Our Industry-Leading E-Discovery Formula
Electronic Data Discovery Process
Trial Solutions can assist with any of the following Electronic Data Discovery
processes.
- Computer Forensic Preservation, Collection & Analysis - While ensuring that electronically stored data is protected against destruction or
alteration, we can gather electronically stored data from various sources
including tapes, hard drives, portable storage devices, networks, cell phones, PDAs and Blackberrys. Including Macintosh, Linux and AS400 operating systems.
Preservation and collection
usually overlap and can be performed either onsite or remotely. A forensic copy (or image) of the data is obtained. This image should be done by a forensic expert, and in some jurisdictions it must be done by a licensed private investigator.
- Culling & De-duplication - The process of reducing the volume of electronically stored data using
sorting and filtering of various information such as source, file types, dates, key
words and concepts.
Each file is identified by a unique MD5 hash value and given a production name. The hash value is used throughout the process to provide an intelligent and defensible chain-of-custody.
- EDD Processing - Converting electronically stored information to various formats,
such as native, Tiff, PDF, HTML or XML, for
review or production purposes.
First, Files are flattened into component parts. PST and NSF are flattened into individual emails. Zip style files are flattened into individual files. Microsoft files are reviewed for embedded files, and these embeds are flattened into individual files.
For each file discovered within another file an MD5 hash is calculated. Parent / child relationship is recorded using a very simple human readable decimal. File metadata is extracted and recorded.
- original file name
- original file path
- to / from / cc for email
- author / last printed / last edit etc.
- dates and times
- fully searchable text
- Native Review & Analysis - Evaluating collected electronic
data for relevance and privilege, while determining relevant summary information, such as key topics of the case, important people, specific vocabulary
and important individual documents. For more information, see our page about
Contract Attorney Staffing.
Native file review leads to a significant reduction in the number of relevant documents. Once these documents are identified they can be tagged for production and further review.
- Document Production - Delivering electronically stored information (ESI) to various recipients
such as a law firm or corporate legal department for further use or
ongoing management of the electronic data. Production needs vary, therefore the output is flexible.
Production sets can be produced as any combination of the following TIFF, JPEG, HTML, native or all of the above. Production sets may also be Bates numbered and endorsed according to custom specifications.
For more information about our EDD process and our electronic data discovery services, don't hesitate to contact us. |
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