July 2, 2020
Chambers and Partners, the internationally renowned legal rankings firm, has given Driven, Inc. top billing in its annual rankings for eDiscovery (litigation support) firms in the U.S. Widely recognized as the “legal industry’s most prestigious rankings,” Chambers placed Driven in “Band Three”.
June 23, 2020
Courts have required the preservation and production of relevant metadata for electronically stored information (ESI) now for over 15 years. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have likewise mandated that parties produce relevant metadata since the 2006 eDiscovery amendments. The Sedona Principles have also provided related guidance during this time, emphasizing that relevant metadata should be produced to ensure ESI can be quickly searched and analyzed.
June 2, 2020
Ephemeral messaging offers organizations great potential for addressing information related challenges in the areas of data protection, privacy, and information governance. When properly implemented through a comprehensive use plan and enterprise-wide controls including training, audits, and policy enforcement, ephemeral messaging provides companies with an effective method for enhancing confidentiality while eliminating data that has no value for the enterprise.
May 14, 2020
Every industry is experiencing an unprecedented time in the wake of social distancing requirements. Previously, many document review supervising attorneys favored review teams working from a secure room, where reviewers were supervised in person. Because this is not possible today, remote review must be considered. But, many attorneys are rightly cautious: how secure can a remote review really be? With the help of strong security processes, biometrics technologies, and environment and device monitoring, attorneys are finding that even with virtual review, their clients’ information remains very secure.
May 4, 2020
Organizations are increasingly using workplace collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack. With the proliferation of these tools, litigants are now seeking relevant collaboration tool messages in discovery. Over the past year, several courts have issued orders addressing preservation and production obligations for relevant content from those tools. The cases are instructive on how organizations should structure the use and configuration of retention settings for those tools as part of their information governance strategy.