A Practical Guide to eDiscovery

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Introducing A Practical Guide to eDiscovery, featuring 3 units, 16 chapters, and more than 200 pages of the legal, logistical, and technical information you need to succeed

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A valuable new tool for your discovery and investigations toolbox

Legal practitioners need substantive legal education – not just the credits required by the bar, but the up-to-date knowledge you can use to improve your projects, advance your careers, and benefit your organizations. This is why Consilio created the Consilio Advanced Learning Institute and why the Institute created this new resource: A Practical Guide to eDiscovery. As the global leader in legal consulting and services, Consilio offers a proven end-to-end eDiscovery platform bringing together world-class expertise, innovations in technology and data, along with robust forensics investigations and eDiscovery workflows. Our capabilities are tightly integrated to drive efficient outcomes, reduce client risk and control cost for investigations and litigation.

Whether you are new to discovery and need a tour of the fundamentals or are experienced at discovery and need a refresher on a specific topic, this book is designed to aid you in your work. It includes citations and hyperlinks to source materials throughout, and it reflects the expertise and efforts of many Consilio experts.
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Overview

This book focuses on domestic practice within the United States, primarily civil practice in the federal courts. This book is intended to function in two ways: (1) as a text book that can be worked through linearly to learn about eDiscovery and (2) as a desk reference to which practitioners can turn for guidance about their eDiscovery matters. This book is organized into three units:

Unit 1 – eDiscovery Fundamentals covers the fundamentals practitioners need to know about each phase of an eDiscovery project, from identification to production.

Unit 2 – Intermediate eDiscovery provides deeper dives into key eDiscovery skills and challenges for those looking to move beyond the fundamentals.

Unit 3 – Advanced eDiscovery explores more challenging subjects, including newer ESI sources and more nuanced legal and procedural issues.

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Delivering the best, most efficient client experience

eDiscovery Fundamentals

Chapter 1 – The Evolving Duty of Technology Competence
Chapter 2 – In the Beginning: Identification and Preservation Fundamentals
Chapter 3 – The Grand Scavenger Hunt: Collection Fundamentals
Chapter 4 – Time to Make the Donuts: Processing Fundamentals
Chapter 5 – Clearing the Fog of War: ECA Fundamentals
Chapter 6 – The Main Event: Review Fundamentals
Chapter 7 – The Final Countdown: Production Fundamentals

Intermediate eDiscovery

Chapter 8 – Measure Twice, Discover Once: eDiscovery Project Scoping and Planning
Chapter 9 – Hold On: Get a Grip on Conducting Effective Legal Holds
Chapter 10 – Beyond the Four Corners: Evolving Electronic Documents
Chapter 11 – Sampling Techniques for Litigation and Investigations
Chapter 12 – An Embarrassment of Riches: Analytic Tools and Techniques

Advanced eDiscovery

Chapter 13 – Everything in Moderation: Proportionality in Discovery
Chapter 14 – When the Bough Breaks: Spoliation in eDiscovery
Chapter 15 – An Ounce of Prevention: Fundamentals of Data Protection
Chapter 16 – Cross-Border Discovery: A Guide to Practical Challenges for US Counsel

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