Monday, April 17, 2006

RenewData Issues White Paper To Help Corporate Counsels Manage Information Governance New White Paper Explores Ways to Move from Reaction to Risk Management   Austin, TX, April 13, 2006 - RenewData, a leader in Information Governance solutions providing compliance, preservation archiving and electronic discovery solutions for corporations and law firms, announced today the release of a new white paper “Moving From Reaction to Risk Management: Changing the Focus of Information Governance to Achieve Better Business Results."   This new white paper is developed with corporate counsels in mind and focuses on the benefits of finding and using appropriate business rules to move information governance efforts away from the reactive and passive approaches to more proactive approaches that can anticipate and even prevent problems.   Authored by well-known technology expert and information technology lawyer Dennis Kennedy, “Moving From Reaction to Risk Management: Changing the Focus of Information Governance to Achieve Better Business Results" highlights the fact that information governance is an important component of overall risk management and that considering it as such both improves business results and helps manage risks.   In addition, the white paper shares tips on how applying business rules can help reduce the costs and improve the likelihood of compliance efforts and the enforcement of policies and procedures, resulting in a reduction of actual risk and an improvement in risk management.   Kennedy is an award-winning author with hundreds of publications on legal and technology topics to his credit and a frequent speaker. He was named the 2001 TechnoLawyer of the Year and 2003 Contributor of the Year by TechnoLawyer.com for his role in promoting the use of technology in the practice of law. His blogs, DennisKennedy.Blog (www.denniskennedy.com/blog/) and Between Lawyers (www.corante.com/betweenlawyers/) are among the best-known and most influential of the legal blogs. His website (www.denniskennedy.com) has long been considered a highly regarded resource on legal technology and technology law topics.   Click here to register for your free copy of “Moving From Reaction to Risk Management: Changing the Focus of Information Governance to Achieve Better Business Results,". 3:47:30 PM

Proposed eDiscovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Approved On Wednesday, April 12, the U.S. Supreme Court approved proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning 'electronically stored information.   A recent article in the Mondaq Business Briefing from Alan Klein and Michael S. Zullo of Duane Morris Trial Practice group outlines the new federal rules which go into effect later this year from the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. These new rules represent a new change in e-discovery and require businesses to be more proactive in how electronic information is generated and stored.   This article is a must read for all corporate counsels and e-discovery experts. Click here for the complete article (free subscription required). To learn more about the impact of the new federal rules on eDiscovery planning, register for RenewData’s free web seminar, Preparing for "Meet and Confer": The Impact of New Federal Rules on eDiscovery Planning for either Tuesday, April 25th at 1:00 CST or Thursday, April 27th at 1:00 CST. 3:37:00 PM