Pro-Active Litigation Support
Amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Strategic Data Retention (SDR) developed a system to address the requirement of the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure enacted on the 1 December 2006. We have named it Pro-Active Litigation Support (PALS).
PALS Benefit Highlights
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No setup fee to activate service.
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PALS Service can be activated in 24-48 hours.
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Free Electronic Discovery
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Electronic Discovery requests 24-48 Hour turnaround.
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Free 30 day trial period
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In April 2006, the Supreme Court approved amendments to the federal rules
of civil procedure that address the discovery process for electronically
stored information, known as ESI. The federal courts are trying to make
it easier (on themselves) to figure out what information companies have
in their electronic records that might be relevant to litigation they're
involved in. The new rules stipulate that parties involved in litigation
must present to the judge, within 99 days of the filing of a complaint,
an inventory of the relevant electronic information. What data needs
to be collected, harvested, and moved forward for processing? They need
to
show where the information is stored and how accessible it is. Noncompliance
could mean hefty fines.
The impact on corporate America should not be underestimated. This is a
sea change in the discovery process. It's mandatory in all federal cases.
In order to comply, companies must know where their electronic information
is and how to get to it.
An important concept here is accessibility, how easy it is to make certain
data available. The new rules take into account how burdensome, how costly,
and how much time it will take to make that happen. If data is available
only on backup tapes buried in a mountain somewhere as part of a disaster
recovery strategy, for instance, it may be considered inaccessible.
Many companies are aware of the new regulations, but a lot aren't, and that
will be made obvious over the next several months. It's a corporate cultural
change, and it will take a fair amount of time to work out. In the meantime,
some companies will skip around their obligations, and its likely judges
will make examples of certain cases.
What does this mean for IT managers? First, a giant headache. But it could
also be a golden opportunity to grab that seat at the executive table. An
information governance team is very, very important. IT will need to work
closely with top execs, in-house counsel, and business unit managers on policy,
process, and the technology the company will put into play for purposes of
its records management program.
The amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure enacted on the 1
December 2006 will have a huge impact on corporate America. Companies have
to change the way they handle electronically stored information (ESI). The
new regulations say that businesses must be able to quickly find any electronic
stored information when requested to do so by the federal court. Technology
changes are required for storing and retrieving electronic data.
Pro-Active Litigation Support
To address this problem SDR has developed a solution, called Pro-Active Litigation Support (PALS), based on the best of breed CA Message Manager Technology. This system can be rapidly deployed and leverage your existing company IT infrastructure. The system will initially target e-mail, since courts and judges are demanding e-mail in litigation today more than any other form of electronically stored information (ESI). E-mail has become the primary means of business communication in the enterprise today. The PALS system will automatically index and archive all e-mail, creating an enterprise e-mail store that is fully indexed and searchable. PALS is a risk management system that can significantly reduce electronic discovery cost and mitigate litigation risks.