Electronic Discovery Books
Fios e-discovery experts have authored several books on topics related to electronic discovery.
eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel 2009
by Carole Basri & Mary Mack
This treatise is the result of a year-long collaboration among more than 50 leading corporate counsel, outside counsel, and service providers. It provides quick, cost-effective practical tips, checklists, and samples for managing the e-discovery process and includes extensive chapters on litigation readiness, team development, and best practices. Each chapter is applicable for an enterprise environment, as well as for outside counsel. It provides ample citations and includes suggestions from leading magistrate judges hearing electronic discovery disputes and shaping written opinions.
Available on Thomson.com
A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery
by Mary Mack, Esq.
"A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery" provides practical advice around preparing for and responding to discovery requests in response to litigation and governmental investigations. In this book, e-discovery expert Mary Mack, Esq., provides a practical view from both the corporate and legal perspectives of discovery response, providing real case examples on what can happen when e-discovery is done right (or wrong). This book, originally published in 2004, has been updated to include recent case rulings, new industry standards and examples on how the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are impacting e-discovery actions and practices.
Available on Amazon.com or available here as a complimentary e-Book
Litigation Readiness: An Executive Primer
by Prashant Dubey
This book, authored by a team of contributing authors and attorneys, is a great vehicle for any organization to start gaining control of its electronic discovery response process, especially as it relates to complex matters containing large volumes of electronically stored information. It provides the framework for assessing, creating and implementing a litigation response process that can be properly measured.
Available on Amazon.com
The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together
by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell
This first-of-its-kind legal guide showcases how to use the latest Web-based and software technologies, such as Web 2.0, Google tools, Microsoft Office, and Acrobat, to work collaboratively and more efficiently on projects with colleagues, clients, co-counsel and even opposing counsel. The book provides a wealth of information useful to lawyers who are just beginning to try collaboration tools, as well as tips and techniques for those lawyers with intermediate and advanced collaboration experience.
Available on Amazon.com