Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Deepwater dispute underscores need for e-discovery policy



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An article by Gareth Morgan published on the computing.co.uk website.

This article discusses the ongoing litigation over the Gulf Oil Spill between BP & Halliburton.

The article states, "This week, BP filed documents in a federal court in New Orleans accusing Halliburton of deliberately destroying documents relating to the case – charges Halliburton disputes.

BP has asked the court to force Halliburton to turn some of its computers over to a third-party for examination.

Being compelled to hand over company servers to a third party can have a deleterious impact on an enterprise – and while it's a step that UK courts are only likely to take in extreme circumstances – it highlights the need for battle-hardened e-discovery processes, Shane Gleghorn, a partner at law firm Taylor Wessing told Computing."

 

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