Resources

• August 1, 2006

  SEC Investigation Case Study

  When a nationally-recognized investment firm (the Fund) received a pressing inquiry from the SEC, the principals of the Fund engaged a top law firm (the Firm) to guide them through the process. The Firm’s immediate challenge was how to digest a substantial volume of client email in a matter of weeks in order to prepare the Fund’s management team for imminent SEC depositions.

• August 1, 2005

  The Need for Discovery Professionals

  Discovery, though an essential part of the legal process, has increasingly become the bane of existence for many clients and law firms. Recent case law provides numerous examples of matters decided not by the underlying merits, but by missteps in the discovery process.

• March 18, 2005

  Electronic Discovery: Background and Best Practices

  Although the law of electronic discovery – both with respect to statutory requirements and case law precedent – is evolving rapidly, one thing has long been clear: electronic documents1 are just as discoverable as any piece of paper. That fact is increasingly relevant, as each day brings a higher percentage of documents created electronically, a higher percentage of documents that never get printed out, and a higher number of critical communications, often with important attachments, that are transmitted by email or instant messaging.