Electronic Records Management and E-Discovery Readiness

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Helping you with retention and compliance during an Electronic Discovery

It used to be that a robust file cabinet system and an off-site storage vendor ensured proper retention and protection of corporate information. The current electronic environment produces voluminous amounts of data and exposes confidential, private and proprietary information to potential disclosure. The ease with which electronic information can be copied and transferred results in data being dispersed across the organization, making it more and more difficult to control and locate.

Managing the retention of what you need (and disposing of what you don't) while staying fully compliant with legal, regulatory and other business obligations has become a major challenge. For many companies, this electronic environment exposes them to increased risk to their brand reputation, increased legal liability and costly discovery efforts.

How PwC can help

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a national and global leader in the delivery of E-Discovery Readiness services. PwC’s broad range of experience makes our service offering distinctive in the marketplace. We have decades of experience from projects around the world in litigation, investigation and regulatory matters with professionals coming from technology, accounting, risk management, records management and other related backgrounds.

Our Forensic Technology Solutions (FTS) team can help you in:

• Defining a data map of electronically stored information so you have a single, reliable, consistent reference of what information you have and where it is stored
• Defining formal data retention policies and procedures, including destruction procedures and timelines
• Identifying, testing and implementing technology tools to support discovery processes, save employee time and increase accuracy of discovery work
• Providing education and training to staff of various levels and departments
• Regularly performing compliance reviews to ascertain whether policies and procedures are being followed
• Developing an overall strategy for the entire information lifecycle and integrating people, process and technology

With the experience of more than 5,000 electronic discovery cases worldwide, we are pleased to advise counsel and company executives on how best to prepare for the possibility of a discovery request.

Contact Peter Vakof for more information or read the full brochure below.