Date Searching for Emails and Loose Files Can Be Tricky: eDiscovery Best Practices

By Doug Austin

\r\n

I recently had a client that was searching for emails and loose files based on a relevant date range. However, because of the way the data was collected and the way the search was performed, identifying the correct set of responsive emails and loose files within the relevant date range proved to be challenging. Let’s take a look at the challenges this client faced.

\r\n

Background

\r\n

The files were collected by client personnel with the emails placed into PST files and loose files from local and…

Read the whole entry… »

Author

  • Doug Austin

    Doug Austin is the editor and founder of eDiscovery Today and an EDRM Global Advisory Council Leader. Doug is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers. He has received the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as the Top eDiscovery Author for 2017 and 2018 and a JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top Cybersecurity Author for 2019.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.