Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%
Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
Determining an e-Mail Management Strategy
On an average day in 2008, 785 million people sent 25 billion person-to-person business e-mails worldwide, according to analyst firm IDC. (See, IDC, Worldwide E-mail Usage 2007-2011 Forecast: Resurgence of Spam Takes Its Toll, Doc #206038, March 2007.) In this tumult, information technology professionals are struggling to define the right approach to managing e-mail within their firms. In fact, in the International Legal Technology Association's 2008 Technology Survey, managing e-mail was rated as the most daunting technology issue facing organizations.
Legal IT professionals are challenged with finding the most efficient and appropriate e-mail management model while considering the rising cost of e-discovery and ethical issues surrounding e-mail retention. Against this demanding backdrop, firms must determine which of three potential e-mail management strategies to employ: passive, active or a combination of the two. Passive management utilizes e-mail archiving technologies, while active management is the actual classification of e-mail around a specific matter or project. Deciding which strategy to employ is dependent on two business factors: collaboration and risk management.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.