Technology advancements and a more tech-savvy and mobile workforce are rapidly changing the landscape between the needs of legal service purchasers and the offerings of legal service providers. We are keeping an eye to the on-going development of these four tech trends–and so should you.

As part of your company’s IT team, you play a crucial role in managing incoming eDiscovery requests. In fact, according to a 2010 white paper, more than two-thirds of companies said IT was primarily responsible for gathering data during an ediscovery request. This means you’re asked to support legal teams to fulfill these inquiries, often last minute, thus leading to issues about how to:

Think information governance and cyber security don’t go hand in hand? Think again! Good cyber security is built upon good information governance.

You may have asked yourself this question (or maybe you will now): What’s new with my information governance program? With the ever-changing scope of information governance from year-to-year and even month-to-month, it’s key to visualize how your information governance program can keep up with the times. Some of these growing concerns include:

When it comes to leading a successful litigation support team, technology can be critical to your success. Figuring out how you’re going to identify, preserve, collect, produce, and manage electronically stored information may be consuming your day; you often likely have to delegate these tasks to other team members to make sure they get done.

Now that it's been six months into the 24-month transition period of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you’ll want to consider how to store and collect an EU citizen’s private information. And before you think the new rule doesn’t apply to you, keep in mind the regulation applies to all businesses that hold and process data collected in the European Union, regardless of location.

Due to the growing and ever-changing digital market, the EU took a major step to protect EU citizens’ personal data and privacy rights in today’s digital world. From proposal to adoption, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took over four years to become law regulating the data collection and security during processing and movement of personal data of EU citizens. The GDPR is applicable in all EU markets/countries, including by association, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK.

Handling social media archives on your own can be a challenge.

When it comes to selecting the right web archiving and eDiscovery software solution, you’ll want to consider your company’s risk profile. This is much like considering how much insurance to buy for your car or home. You may ask yourself: What’s my risk?

The adoption of a smart, effective information governance program allows businesses and organizations to thoughtfully manage and value their data. But what happens when information governance principles are not in place?