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How Legal IT Can Avoid the Pitfalls of Risky ESI Collections

By Alon Israely
December 28, 2010

In almost every respect, e-discovery falls squarely in the domain of attorneys ' inside counsel, outside counsel and experts. Essentially, it is the business process for litigation, regulatory matters and internal investigations. So why is IT involved in almost every situation? The answer is quite simple: because IT must be involved. Today, the information used and relied upon by attorneys is digital. Documents created by users (custodians) that are a part of litigation or regulatory matters live and die in electronic form and are stored on information systems ' managed, serviced and controlled in large part by IT.

But with law firms and corporations tightening budget belts, IT organizations that are supporting legal teams to preserve and gather (collect) data are tempted to perform those tasks in ways that do not meet the standards required by the current legal rules.

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