eDiscovery Best Practices: Production is the “Ringo” of the eDiscovery Phases

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This is an article by Doug Austin posted on the eDiscovery Daily Blog that discusses the production phase of eDiscovery.

The article states, "When discussing the production requirements with opposing counsel, it’s important to ensure that those requirements make sense, not only from a legal standpoint, but a technical standpoint as well. Involve support and IT personnel in the process of deciding those parameters as they will be the people who have to meet them. Issues to be addressed include, but not limited to:

• Format of production (e.g., paper, images or native files);
• Organization of files (e.g., organized by custodian, legal issue, etc.);
• Numbering scheme (e.g., Bates labels for images, sequential file names for native files);
• Handling of confidential and privileged documents, including log requirements and stamps to be applied;
• Handling of redactions;
• Format and content of production log;
• Production media (e.g., CD, DVD, portable hard drive, FTP, etc.)."