You Want Me To Give You What?

I'm sure that nobody wants to be inundated with demands from legal counsel to produce electronic communications based on a litigation hold; All the while preserving the chain-of-custody with produceable audit trails confirming the validity of ESI (Electronically Stored Information.) This is becoming more and more prevalent as we head further into our sophisticated IT future. E-Mail is not even the focal point at times, but rather instant messages, social media and the likes are now coming into question for legal purposes. There may come a time when an IT admin's dreams turn into nightmares when they're confronted with pending litigation.

Here's an excerpt from The Electronic Reference Discovery Model (edrm.net.) Click here for the full article:

"To contain mounting discovery costs and better manage risk, roundtable participants noted that organizations need to start taking steps now to both (1) establish and enforce information governance policies and (2) put into place the necessary procedures and tools for reducing the volume of data whenever litigation matters arise. Staying on top of emerging challenges, such as social media and mobile devices, and maintaining awareness of the international legal landscape were also viewed as important measures for organizations to take. Most believe that organizations that choose to invest the time and effort to proactively prepare will ultimately be well positioned to make the best possible business decisions when it comes to managing the cost and risk of complex litigation and compliance."

At any given time, your company could be required by law to produce any number of relevant electronic communications. Will your company be ready?

~TNS