e-Discovery For Dummies

Part I: Examining e-Discovery and ESI Essentials.

Chapter 1: Knowing Why e-Discovery Is a Burning Issue.

Chapter 2: Taking a Close Look at Electronically Stored Information (ESI).

Chapter 3: Building e-Discovery Best Practices into Your Company.

Part II: Guidelines for e-Discovery and Professional Competence.

Chapter 4: The Playbook: Federal Rules and Advisory Guidelines.

Chapter 5: Judging Professional Competence and Conduct.

Part III: Identif ying, Preser ving, and Collecting ESI.

Chapter 6: Identifying Potentially Relevant ESI.

Chapter 7: Complying with ESI Preservation and a Litigation Hold.

Chapter 8: Managing e-Discovery Conferences and Protocols.

Part IV: Processing, Protecting, and Producing ESI.

Chapter 9: Processing, Filtering, and Reviewing ESI.

Chapter 10: Protecting Privilege, Privacy, and Work Product.

Chapter 11: Producing and Releasing Responsive ESI.

Part V: Get ting Litigation Ready.

Chapter 12: Dealing with Evidentiary Issues and Challenges.

Chapter 13: Bringing In Special Forces: Computer Forensics.

Part VI: Strategizing for e-Discovery Success.

Chapter 14: Managing and Archiving Business Records.

Chapter 15: Viewing e-Discovery Law from the Bench.

Chapter 16: e-Discovery for Large-Scale and Complex Litigation.

Chapter 17: e-Discovery for Small Cases.

Part VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Most Important e-Discovery Rules.

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Keep an Edge on Your e-Discovery Expertise.

Chapter 20: Ten e-Discovery Cases with Really Good Lessons.

Glossary.

Index.