DTI Articles

• A Methodical Approach to Data Collection

  The days of outside counsel handling all aspects of litigation are slowly coming to an end. Corporations are often taking a lead role in their discovery projects, mainly in response to the current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and, in some cases, because of today’s economic conditions.  This is new territory for many legal professionals, and some are learning the hard way about the importance of following a structured process every step of the way—starting at the beginning with data collection.
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• Training on a Tight Budget

  In law firms and corporations of all sizes, training and development are among the first items slashed when budgets must be cut. But companies are wise to maintain some development priorities, even on a smaller scale, in order to remain competitive. Attracting and retaining the best employees still requires some investment, as it is generally less expensive to invest in existing employees than to hire new ones.
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• Big Changes - The Metamorphosis of Facilities Management Services

  The legal community has long partnered with companies that provide facilities management (FM) services. For those of us that don’t mind showing our age, we can cite companies such as Ameriscribe, Charles P. Young, Pandick Press, R.R. Donnelley, and others that were leaders in the FM service industry. These companies, however, have since left the FM industry, and the names of  the service providers have changed. Nevertheless, the paradigm associated with FM services remains.
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• The E-Discovery Edge - Expertise and Preparation Can Save Millions

  Imagine having to produce every e-mail you've sent or received in the past year, including ones you've deleted. Then add every spreadsheet or wordprocessing file you've created. Then multiply that task by the number of employees in your company – 100, 1,000 or 10,000 times. Then tack on the tremendous pressure of a legal decision hanging in the balance. Where would you start?
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• Electronic Discovery - Obligations and Opportunities

  As long as there has been human communication there have been documents. As advancing technology has allowed, we have developed increasingly sophisticated methods for capturing and preserving our thoughts and creations...
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• Discovery - It's Not Just for Clients

  Attorneys are often involved in assisting clients with production of documents in response to discovery requests. Less often, but with increasing frequency, attorneys themselves are subject to discovery requests...
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• Responding to Electronic Discovery Requests

  You’ve just been named a party to a lawsuit, and, along with a list of typical document requests, you find that you have been asked to produce all of your emails and other electronic files: where do you begin?
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• Lessons from the Quattrone Case - Containing Email Risk

  Frank Quattrone personifies both the tech boom and the tech bust...Quattrone handled countless dot-com IPOs and drew a salary well over $100 million. But it took just one ill-conceived e-mail – allegedly intended to cover up evidence in a federal investigation – to destroy his reputation and career and make him a federal convict...
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• The Importance of Appropriate Record Retention Policies

  With HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and various high-profile corporate fraud cases involving record destruction, national concern with record management and retention has reached new levels. In the resulting legal and business environment, it is more important than ever for firms and companies to develop and implement appropriate record retention policies.
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