Top 10 e-Reasons a (e-Discovery) Case Goes Wrong

Look for these potential problems and be better prepared
to avoid them!

1.  Forgetting that there’s proof on the computer, phone, or MP3 player
           subject to discovery.

2.  Thinking, “It won’t happen to me!” concerning lawsuits and
discovery.

3.  Thinking that the data is really gone.   Delete does NOT really delete!

4.  Not having a plan for electronic discovery or litigation holds. 

5.  Not cataloguing e-files as confidential or for retention AND not following retention plans.  (i.e. Don’t have a “delete-athon” after a suit is filed.)

6.  Negotiating with the other side without talking to an expert first.

7.  Not knowing how to deal with attorney privilege, review, and redaction with requests for your client’s computer or computer evidence in discovery.

8.  Underestimating the size, prevalence, and duplicates in e-mail.

9.  Not knowing what spoliation or computer forensics means and how it can harm your case.

10.  Letting anyone, other than a computer forensic expert, near the
computer.   (Not all IT or e-Discovery experts are the same!)  

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