The document discusses e-discovery and how businesses should prepare for litigation involving electronically stored information. It recommends that businesses first identify areas at risk for litigation, take an inventory of relevant electronic data, and evaluate their resources. It also stresses the importance of building an e-discovery response team, designing a litigation hold process, and implementing an effective records management program to help contain costs during the e-discovery process. The document cautions that inadvertent errors are inevitable and outlines how businesses can avoid sanctions by cooperating with courts and opponents during litigation.