Imagining the Possibilities, Identification and Preservation Fundamentals Series Part 3
A multi-part series on the fundamentals eDiscovery practitioners need to know about the identification and preservation of potentially-relevant ESI
by Matthew Verga, JD, Xact Data Discovery
In “In the Beginning,” we reviewed the importance of effective identification and preservation as well as the triggers for doing so. In “Legal and Technological Scope,” we reviewed the scope of what must be identified and preserved. In this Part, we discuss the first steps for identification.
Now that we have reviewed the importance of performing effective identification and preservation and discussed the potential legal and technological scope of what we might need to identify and preserve, we are ready to start discussing the actual identification process. We’re going to break down the identification process into two parts: imagination and investigation.
