Electronic discovery: digital forensics and beyond

摘要

"Litigation Lifecycle Management" is a very common legal procedure in the United States. This article provides an introduction to the topic with special reference to its complexities. When a multinational company is involved in a lawsuit, it may have to defend itself on a variety of fronts. In the class action lawsuits invented in the United States, for example, the company will have to respond to a series of requests for information from the suing party that are "endorsed" by the judicial authorities. The assembly of this information is a process called "Discovery." It may either be forced in response to a suit, or undertaken voluntarily by the company as a sort of internal audit, or perhaps as a show of good faith.