Document Pros Releases Principles Of eDiscovery

Document Pros has prepared a description of the process of electronic discovery. Electronically Stored Information or ESI includes multiple types of data which may be evidence in civil or criminal litigation.

Atlanta GA – June 1, 2016 /MarketersMedia/ —

Document Pros and Joe Albright have prepared an informative post which talks about the trends in stored data. In the Information age, there are new technologies available daily resulting in ever-increasing amounts of data which is stored. At the same time, the number of data channels has also increased. As a result, the justice system is required to make attempts to stay abreast of the changes. The process by which Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is sought, collected, secured, and searched with the purpose of being used as evidence in civil or criminal litigation.

There are many types of ESI, including emails, instant messages, audio and video files, voice mails, online purchase records, downloads, websites, and social media. The collection process is ever more sophisticated and requires extraction of data from servers, hard drives, cracking PDFs, and other retrieval methods. The process requires expert computer forensics. The model for E-discovery consists of nine standards which eliminate discrepancies in the collection of electronically stored data and processing, review, and production. The electronic discovery reference model or EDRM is the framework which details the standards.

The standards begin with information management. Maintaining the information in an accessible system with stated policies makes further steps possible. Identification is the first step of the eDiscovery process. This step ascertains potential sources of information and estimates the strategies for obtaining it. Any ESI deemed to be relevant is placed in a legal hold to ensure future access. The next step is collection of ESI and related metadata in a way that is legally defensible and accepted by requesting agencies.

The processing phase reduces the volume of data and converts it for review and analysis. The materials are reviewed for relevance and for privilege. The analysis step evaluates the material collected for content and context. ESI is delivered to the opposing counsel or requesting agencies during the production phase. The final step in the EDRM process is presentation of the material in a trial, hearing or other venue.

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Name: Bob and Joe Albright
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Phone: (404) 816- 8686

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