Preservation - Additional Materials

From EDRM

Preservation

Legal Requirements/Standards for Document Preservation General Rules Documents Potentially Subject to Preservation Obligations Non-Party Considerations Preservation Letters Importance of Realistic Preservation Letter Challenging Contents of Preservation Order when Agreement is not Reached Considerations Before the Duty to Preserve Attaches Understanding Records Retention Policies Identify the IT "Gurus" Proactive Contingency Planning Litigation Hold Memos Tailored to IT Personnel Executive Endorsement of Preservation Efforts Knowing and Understanding the IT Architecture Understanding the Backup Systems Employee Training Preparing Internal "Litigation Hold Memo" Template and Witness Interview Form Identifying Potential Sources of Information Addressing Retired Systems Preferred Vendor Arrangements Discovery Software to Assist in Preservation Proactive Email Archiving Systems Data That is Changed on an Onging Basis Implementation of Preservation/Litigation Hold Not All Cases Are Created Equally, Nor All Witnesses Implementation Considerations Additional Materials Participants

Following are additional resources relating to preservation:

Contents 1 Materials Provided by EDRM Participants 1.1 Forms 1.2 Articles 2 Decisions 3 Orders 4 Law Review Articles 5 Other Resources

Materials Provided by EDRM Participants

Forms

• Chain of custody form, provided by Digital Mandate
• Data harvesting/collection questionnaire, provided by Digital Mandate
• Database collection form, provided by Baker Robbins and Company
• Initial document collection form, provided by Baker Botts
• Sample questionnaire for IT staff provided by Baker Robbins & Co.

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Articles

• Baker Robbins & Company, E-Discovery 101: Electronic Discovery Overview (July 18, 2005), http://edrm.net/wiki/images/5/5e/E-Discovery101.pdf
• Charles Keller and Kenneth Shear, SPI Litigation Direct LLC, Interviewing Business and IT Clients for Electronic Discovery (2005), http://edrm.net/wiki/images/e/e5/Interviewing_Business_and_IT_Clients_for_Electronic_Discovery.pdf
• Lisa M. Arent, Robert D. Brownstone and William A. Fenwick, EDiscovery: Preserving, Requesting & Producing Electronic Information, 19 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech L.J. 131, 133-143 (2002) (co-author), as updated December, 2003, http://www.fenwick.com/docstore/publications/litigation/ediscovery.pdf

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Decisions

• Arista Records v. Sakfield Holding Company, 314 F.Supp. 2d 27, 34 (D.D.C. 2004), http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/page=10
• Broccoli v. Echostar Communications, 229 F.R.D. 506 (D.Md. 2005), http://el.shb.com/nl_images/edisc/nov05/broccoli%20v.%20echostar.op.080405.pdf
• Coleman (Parent) Holdings v. Morgan Stanley, 2005 WL 679071 (Fla. 15th Cir. Mar. 1, 2005), http://commonscold.typepad.com/commonscold/files/adverse_inference.PDF
• U.S. v. Andersen, 544 U.S. ___, 125 S. Ct. 2129 (2005), http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/04-368.pdf
• Williams v. Sprint/United Management Co., 2005 WL 2401626 (D.Kan. Sept. 29, 2005), http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/opinions/032200JWLDJW-3333.pdf
• Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 229 F.R.D. 422 (S.D.N.Y. July 20, 2004)(Zubulake V), http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/pdf/D02NYSC/04-05292.pdf

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Orders

• Order for Preservation of Documents signed by Judge Scheindlin in In re: Methyl Tertriary Butyl Ether ("MTBE" Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1358 (SAS) M21-88 (March 15, 2005)

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Law Review Articles

• S. Scheindlin and K. Wangkeo, eDiscovery Sanctions in the 21st Century, 11 Mich. TELECOMM. TECH. L. REV. 71 (2004), http://www.mttlr.org/voleleven/scheindlin.pdf

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Other Resources

• ABA Civil Discovery Standards, http://www.abanet.org/litigation/discoverystandards/2004civildiscoverystandards.pdf
• Best Practices for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Vendors, The Sedona Conference, http://www.thesedonaconference.org/dltForm?did=RFP_plus_july05ver.pdf
• Microsoft submission to the Federal Rules Advisory Committee, http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/e-discovery/04-CV-001.pdf#page=29
• Proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules1.html
• Sedona Principles, The, The Sedona Conference, http://www.thesedonaconference.org/dltForm?did=7_05TSP.pdf

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