By James D. Shook, Esq. In the cult-classic “Weekend At Bernie’s”[1], two young men try to fool others into believing that their murdered boss is still alive, despite strong evidence to the contrary.  Of course, trying to keep up appearances with a decaying body gets more and more difficult with time, but they persist.  Eventually, [...]

“The Ball in Your Court” Craig Ball, Esq., Talks eDiscovery, Law and Technology with EMC’s Heidi Maher, Esq., Principal eDiscovery Join EMC for our upcoming Best Practice Webinar Series with eDiscovery Thought Leader and Author, Craig Ball, Esq. Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Counselor Ball is a pioneering Trial Lawyer, Technologist and [...]

Discovery Lessons Learned in the first half of 2010 by William E. O’Neil, Jr, Esq. It has been an interesting first half of the year for e-Discovery cases. The “Pension Committee” case “revisited” the Zubalake decisions and re-affirmed the duties for legal counsel when managing the Discovery & legal hold processes.  But, it still seems [...]

eDiscovery 2011:  Trends, Risks and Best Practices Randolph A. Kahn, Esq., Kahn Consulting James D. Shook, Esq., EMC eDiscovery expert and Attorney Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific EMC is proud to bring you this special webinar focused on how you should think about handling eDiscovery in 2011. Our esteemed guest speaker, [...]

Another Step Towards Information Governance By Chuck Hollis, Global Marketing CTO EMC Corporation Sorry for falling behind the pace here, but there was a recent EMC product announcement that I found worthy of a deeper discussion. EMC’s SourceOne group just announced their new File Intelligence product.  And, as organizations struggle to get their arms around unfettered [...]

Does the Pension Committee Amended Opinion and Order Go Far Enough? The Pension Committee Blog Series On January 1, 2010, Judge Scheindlin re-established her ability to captivate legal audiences by authoring an opinion that struck fear into the hearts of many litigators and the parties they represent. Dubbed “Zubulake Revisited: Six Years Later”, the Pension [...]

The latest news about Autonomy’s acquisition of certain CA Information Governance business group products (CA Message Manager and CA Records Manager) got me to thinking about the strategic differences among companies in the Information Governance space. On the one hand, you have companies that build or acquire products and technologies to further strengthen their existing [...]

Last Chance Webinar: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Document Retention and Employee Terminations: Increased Risk of ESI Loss in Today’s Economic Uncertainty Alitia Faccone, Esq., and Gina Trimarco, Esq., of McCarter & English, LLP with James D. Shook, Esq., of EMC discuss the impact of employee terminations and the increased risk loss of and/or misappropriation of Electronically [...]

International Business and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) By Heidi Maher, Esq. In 2009, prosecutors delivered on their promise to vigorously pursue individuals and corporations who violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Thirty-three individuals and eleven organizations were named in enforcement actions brought by the DOJ or SEC.  This year promises more of [...]

The world economy has felt the impact of financial crisis.  As the economic aftershocks continue , the uncertain future is troubling. Prudent companies are refocusing their efforts and becoming much leaner.  However, as companies become leaner, layoffs ensue. Correspondingly, companies face an increase the risk of electronically stored information (ESI) loss and/or theft. ESI loss [...]