Data Management
Our experience in dealing with large clients in multiple industries
tells us there is an underlying issue with the way in which corporations
manage their business records. Nearly all regulated
corporations have the concept of information classification,
and implement associated data management policies and
procedures, such as retention and disposition,
with varying degrees of success. However, most organizations are unable
to identify specific business records and specify the rules governing
their creation, use, storage, and disposition. Solving this
challenging problem is paramount to a successful eDiscovery program. For
this reason, Data Management is one of the first places
we assist our clients.
Identification
Knowing where potentially responsive information can
be found is paramount to a successful eDiscovery effort. However,
most corporations have only a rudimentary understanding of where their
data resides, and most of that understanding comes from those systems
that form the core of their business. What about the information
that lives outside of those corporate systems? Surely that
information is as potentially responsive as other, more structured
information.
The professionals at Jimenez Consulting Solutions can help you
identify where your information resides, determine your ability to
implement a legal hold, and determine the costs
associated with collecting, reviewing, producing, and presenting
discoverable information. Armed with this information, in-house
and outside counsel will be in a much stronger position to negotiate
Rule 26(f) Conferences.
Preservation and Collection
Preservation of electronically stored information is
a complicated and continually changing concept. The duty to
preserve is triggered whenever litigation or an investigation
is reasonably anticipated. Upon this triggering event a litigation
hold process must be put in place and standard archival and disposition
processes must be halted for potentially responsive information. Helping
corporations put in place appropriate policies, procedures, and tools to
address these issues is a key strength of Jimenez Consulting Solutions
professionals.