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E-Discovery Rules Applied to Social Media: What This Means in Practical Terms for Businesses (2011) resource Articles OCEG Reviewed
Submitted by ocegstaff on Apr, 28 2011

The percentage of companies using social media such as Twitter and Facebook continues to grow at a rapid rate; 65% of Fortune 500 companies had active Twitter accounts in 2010. This online presence comes with legal obligations to capture and save these communications.

Author: Michelle Sherman, The National Law Review, January 21, 2011

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Making compliance real for those in the trenches (2010) resource Articles OCEG Reviewed

Introduction: Until fairly recently, information security people were buried away in server rooms configuring firewalls and patching servers. With the sudden surge of compliance and regulatory requirements being placed onto a business, IT security people are now required to understand and help implement compliance solutions.

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New Legal Discovery Mandates Transcends Traditional Search Capabilities (2008) resource Articles OCEG Reviewed
Submitted by OCEG Staff on Oct, 18 2008
DM Review Special Report, February 5, 2008   Traditional search technologies, which were invented to index Internet content, are no longer adequate to fully comply with the new rules, specifically Federal Rules of Civil Procedure rules 26, 34 and 37. This article will examine the limitations of current search-related technologies and recommend IT best practices for file content discovery and management using newer technologies and solutions.
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How to educate your workforce on the new federal rules regulating electronic discovery resource White Papers OCEG Reviewed
The amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure regulating electronic discovery (e-discovery) have gone into effect as of December 1, 2006. These are some of the most profound changes to the federal rules in decades and directly focus on “electronically stored information” (ESI) and its discoverability in all federal lawsuits.
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Legally, what constitutes an 'original' e-mail? (2007) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed

Large companies regularly receive requests to hold data as part of a legal e-discovery. It's when the e-discovery includes a request for an "electronic original" that a company may find itself unsure how to comply.

ComputerWorld (August 16, 2007)

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E-Discovery Archives, Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (2004 - 2008) resource Books / Publications Member contributionOCEG Reviewed

The Richmond Journal of Law & Technology is an online law review, first published on April 10, 1995, the Journal focuses on the impact that computer-related and other emerging technologies have on the law.

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EDD Blog Online resource Blog Member contributionOCEG Reviewed

An insiders look into the ever evolving landscape of legal discovery to include but not limited to computer forensics, electronic discovery, email archiving, online review and proactive management.

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Landmark Federal Discovery Rules Amendments Have Become Effective. Are You Ready? (2006) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
On December 1, 2006 amendments to Rule 26 and other sections of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) became effective to address discovery issues that are unique to electronic discovery. The intent of these amendments is to reduce discovery disputes and costs, and improve discovery efficiency, with respect to electronically stored information.
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eDiscovery for Structured Data resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
Electronic discovery, also known as eDiscovery, by definition is the process in which electronically stored information is reviewed, processed and presented for the purposes of litigation or regulatory requests.
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Plan for E-Discovery Should be in Place Now, A (2007) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
This article discusses the implications of the 2006 rules amendments for the way businesses should handle their computer systems. In short, they make it clear that businesses must take steps long before a lawsuit is filed to ensure they will be ready for litigation.
Published in TechJournal South.
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