Credible records sustain defense in law

While retaining vast quantities of records and information is sometimes viewed as the key to ensuring regulatory compliance, it can be more harmful than helpful during litigation. Systematically developed retention policies and procedures provide a legally acceptable framework for discarding business records when they are no longer needed.

You've come to the right place. We've collected resources, best practices, and case studies to help you better manage the records and information within your organization.

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Type Title Description
Guideline Records Management Responsibility in Litigation Support This guideline is written from the perspective of the law firm records manager, as well as the client/corporate records manager, encompassing both law firm and corporate records. It also includes relevant websites, resources, and case law.  
Guideline Guideline for Outsourcing Electronic Records Storage and Disposition Narrative and downloadable checklists in this guideline will help you to understand the two service provider models, contracts, e-discovery, security and more.

Demonstration

Benefits of Proactive eDiscovery

This demo provides an overview of e-discovery challenges and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). It discusses how bringing e-discovery in-house enables organizations to reduce costs, maintain control and mitigate risk. Proactive information management solutions are also highlighted. Courtesy EMC

Podcast Panel Discussion Best Practices for E-Discovery Performing efficient, cost-effective, and spoliation-free electronic discovery for legal proceedings and regulatory inquiries has become a key enterprise concern. Listen in on an informative roundtable webinar as experts discuss IBM's approach to e-discovery and industry best practices. It's a discussion you can't afford to miss! Courtesy IBM

Article

A Tangled eDiscovery Web 2.0

This article discusses how Web 2.0 is an e-discovery nightmare in the making, and why it requires a substantial jump in e-discovery processes to ‘‘Version 2.0.’’ Courtesy EMC

Article

A Practical Approach - 10 Step Framework for Effective Policy Management and In-House eDiscovery

This article identifies a very practical 10 step approach for proactively developing an information infrastructure that enables organizations to reduce risk and costs of discovery and increase information protection and accessibility. Courtesy EMC

Video

What Allan knows about E-discovery

It's inevitable; you have either experienced a law suit, regulatory audit or freedom-of-information request, or you will—and you need to be ready. There's a better way. Listen to CA’s online expert about a simplified approach. Courtesy CA

White Paper

Ten Steps to Litigation Readiness

Putting procedures and IT solutions in place that automate retention/destruction policies and litigation holds can simplify the production of the needed materials should a Discovery request be served. This paper will outline steps you can take to proactively prepare for litigation before a lawsuit occurs. Courtesy CA

White Paper

ESG: EMC Enables Efficient Electronic Discovery

This analyst paper by Enterprise Strategy Group is designed to educate organizations on the ongoing challenges of electronic discovery and the opportunities to save money and mitigate legal risk by managing information more efficiently before and during the electronic discovery process with several EMC SourceOne products and solutions. Courtesy EMC

White Paper

Good Information Governance: Addressing Compliance, E-discovery, and Information Privacy in the Enterprise

Good information governance is a proactive, policy-driven information management strategy for the global enterprise. It integrates enterprise business objectives with information management policies that address corporate governance and regulatory compliance, eDiscovery, and privacy mandates holistically throughout the information lifecycle. This paper identifies trends driving the need for good information governance, best practices, and recommended technologies. Courtesy EMC

Analyst Report

Analyst Report: IDC: Information Governance for the 21st Century - Building an Archive-based Architecture to Support Information Management

In recent years, it has become necessary for organizations to implement and sustain an information-governance strategy as well as the technologies to support it. Read this IDC white paper to learn about an emerging information management architecture that helps meet these enterprise information-governance needs. And, get specifics on how the EMC SourceOne platform - in particular its archiving, compliance and eDiscovery solutions - addresses these objectives. Courtesy EMC

 


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