Law firms and lawyers have an ethical responsibility to be informed and competent regarding technology use in client relationships. Proper legal hold administration falls within this responsibility, lawyers benefit greatly and meet ethical responsibility by having expertise of a legal hold administrator.
Legal Holds provide the foundation for all eDiscovery activity. Managing and administrating them is critical to reducing risk to the law firm and its clients during litigation or regulatory investigation. Law firms and corporations are well-advised to have a capable Legal Hold Administrator on staff to ensure their legal hold & eDiscovery programs perform as needed.
I have advocated for some time that a corporation or law firm is well served by having a position for eDiscovery Program Manager, responsible for managing the support functions related to litigation, regulatory matters or audits. This position is an enhancement of the Legal Hold Administrator position often found in companies, if they have any […]
With thanks to Logikcull for their recent post on important eDiscovery cases of 2018 which I reference here, legal holds are in the spotlight…again. It seems that many companies, or perhaps their legal counsel, when confronted with eDiscovery requests tend to “push the envelop” a bit too far too often in production of relevant documents. […]
Legal Hold blogs exist for basically two reasons: to share information; and to promote a product and/or service; this blog is intended to do just that, hopefully in a helpful and successful manner. I recently noticed a comment in one of the many blogs I read that actually spoke to truth in a simple way; […]
Being involved in the eDiscovery industry over a period of time now, both as a consultant and as an in-house employee, I have had many occasions to come in contact with eDiscovery software promotions and informational articles. Whether through vendor websites, blog posts, promotional literature at seminars and events, personal contact…a similar them pops up […]
I just read a fascinating article about a guy who is obsessed with the idea of preserving a “record” or what might be considered a time capsule in grand terms of who we are, not just for future generations but for eons beyond our time…for the civilizations that will replace us, or the aliens who […]
Can discovery notices have different labels or titles? One of the most enjoyable aspects of my many years in the Information Management and E-Discovery business is the great friendships and camaraderie formed with others, especially those forged over time and experience. I enjoyed just such an ongoing friendship and conversation the other day, lunch with […]
A truism that we can probably rely on, even in our current state of affairs, is that ‘training is good’. In any industry or environment, those who are well-trained can for the most part be relied upon to do the right thing, in their work product and professional life. And the trainers, of all people, […]
It seems I had barely digested the intriguing information about one of the newer messaging apps called Signal as I discussed in my last blog and as reported by the NYTimes, when now I see a new story about updates by Slack to their app as reported by The Technologist blog from FindLaw. Slack is putting the pressure on other […]
