules addressing the discovery of electronically stored information. Here is a current list with links to the relevant provisions.

http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/2008/01/articles/resources/current-listing-of-states-that-have-enacted-ediscovery-rules/

To learn more about the intricacies of e-discovery Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell have collected links to portals, resources, blogs, cases and more on this topic.

http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc10061.shtml

source:
http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2007/11/bob_ambrogi_on_ediscovery_blogs.html


E-discovery will come to Europe sooner or later despite of the fact that our culture is less litigious.

Metadata is entering the compliance argumentation ...

The court began its analysis by stating: “Metadata has been defined as ‘information about a particular data set which describes how, when, and by whom it was collected, created, accessed, or modified and how it was formatted.’" (Citing Williams v. Sprint/United Mgmt. Co., 230 F.R.D. 640, 646 (D. Kan. 2005) (quoting Appendix F to The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practice Guidelines and Commentary for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age ).)

see:
http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/2007/11/articles/case-summaries/sanctions-not-warranted-for-failure-to-produce-esi-in-native-format-with-intact-metadata/

Electronic Discovery Technology Trends for 2008 and (Most Importantly) Beyond

1. EDD as The Tail, Not the Dog - Records Management, Not EDD, is the Driver

2. Underestimating Lawyer Inertia

etc. from the expert Dennis Kennedy


see:
http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2007/10/26_electronic_discovery_trends_for_2008.html

Clearwell Systems, Inc., a pioneer in Intelligent E-Discovery, announced that leading enterprises are embracing next-generation technologies, collectively knownas "E-Discovery 2.0," to manage growing case volumes, accelerate early caseanalysis and reduce costs.

http://eddblogonline.blogspot.com/2007/07/leading-enterprises-embrace-e-discovery.html

Zitat der Woche:

Die Suche nach juristisch relevanten E-Mails hat für CIOs soviel Reiz wie eine Wurzelbehandlung.

Konsolidierung im jungen Markt für E-Discovery

http://computerzeitung.de/themen/anwendungen/article.html?thes=&art=/articles/2007029/31149877_ha_CZ.html

Mock Pre-trial "Meet and Confer" Conference Highlights New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Featuring The Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York


Many different e-records discovery issues are addressed in the 26 part DVD. They include:

- Rule 26(f)
- Report to the Court
- Volume of Records
- Privilege Waiver
- Discovery Costs
- Data Masking
- Hand Held Devices
- Obsolete Media
- Summary Data vs. All Data
- Discovery Cost Burden
- Proportionality Rules
- Backup Tapes
- 1st & 2nd Tier Discovery
- Tape Labeling
- Voice Mail


The DVD is available through the MER site for $25:
http://www.merresource.com/dvd.htm

Craig Freeman, vice president, Corporate Litigation Services hosted a compelling discussion on e-discovery rules and challenges at AIIM/On Demand. He was joined by e-discovery experts/bloggers (Dave Cohen, George Dearing, John Mancini, Larry Wescott ), industry analysts (Mike Maziarka, Infotrends; Riley McNulty, IDC; Barry Murphy, Forrester) and press (Ralph Gammon, Document Imaging Report; Paul Boynton, In-House Publications; Matt Kelly, Compliance Week).

http://www.bigilittletblog.com/blog/podcasts.asp