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Compressed Discovery
A monthly look at the electronic discovery arena from ONSITE3 |
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Dear Eric,
This Compressed Discovery update highlights an article about the recent case involving missing White House emails. Another news item of interest is the ABA's recent approval of uniform rules for eDiscovery.
As a preview for the upcoming ABA TechShow, links to related resources are provided, including a very nice podcast from ABA's The Digital Edge.
ONSITE3 made a number of announcements during the recent LegalTech New York event, and a summary of these news updates is provided.
Also included is an interview with one of ONSITE3's eDiscovery experts who will be teaching an upcoming course sponsored by Iron Mountain.
Instead of a featured blog this month, this edition of the newsletter highlights the legal field's first "blook", which is a book derived from a blog.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our Compressed Discovery monthly newsletter. | |
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White House E-Discovery Squeeze Puts Email Backup in Focus | ComputerWorld
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Experts say many organizations lack urgency to archive e-mail, handle discovery requests
As the White House contends with a federal judge's order to prepare a discovery plan amid a legal skirmish about missing e-mail, storage experts say businesses should move to improve backup and e-mail archiving policies to avoid similar legal problems.
District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly this week issued an order enabling the Washington-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics watchdog group to perform limited questioning of White House officials. The group last May had filed suit against the White House Office of Administration seeking access to White House e-mail under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
The nonprofit group had been seeking White House e-mail documents related to various controversial issues, including the release of the identity of a former CIA operative, the reasons for launching the war in Iraq and actions by the U.S. Department of Justice. The White House has contended that the e-mail requested by the group has been lost.
Kollar-Kotelly ordered the discovery to determine whether the Office of Administration is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The office contends it is not subject to FOI requests.
The watchdog group and the White House were ordered by the judge to submit a discovery plan to the court by Feb. 21.
Mike Osterman, president of Black Diamond, Wash.-based Osterman Research Inc., said many businesses operate under the false assumption that e-mail is not a business record. He said that most business and IT managers fall short of creating adequate e-mail archiving and policy-based data-retention processes.
To read the full article, click here.
To learn about ONSITE 3's email archiving services, click here. |
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ABA Approves Uniform Rules Relating to Discovery of Electronically Stored Information| Uniform Law Commission |
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The ABA approved the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Rules Relating to Discovery of Electronically Stored Information. The uniform rules on e-discovery should bring up-to-date the state rules and statutes concerning discovery of electronic documents in civil cases.With the emergence of electronic technology, the extent to which individuals and institutions store or maintain information in an electronic form has clearly increased since the adoption of rules governing discovery generally. By some estimates, more than 90% of corporate information is being stored in some sort of digital or electronic format. This new act mirrors the recently adopted amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure dealing with electronically stored information.
To see the press release, click here.
ONSITE 3 can help you understand how your organization can address eDiscovery requirements. For more information, click here. |
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Gearing Up for the ABA TechShow, March 13-15, Chicago |
FREE PODCAST: ABA's The Digital Edge Provides Preview for 2008 Show
ABA TechShow is one of the world's premier legal technology conference & expo events. The conference is attended by more than 1400 people each year and produces more than 50 legal technology programs and training sessions in sixteen topical tracks. ABA TechShow also features a two-day expo where attendees can learn about the latest products and services as they wander through the exhibit hall, featuring more than 100 technology companies.
To listen to the Preview Podcast from ABA's The Digital Edge, click here.
ONSITE 3 will be exhibiting at the ABA TechShow at booth # 416. Stop by or to request a meeting in advance, click here.
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ONSITE3 Features Innovative Solutions at LegalTech New York |
NEW! Advanced Tape Discovery
Announced during LegalTech on February 5, 2008, ONSITE3's Advanced Tape Discovery service enables clients to locate relevant data stored on offline tape without having to recover the data first, even to the extent of being able to identify and extract individual messages from these tapes. Powered by Index Engines patent-pending indexing technology, ONSITE3's Advanced Tape Discovery provides the ability to quickly search and assess the contents of offline tapes at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional tape restoration services. For additional information, you can download ONSITE3's new data sheet.
In addition, you might have noticed SearchStorage.com mentioned ONSITE3's Advanced Tape Discovery service in its coverage of the LegalTech event. In its article E-discovery, archiving vendors team up at LegalTech, Senior News Writer Beth Pariseau comments that:
Index Engines isn't a service provider, but many of its customers are. Index Engines and services provider ONSITE3 will present how its Automated Tape Extraction Module software was used to respond to litigation requests for ONSITE3's client, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. The tape extraction software also becomes generally available from Index Engines this week.
NEW! Intelligent Collections
First announced on January 17, 2008, ONSITE3's Intelligent Collections service represents an expansion of ONSITE3's existing partnership with Deepdive Technologies. The service facilitates electronic discovery by automating the collection of electronically stored information, including metadata, from active network systems, either for a specific IP range or across an entire corporate network.
For additional information, you can download ONSITE3's new data sheet.
Upcoming! eView 2.0 Document Review Platform
To learn more about new services and other announcements from ONSITE3, click here. |
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Going Paperless? ONSITE3 can help. |
Complementing ONSITE3's electronic discovery offerings, ONSITE3 provides scanning, OCR, coding and other services for paper documents, including conversion of paper documents into electronic format for ease of review and storage for ongoing or future litigation requirements.
ONSITE3's paper discovery capabilities include:
- Scanning services, with capabilities for branding and document numbering (including Bates numbers)
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for conversion of printed text into electronic editable text format.
- Conversion to Portable Document Format (PDF) to preserve all fonts, images, graphics, and the layout of any source document. Searchable or non-searchable PDFs can be generated as needed.
- Conversion to Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) for single or multi-page electronic document files.
- Coding services such as for privileged, responsive, dates, locations, custodians, and many other standard and customizable coding options.
- All scanning work is assured of accuracy through our 3 point Triple Quality Check process
To learn more about how ONSITE3 can help you go paperless, click here. |
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Featured "Blook": From the Daily Record |
E-Discovery: Current Trends and Cases
Akerman Senterfitt shareholder Ralph Losey, based in Orlando, has written and released "E-Discovery: Current Trends and Cases," based on his popular weekly blog, "e-discovery Team" at www.ralphlosey.wordpress.com. The book has already been cited in an Opinion handed down from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
The American Bar Association published the book and describes it as the world's first legal "blook," which is a book derived from a blog and represents a new trend and genre in mainstream publishing. Several recent non-fiction bestsellers have reportedly been derived from the authors' blogs.
According to a press release, "E-Discovery: Current Trends and Cases" is intended to help bridge the knowledge gap between the disciplines of law and information technology (IT) so that the challenges of electronic discovery can be met. The book explains the latest trends and cases and outlines the new interdisciplinary team approach to solving the unique problems of e-discovery.
The book also covers the new ethical standards for e-discovery, new federal rules of civil procedure, search and review of electronically stored information (ESI) and new technologies. It is also the first book on e-discovery to include the opinions and analysis of many leading experts in the field, not just those of the author.
For some additional industry resources, click here. |
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Educational Course Sponsored by Iron Mountain;
To be Taught by ONSITE3 eDiscovery Expert |
As a prelude to the upcoming 32nd annual AMS Users' Group National Conference in Reno, Nevada (being held April 13-16), the AMSUG published a short interview with Jeffery Fehrman (President of EELabs, a division of ONSITE3) in the group's Nov/Dec 2007 issue of User-to-User magazine. The interview is primarily intended to promote a two-part eDiscovery educational course that Mr. Fehrman will be conducting during the event on behalf of Iron Mountain, who is sponsoring the course. Attendees will be members of the AMSUG, which represents more than 11,000 independent insurance agencies that use AMS Services agency management systems. The national conference tends to attract close to 2,600 participants. Details about the national conference are available from the AMSUG web site at www.amsug.org.
"In our two-part class, we're going to talk about what eDiscovery is, technical and legal considerations, and how to proactively prepare. This is not a time an agency wants to be reactive," Fehrman said. "Then, we'll give agents a checklist of what they need to do, and some alternatives for archiving their electronic files, which is where Iron Mountain comes in."
To read the full interview in User-to-User magazine, click here.
For additional details on the two-part course, click here. |
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Get the Second Edition eDiscovery Glossary from The Sedona Conference |
The Sedona Conference® Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management (Second Edition) is now available.
Published in December 2007, The Sedona Conference® Glossary is intended as a tool to assist in the understanding and discussion of electronic discovery and electronic information management issues.
To get your copy of the updated glossary from The Sedona Conference, click here.
ONSITE3 is a member of the WG1 RFP+ Vendor Panel that compiled this updated glossary. For other industry resources from ONSITE3, click here. |
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Need An eDiscovery Problem Solved?
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Need Help Estimating The Size Of Your Next eDiscovery Project? Take a Look at this FREE Tool. |
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If you are estimating the size your next e-discovery project, you may want to get a free, no obligation estimate using ONSITE3's eDiscovery Estimator. The eDiscovery Estimator operates regardless of your e-discovery vendor and is designed to ensure that no data is removed from your computer or network during the estimation process. Additionally, you can use the eDiscovery Estimator as often as you like - at no cost.
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Freeware eDiscovery Tool: EDRM XML Load File Converter |
As announced in a press release during LegalTech New York 2008, ONSITE3 is now providing a FREE tool for converting to or from the EDRM's new XML load file format and existing Concordance Opticon and other delimited text load file formats. What this means is that if the EDRM's XML format should be required for production of electronic evidence in one of your cases, you could use this tool with your existing applications in order to accomplish the task. No expensive upgrades, significant effort, or vendor involvement are required.
Available as freeware, there is no cost or other obligation required in order to use the tool, nor is there any associated trial period. ONSITE3 is simply providing the tool for free via download to anyone who submits an online registration form from its website. Future enhancements to the tool are also planned, including support for conversion from additional load file formats.
Limited technical support is available for this free tool via phone or email. Specific support contact details are provided after registration to download the tool has been submitted.
Installation is simple, the tool is very easy to use, and it is compliant with the EDRM's XML standard 1.0. To get your free copy, click here.
Additional technical details about the EDRM's XML standard 1.0 are available from the EDRM website.
For any questions about ONSITE3's EDRM XML Load File Converter, send inquiries to marketing@onss.com. |
ONSITE3 is a leading global provider of one-source litigation support for law firms and multinational corporate clients. With five full-service locations nationwide and international support capability, ONSITE3 offers a comprehensive suite of electronic evidence solutions - including forensics, discovery, review, and consulting services - all built around a fully integrated and proprietary technology platform. ONSITE3 was recently voted a top ten eDiscovery vendor in the 12th Annual AmLaw Tech Survey, #1 for Litigation Support Services by the AmLaw 200, and recognized as a top-five provider for both electronic discovery processing services and capacity in the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey. To learn more about ONSITE3, call 1 877-433-5227 or visit www.ONSITE3.com. |
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