Archive for July 2014
Cost Control: Digital Forensics – Part 3
To understand when and where to spend money on digital forensics, it is important to understand first what you are buying, then understand when it should be used. Stages 1 – 3 are covered in Digital Forensics – Part 1 Acquisition (collection) and Part 2 Analysis. Mobile Devices Mobile devices is not a “stage” but…
Read MoreCost Control: Digital Forensics – Part 2
To understand when and where to spend money on digital forensics, it is important to understand first what you are buying, then understand when it should be used. Stage 1 Acquisition (collection) is covered in Digital Forensics – Part 1. Stages 2 and 3 Stages 2 and 3 are treated together because analysis without reporting…
Read MoreSave the Date!
In 2013 more than 40 firms in the Phoenix Valley’s legal community joined forces to donate 92,267 meals to hungry Arizonans during the 1st Annual Object to Hunger Food Drive to benefit St. Mary’s Food Bank. Your firm is invited to participate in Object to Hunger 2014, Sept. 8 – 26! Want more information? Contact Karen…
Read MoreHow to Manage Litigation Cost and Risk While Maintaining Consistent Results – Part 2
As we discussed in Part 1, from FINRA disclosures to complex commercial litigation, industry experts can assist with a winning data strategy and limit exposure during the discovery process. A law firm recently hired TERIS to collect email in response to a motion to compel. The firm’s client had a 3rd party IT vendor who…
Read MoreHow to Manage Litigation Cost and Risk While Maintaining Consistent Results – Part 1
From FINRA disclosures to complex commercial litigation, industry experts can assist with a winning data strategy and limit exposure during the discovery process. Outside counsel can sometimes be at the mercy of its client’s network infrastructure and document retention policies when it comes to Data Mapping and Litigation Readiness. Parties may find themselves in a…
Read MoreThe Importance of Protecting Firms and Clients with a Properly Executed Document Retention Policy – Part 2
Goals of a Document Retention Policy can include: • Retention of important documents for reference and future use; • Deletion of documents that are no longer necessary for the proper functions of the company; • Ensure that documents are only being stored by the custodians of the records; • Organize important documents for efficient retrieval; and…
Read MoreThe Importance of Protecting Firms and Clients with a Properly Executed Document Retention Policy – Part 1
When executed properly a Document Retention Policy can provide protection from litigation sanctions. In the legal realm, having a reasonable, consistent and defensible document retention policy, in conjunction with a proper litigation hold procedure can help avoid spoliation claims from opposing parties. Spoliation can lead to sanctions or even adverse judgment in a case. (See…
Read MoreWhat do you do, again? Information governance…explained.
By Mike Frazier | Director, Information Governance, TERIS I am routinely asked what I do; followed by the question – “and what is that?” That’s when I launch into an explanation of information governance, only to be received with glazed over eyes or blank stares. Have you ever tried to explain IG to someone who…
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