Published in the March 2011 edition of Compliance Week, this article reviews 10 common challenges of global e-discovery and how to overcome them.
Conducting ad forensically sound, cost-effective international electronic discovery (e-discovery) has become increasingly challenging for global organizations. Electronic evidence from across the globe needs to be appropriately preserved, analyzed, and reviewed by compliance professionals responding to serious and time-sensitive compliance issues such as potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This article reviews 10 common challenges of global e-discovery and how to overcome them.