eDiscovery & Information Governance - Do You Know Where Your Email Is?

If you have ever been involved in litigation, you know that the process of finding, collecting, reviewing and producing the evidence that supports your case is often difficult, lengthy and expensive. As we have transitioned from a primarily paper to an electronic world, the costs of discovery can sometimes threaten to overwhelm all but the largest disputes. One way to minimize these costs is by properly governing your information.

Effective information governance means establishing enterprise-wide policies and procedures for the creation, use and retention of information. If implementing a thorough information governance plan seems daunting, a good first step is to start with your email, specifically, where your email is located. (Governing how to use email effectively and how to decrease the volume of email being saved will be addressed in future articles.) Waiting until you are in the middle of a lawsuit to ferret out the hidden caches where your employees are