Seminar Helps Organizations Manage Electronic Data Risk — 2nd Annual E-Discovery and Beyond Set for New York, March 31st

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Ashley Flynn ARMA International
913.312.5561, aflynn@arma.org  
Judges are getting tougher every day and are far less likely to listen to what they regard as feeble explanations for mishandling of electronically stored information. In response to this, those who are responsible for the electronically stored information in an organization, the legal, RIM, IT and compliance [...]

White House Admits Recycling Tapes, Hedges on Missing E-Mail

By Chris Maxcer
E-Commerce Times
Part of the ECT News Network  

Conflict is igniting over official White House e-mails that some say have gone missing, though the Bush administration has officially denied that there is any reason to believe any have been lost. Others contend that the White House is well aware that e-mail for some executive offices [...]

Football player files missing – Fingers point to Rodriguez

By Dave Hickman
Staff writer
MORGANTOWN ­- West Virginia officials are wondering if assistant coaches aren’t all that Rich Rodriguez took with him to Michigan. They believe he may also have destroyed all or most of the paperwork files relating to every player on the current Mountaineer roster and virtually all of the activities conducted by the [...]

Data Loss Prevention Trends To Watch In 2008

By Stefanie Hoffman, CMP Channel
No doubt about it, 2007 was the year that high profile data breaches splashed across the front pages with as much sensation as paint on a Jackson Pollock canvas. TJX kicked off 2007 with the largest data breach in history — a whopping 45.7 million records lifted when hackers infiltrated the [...]

Judge Sanctions 6 Qualcomm Lawyers

By DON CLARK
A federal magistrate issued sanctions against six Qualcomm Inc. attorneys for mishandling evidence in a high-stakes patent case against Broadcom Corp.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Major referred the conduct of the six lawyers to the California State Bar Association for an investigation of possible ethical violations. She decided not to sanction 13 other Qualcomm [...]

Pressure Mounts as More Corporate Clients Favor Flat Rates over Billing by the Hour

We have heard the battle cry before, and the wires are abuzz again about having law firms abandon the billable hour, according to Slate.
Though few companies openly discuss alternative billing arrangements, there is ample evidence to show that alternative billing is overwhelmingly favored over the hourly rate model.  Companies favor flat fees and discounts for volume legal work to control costs [...]

Managing Ethics in E-Discovery

David G. Keyko
New York Law Journal
January 3, 2008
Cases like Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp., S.D. Cal. 05-cv-1958-B (SLM), have highlighted the dangers to lawyers and their clients of not properly managing electronic discovery. In Qualcomm, during the last day of trial, on cross-examination, a Qualcomm witness revealed the existence of certain unproduced records. After the [...]

Which GCs Are Most at Risk in Backdating Cases?

Firm partner’s research shows that general counsel who understood backdating’s accounting implications are getting hit hardest
Corporate Counsel
January 3, 2008

Why is the government taking action against some general counsel who backdated stock options, while letting others off the hook? According to John Villa, the key is whether GCs knew that backdating creates an accounting problem. If [...]

6 tips for reducing e-mail overload

By Kim Komando
Lately, more people are declaring bankruptcy. No, they’re not financially insolvent. They just can’t keep up with e-mail. They empty their inbox, announce e-mail bankruptcy, and start over from scratch.
Don’t let it happen to you. Get a grip on the problem before it is too late.
Slash the number of new messages
Your first goal [...]