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Practice Tips
Five Tips for Developing an Effective Electronic Discovery Response Plan
- Form a strategic partnership between inside and outside counsel
- Focus on preventative maintenance for electronic data management.
- Plan for electronic document production protocol.
- Share and learn from collective experiences.
- Familiarize legal team with IT practices
- Lawyers are not expected to have detailed technical knowledge, but must be familiar with IT practices and procedures relevant to possible production of electronic data.
- Identify IT contacts that will be key to understanding technical systems for electronic document production (IT management as well as IT staff responsible for carrying out backup procedures, etc.).
- Be prepared to inventory IT systems, including operating systems, all software and hardware in use, backup schedules, segregation of data, etc.
- Educate your team about the types of electronic documents most frequently requested.
- Assist IT department in planning for document requests with effective storage and retrieval procedures.
- Stay advised of changes in electronic discovery law
- Changing scope of electronic document production obligations.
- Issues particular to local jurisdictions.
- Duty to preserve and produce electronic data (avoid spoliation claims).
- Review changes in case law at Applied Discovery's online Law Library (http://www.applieddiscovery.com).
- Designate and train a 30(b)(6) witness to answer technical questions
- Advise witness of legal importance of data storage/backup procedures and data retention/destruction protocols.
- Inventory IT systems, including operating systems, all software and hardware in use, backup schedules, segregation of data, etc.
- Develop clear outline of IT roles and responsibilities as they may relate to legal issues and electronic document production obligations.
- Explain significance of coordination between technical needs and legal needs.
- Leverage technology in electronic discovery practices
- Minimize disruptions to business operations by leveraging technology—not manual labor—in document-intensive cases.
- Gain strategic advantage over those not utilizing electronic discovery technologies.
- Improve data storage, retrieval, organization and searching capabilities.
- Reduce time and money spent in preparing electronic documents for production.
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Law Technology News Award
Applied Discovery recognized as Product of the Year and Best Electronic Data Discovery System by the readers of Law Technology News... 
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New ABA E-Discovery Resource on FRCP Amendments
The Discovery Revolution: E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, by Lewis and Roca LLP partner George L. Paul, Esq. and J.H. Cohn LLP director of IT security auditing Bruce H. Nearon, CPA. Order your copy from the ABA today...
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