Collection

In previous articles, I discussed the Legal Hold, the Subpoena or CID, the custodian Identification process and Chain of Custody. Now we need to discuss a very important part of the collection process. In terms of best practices, any data collection should be handled very carefully to avoid changing the data in any way. However, the…

In previous electronic discovery articles, I discussed the Subpoena/CID, the Legal Hold, the Identification of Custodians, and the Collection. One very important component of the collection of electronic discovery is preservation of the chain of custody. If the collection process is being handled by forensic professionals, they have very strict procedures for maintaing the chain of custody. They…

In a litigation matter, after the subpoena is received and the custodians are identified, we begin to collect the client’s documents, both hardcopy and electronic. The document collections may be handled by the client’s IT staff and this can be a little concerning if the IT staff does not understand electronic discovery protocols. It is better…

As a litigation support professional, one of our responsibilities is to make sure we understand the Do’s and Don’ts of dealing with electronic discovery. One of the issues we need to keep an eye on is Spoliation. Electronic documents collected, reviewed and produced in a litigation matter need to stay in the original condition throughout…

When boxes of documents arrive at the firm, the paralegal will literally hold those boxes hostage until at least one set of photocopies is made. The photocopy set is often referred to as “the working set” because it is then given to the attorneys to review, organize, mark up, or do whatever they need to…