Emerging Field of eDiscovery
Attorneys today are faced with a new world of discoverable information, that never was available before, like electronic data in email messages, word processing documents, spreadsheets, etc. The computer files produced, created and stored electronically on media, local desktops, or servers is subject to discovery. The digital information and the computer have had a remarkable impact on how companies function today.
As a result of widespread use of computer and digital information, courts have increasingly recognized the importance of electronic discovery for resolution of important investigations and litigation matters. Electronic discovery encompasses the collection, processing, review and production of electronic documents.
eDiscovery Challenges
Collecting and reviewing electronic evidence remains a challenge as computers become an integral part of information flow. The electronic discovery expert who goes beyond simply extracting data from computers is effective. You need the technical skills, technological strength, and unfettered commitment of a trusted expert to ensure your success in managing large volumes of electronic evidence accurately and cost-effectively.
In today's high-stakes business environment, you simply can't afford to ignore the significance that electronic evidence might have on the outcome of your case.
Spry Control eDiscovery Services
Spry Control provides professional services for technological consultation and process control to counsels and company IT management so that they can work effectively without struggling to figure out unknown territory. We offer a complete and comprehensive set of services covering the following specific modules:
- IT Governance process is concerned the way information within the company are preserved and destroyed and prepares IT to promptly undertake eDiscovery related work with proper control, coordination and monitoring in a team environment. Also to create processes and procedures to quickly comply with legal hold process during litigation. Creating awareness of eDiscovery related work and with necessary control and reporting structure is also undertaken.
- eDiscovery Readiness is to establish responsible IT data stewardship ahead of legal challenge. Included are cost of eDiscovery compliance, purge data as per data retention policy, avoid spoliation /destruction of data that otherwise needed to be retained in due course of business. Prepare documentation for actual or potential litigation, contingency plan, framework for IT eDiscovery work, etc.
- eDiscovery Process with orwithout vendor include help in strategy formulation and execution, review of scope of work for vendor of in-house exercise, respond to queries from vendors, help in monitoring the process and escalation, help in the data collection and production related issues, help for change of vendor and transition to new vendor,
- Post eDiscovery wrap up include preservation of data collected and produced and its later re-use,if needed.
Spry Control eDiscovery for In-House Initiatives
Spry Control is enabling IT management and IT groups to obtain reliable and timely advise in high pressure, time sensitive and high stake litigation process. We work with IT management to help them understand the eDiscovery process, plan and monitor, and obtain necessary skills to interact and engage with internal and external counsel, business users, eDiscovery vendors. We provide them timely services without impacting their IT projects and activities.
Spry Control is a resource for IT management to aid in the resolution of technical issues to undertaken in-house in regards to eDiscovery for litigations requiring smaller data collection and production work. We can help IT management and others with our extensive information systems and data analysis expertise in the following ways:
- Assist IT management to comply with the new rules from IT perspective to avoid sanctions and find resolution to specific issues identified
- Assist in gaining an understanding of the information system infrastructure as well as the system infrastructure of the opposing side
- Assist in identifying the ESI that needs to be preserved for the duration of litigation by the company and by the opposing party.
- Assist in whether the company or opposing side has properly preserved ESI.
- Assist on the IT issues related to identifying the scope, time period, sources and formats of the ESI required.
- Assist in formulating IT responses for eDiscovery interrogatories from the opposing party.
- Assist in testing the assertion that certain data is not reasonably accessible.
- Assist in analyzing ESI obtained from the opposing side.
- Assist IT staff with depositions concerning information systems, ESI and data analysis.
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