Motions to discover electronic data have become common in today’s world of litigation; yet, often companies are unprepared to find electronically stored information (ESI), especially e-mail. This lack of preparedness is driving up the cost of e-discovery and the cost of litigation in general. In this paper, we examine six steps organizations can take to control a large part of their e-discovery processes to lower costs and reduce risks. This paper will show that controlling e-mail requires being proactive; it’s not so much about how long you save it, but rather how well you control it.
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