Friday, January 4, 2013

Is Your Law Firm Prepared to Handle eDiscovery?


Here's a short snippet of recent blog that was posted on "The Ricoh Leag Blog", please follow the read me more at the end of this snippet.
By Regina Chepalis, National Director, eDiscovery Technology
As every attorney knows, litigation matters often involve some unexpected and demanding challenges. The rapidly evolving issue of eDiscovery is certainly no exception.
In our experience, no two eDiscovery challenges are the same, which is why it is important to ensure that your law firm has robust and scalable eDiscovery capabilities at the ready should the need arise. Developing those capabilities in-house is one option, but not always the most cost-effective and efficient approach. That’s why working with an experienced outsource partner makes a lot of sense for many firms.
Here’s an example:
We recently had the opportunity to work with a premier business law firm located in the Pacific Northwest when an eDiscovery issue arose in an employment matter. The firm represented a company that suspected one of its former sales employees had misappropriated sensitive and proprietary customer information. The company became aware of the issue when its Human Resources department audited the company email account of the former employee and saw what appeared to be transfers of company information to personal data accounts, such as Gmail, Dropbox and iCloud.
In the course of the negotiations between the law firm and counsel for the former employee, an agreement was reached to allow an audit of the personal data accounts of the employee. Not having the resources in-house to accomplish the task, the law firm turned to Ricoh for help, knowing of Ricoh’s comprehensive portfolio of eDiscovery solutions and the national reputation for eDiscovery technology and forensic expertise of HSSK Forensics, Inc., a Ricoh company accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board. read more here

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