Compliance & eDiscovery

Meeting the Growing Demands of Messaging in Highly Regulated Industries

Wednesday, 27 August 2008 12:27 Ashley Coover, MessageSolution, Inc.

It’s no secret that technology has created an “instant correspondence” business culture, and this culture is in the direct path of the rapidly growing compliance- and e-Discovery-driven movements within business organizations. This is especially true within the regulation-heavy industries of banking, healthcare, pharma, and government. Highly regulated business sectors transfer thousands of highly confidential messages and data to their servers every minute, and although real time communication allows for better and faster business decisions--as system integrators and VARs servicing these markets know--there are always compliance concerns and regulations to be considered.

Working with Regulatory Distraction

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:48 Jack Phillips, IANS

What can we say about regulatory compliance? The heyday is over. However, the hangover still lingers.

Most IT professionals now notice that the big incremental spending on security systems and consultants to comply with government regulations and industry rules is behind us. The hype is over. Compliance activities have largely become “baked in” as routine business processes, while employee policies have been re-written to incorporate compliance best practices, which means discretionary spending on compliance is rare.

The Litigation Hold: Why You Don’t Have to Hold Everything

Tuesday, 05 August 2008 02:58 W. Lawrence Wescott II, Esq. and Randolph A. Kahn, Esq., Kahn Consulting

The advent of electronic discovery has introduced new terms into the IT vocabulary. One term, which now seemingly strikes fear into the hearts of IT managers, is the “legal or litigation hold.” Failure to implement a legal or litigation hold can result in sanctions for “spoliation,” or destruction of evidence, which may result in fines or even loss of the lawsuit.

Data Preservation for Legal Actions

Monday, 28 July 2008 05:36 Penny Quirk, Robbins-Gioia, LLC

When faced with impending litigation, organizations must carefully think through and put in place data preservation activities. Business leaders are well aware of the dangers and costs associated with not having the right information when confronted with a legal action such as a data preservation order, preservation letter, discovery order, or subpoena. In some cases, company officers are personally liable. In the case of U.S. District Court vs. USN Communications in October 2000, the court recommended that the CEO be personally fined $10,000 for failure to adequately discharge his responsibilities to institute a program to preserve documents.¹

CommVault Simpana Software upgraded for enhanced eDiscovery and data preservation

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 15:10

Responding to the need for organizations to preserve and protect their information when litigation is reasonably anticipated, CommVault has released an advanced Legal Hold feature set, extending the capabilities of the eDiscovery features in the CommVault Simpana 7.0 software suite.

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