Electronic discovery is the process of identifying, preserving, reviewing and producing electronically stored information that is relevant to a lawsuit. It involves getting electronic systems in order to mitigate risks and expenses from initial creation of information through final disposition. The key steps in electronic discovery are identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis, production, and presentation. Selection of retention software and electronic discovery solutions depends primarily on cost considerations such as identifying systems, preserving files and metadata, processing data, enabling searches, and producing documents for external review.

1. Themes in Library Technologies: Electronic Discovery Julie Reynolds

2. ESI: Electronically Stored Information

3. Sarbanes-Oxley Act

4. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 26 and 34

5. “ Electronic discovery is the process of identifying, preserving, reviewing and producing electronically stored information (ESI) relevant to a lawsuit.”

6. Electronic Discovery Reference Model

16. Selection of document retention software and electronic discovery hinges upon one important consideration: cost .

17. Identify all the computers attached to the network.

18. Preserve all the files and attached metadata.

19. Perform introductory processing of data, including the elimination of duplicates.

20. Provide functionality in searching and information access.

21. Produce documents for outside parties to review.