Recent Regulatory Compliance Case Studies and Other Resources
A large, global energy company was under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for alleged anticompetitive behavior and would soon be confronted with high-volume discovery production requests for emails and other relevant electronic evidence. Although the information services department had recently purchased an email archiving application, that "solution" was looking increasingly like an expensive mistake for the purposes of electronic discovery, and its shortcomings were ex
An international, for-profit hospital operator, facing a Federal, antitrust lawsuit, had 60 days to prepare for its scheduling conference. This required identifying, preserving and analyzing more than two terabytes of electronic evidence from 80 custodians, with data stored on 100 personal computers, data shares and servers in seven different regional data centers.
Advanced Electronic Discovery
Investigations, windfall profits, rebates...the legislative and enforcement activity around energy companies is at its highest peak since the California energy crisis. In addition, new changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are coming in December.
Emerging Trends
The Securities and Exchange Commission is currently investigating more than 100 companies for backdating improprieties. At the heart of these investigations are the executives and general counsel, who one by one are being investigated for their actions.
The subprime mortgage crisis has evolved into a global financial crisis. All those affected — homeowners, regulators, politicians and investors — are clamoring for someone to blame. Investigations have begun, and class-action lawsuits are being filed. When a lawsuit is filed and the call comes for e-discovery, those who have not proactively mapped, organized and studied their electronic content universe may be caught by surprise. In the current environment surrounding e-discovery, a lack of read