Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici‘s recommendations focus on subject area and issue-centric sites to facilitate obtaining search results that are better targeted to the scope of your requests. Whether you are looking for government data, blogs, RSS feeds, video, podcasts, news or scientific papers, this guide will serve you well.
According to e-discovery expert Conrad J. Jacoby, although not all litigation matters or internal investigations gather substantive, unique information by reviewing voice mail messages, at the very least, these electronic documents are now an information source that should be considered in developing any discovery plan.
Conrad J. Jacoby discusses the important role of the project manager, and how critical oversight allows this individual to anticipate and identify potential problems quickly so that they can be resolved without derailing the case.
Conrad J. Jacoby Legal teams that find themselves working with vintage media should approach these materials with caution—but not with fear. Several basic strategies can help teams manage the issues that arise when potentially relevant data is not readily accessible.
Conrad J. Jacoby addresses the standards for the admissibility of electronic evidence, which as he documents, remain unsettled and open to significant variation.
Mary Mack, Esq. – Technology Counsel, Director, Solution Design, Fios, Inc. Whether in response to an inquiry, a second request or class action litigation, Mary brings legal and technical professionals together in a collaborative and focused manner to determine a successful, cost effective and sustainable course of compliance with electronic data requests. She has twenty years experience delivering enterprise-wide software projects with IT departments in publicly held companies. Mary has assisted counsel, IT and litigation support professionals identify, reduce, gather, analyze and produce over 1500 terabytes of data. Clients include the largest law firms, pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies in the world. A member of the Illinois Bar, ACCA and the ABA’s Section on Litigation, Mary received her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law (1982) and a B.A. from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY. She holds certifications in Computer Forensics and Computer Telephony. Mary is the coauthor of A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery.
E-Discovery Update – by Fios Inc.
A Review of TRACFed: Lawyers Strike Gold Mining Government Data
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