Pre-Litigation:
Any Mac system may be the target of a future e-Discovery request. Mac Legal Discovery can help you prepare so that if litigation commences, you and your data will be ready.
- Mac network/system analysis and evaluation
We will analize and evaluate the prepardeness of your system for a potential e-Discovery request and create custom solutions that will optimize future data investigation.
- Data retention policy creation and implementation
We will work with you to deveop a data retention policy that meets the needs of your company and is compatible with e-Discovery law and policy.
The Importance of A Good Document Retention Policy
Good companies learn from their mistakes, but few things in business are taught the hard way most of the time. Rapidly changing technologies have opened the window to hard lessons when it comes to managing legal matters. Having a good Document Retention Policy - and adhering to it - can spare a firm thousands of dollars in legal difficulties if they face litigation in the future. In a nutshell, if a company is required to hand over documents and it can't produce them for whatever reason, it can face the threat of legal sanctions, spoliation, or a default judgement. A Document Retention Policy outlines the procedures a company uses when storing data, especially how long it keeps old documents. If written to adhere to logical business practices, it can provide a sound rationale to explain why it is impossible to produce documents past a certain age. Without a Document Retention Policy, it can be difficult to prove that data relevant to a case was not deleted opportunistically. Mac Legal Discovery works with firms to prepare a Document Retention Policy tailored to the business. Contact us today to arrange a meeting so that your company stays in the clear.