eDiscovery Turf Wars at LegalTech 2011

eDiscovery Turf Wars : Legal versus IT

eDiscovery Turf Wars: Legal V. IT Panelists George Socha, Esq. Ian J. Redpath, Esq. Dr. Linda Volonino Richard Vestuto, Esq. James D. Shook, Esq. J. David Morris - moderator

eDiscovery Turf Wars: Legal V. IT
Today ’s Topics…
Top 5 Legal mistakes
Top 5 IT mistakes
How Legal and IT can work together to strengthen your case

Thinking "jobs" and "roles" instead of "partnership ”
Legal is traditionally siloed due to function and security/confidentiality concerns
eDiscovery has a heavy IT dependency
Top 5 IT mistakes
Thinking in ”absolutes” versus “intent”
IT works with all business units and are balancing multiple demands and constraints
Often thinks in “Black & White” v. “Gray Area”
Collect all the email means ALL the email

Using too much legal jargon
Top 5 IT mistakes
Using too much IT speak

Thinking "jobs" and "roles" instead of "partnerships ”
Not having good IT knowledge - understanding the scope for what one is asking (as well as scope expansion)
Top 5 IT mistakes
Not taking time to understand what is needed and the potential legal repercussions (30b6 or fact witness)

Not having good IT knowledge
Losing focus on the Goal
Top 5 IT mistakes
Not taking time to understand what is needed and the potential legal repercussions
Viewing Legal as competing for IT’s budget

Not having good IT knowledge - understanding the scope for what one is asking
Losing focus on the Goal
Thinking "good enough" is … well, good enough
Top 5 IT mistakes
Not taking time to understand what is needed and the potential repercussions
Viewing Legal as competing for IT’s budget
Not recognizing that eDiscovery is about the rules and case law--and not about IT

How Legal and IT can work together to strengthen your case?
Work together and leverage each others strengths to craft a defensible litigation strategy and IT strategy
Understand that the corporation needs Legal and IT input to construct and deploy a repeatable and defensible Governance, Regulatory, and Compliance (GRC) capability
Be proactive in protecting the corporation. Crafting and delivering GRC strategy and policies in parallel with a eDiscovery litigation is exceedingly challenging, as well as a recipe for potential Sanctions

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eDiscovery Turf Wars at LegalTech 2011

by J. David Morris on Feb 07, 2011

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