What to Expect During A Forensic Data Collection

For those who do not work in digital forensics or deal with forensic data collections and investigations on a regular basis, the thought of going through a collection can be daunting. In this post, we will cover what to commonly expect when going through a forensic collection, both from the point of view of the vendor as well as the client and custodian.

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Realizing eDiscovery ROI With the Help of Technology, Workflows, and Project Management

In modern litigation, corporations and law firms need a technological advantage to manage and maneuver through all types of documents, both electronically stored information (ESI) and paper-based materials. Even with state-of-the art technology, workflow, project management, documentation, and information management procedures, the success of a project is dependent on a myriad of factors.  

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20 Commonly Used eDiscovery Processing Terms Explained

When it comes to data processing and eDiscovery workflows there are various buzzwords and terms that are commonly tossed around in normal conversion. For those unfamiliar with the data handling and processing workflows, these can often be confusing. To aid in that, here are 20 common terms that are used by eDiscovery professionals that relate to the processing stage of the EDRM and overall electronic discovery process.

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Cyber Security Tips for Safe Online Shopping This Black Friday & Cyber Monday

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday right around the corner, it’s a fitting time to remember to focus on using safe online browsing habits and protecting our information when shopping online. According to Adobe, in 2020 Black Friday online shopping surged 22% to a record $9 billion, and it’s only fair to assume we are going to see another big surge this year. 

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The Benefits of Corporate Managed Legal Services

There are many benefits to choosing a managed services provider, especially when managing high-volume and complex discovery projects. With managed service projects, the primary goal is long-term cost control via data management, frequent use of data repositories and documented repeatable workflows. 

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How Leveraging Near-Duplicate Identification Can Reduce Review Costs

Computers inherently create mass amounts of duplicative data. In today’s age of massive data proliferation, duplicate and near-duplicate ESI have become big contributors to excessive data populations, rising legal cost, and even a decreased confidence in data for those without access to the appropriate technology to organize and search within this data. As a result, de-duplication and near-duplication identification have become standard workflows for most eDiscovery and review teams. 

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Understanding the Stages of the EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model)

The EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model) refers to both a conceptual framework for understanding the stages within the overall eDiscovery process, and also the EDRM organization and community behind this framework and other resources. The EDRM model consists of nine stages: information governance, identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis, production, and presentation. It essentially serves as a map of the electronic discovery…

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Considerations During the Identification Stage of the EDRM

During the Identification Stage, the goal is to create and deploy a plan to identify, preserve, authenticate, and collect relevant ESI. Through identifying and defining preferred data sources that potentially hold relevant information, outlining defensible protocols to preserve and collect both structured and unstructured data, and establishing the context that this information is being used, legal teams can create a data map to aid in defining the scope of the case.

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Amazon Echo & Smart Devices: Considerations In Litigation And eDiscovery

In recent years the information requests from Law Enforcement have been rising dramatically, with the majority of these requests either being subpoenas, search warrants, and court orders. There has been a colossal increase of over 500% from 2019 to 2020, and then in just the first 6 months of 2021 there has been nearly as many information requests as there was in total in 2020.

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