The vast majority of business is conducted electronically. Often multiple copies of the same document or E-mail are sent to a wide group of individuals. This is an efficient business practice, but it can exacerbate discovery costs in an arbitration or litigation, and may lead to the imposition of sanctions. As many businesses and other entities have processes in place that periodically and automatically delete electronic information or save it to less accessible media, it is important that arbitrating parties institute an "arbitration hold" on the destruction or transfer of electronic information that may be relevant to the dispute.
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