Electronic Discovery for Small Cases: Managing Digital Evidence and ESI

by Bruce Olson, Tom O'Connor

Overview

As organizations create increasing amounts of digital data, electronic discovery costs for lawyers can skyrocket. For firms with limited technology budgets, or cases with small amounts of electronically stored information (ESI), e-discovery can be challenging. Electronic Discovery for Small Cases offers effective, budget-friendly solutions for collecting, viewing, and analyzing electronic evidence that will benefit any litigator. With an overview of e-discovery techniques and extensive reviews of software products, this book will help you: Determine if you should collect ESI yourself or hire a consultant, Select the best-and most user-friendly-collection tool for your budget, Make the most of your e-discovery software with step-by-step guidance, Process, view, search, and analyze a mixed collection of files, Learn about affordable cloud-based applications for litigation support, Publish a searchable document collection on a CD, DVD, or flash drive, Work with electronic records at mediation, arbitration, or trial, Learn about emerging ESI trends

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614383505
Publisher:	American Bar Association
Publication date:	12/07/2013
Pages:	139
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

About the Authors v

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

How to Use This Book x

Part I Electronic Discovery Overview 1

Chapter 1 Rule Changes 3

Chapter 2 E-Discovery-The Early Years 7

Types of ESI 7

Reasonably Accessible 8

Native Formats 8

Handling ESI: EDRM 9

Workflow 10

Sedona Cooperation Proclamation 12

Chapter 3 Small Case Dilemma 15

Pricing 16

Big Vendors and Big Products for Big Cases 17

Big Collections 17

Big Products 18

Chapter 4 A Cooperative Approach to Managing E-Discovery in Smaller Cases 19

Part II Technology Tools for Small Cases 23

Chapter 5 Collection Concerns-Should You Collect ESI by Yourself or Seek Outside Assistance? 25

SafeCopy 2 and Harvester 27

Chapter 6 Quickly Viewing a Mixed Bag of ESI 37

Quick View Plus 37

Chapter 7 Small Budget Searching Solutions 41

dtSearch Desktop 41

Chapter 8 A Processing, Review, and Production Tool All in One 51

Digital WarRoom Pro 51

Portable Archive File 67

Chapter 9 Managing Large Volumes of E-Mail and Attachments 69

Intella 70

Chapter 10 Working in the Cloud 79

Lexbe Online 82

Nextpoint Discovery Cloud and Trial Cloud 93

Discovery Cloud 93

Trial Cloud 103

Chapter 11 A Simple Solution for Producing ESI 117

dtSearch Publish 117

Delivering ESI That Is Universally Viewable and Searchable 121

Chapter 12 Managing E-Mail with Adobe Acrobat Portfolios 125

Adobe Acrobat 125

Chapter 13 Working with Electronic Records at Mediation, Arbitration, or Trial 129

Chapter 14 What Is Next? 133

Glossary 135

Index 141