Mr. Segal So Reports in Recent California Lawyer Article.
We would like to thank Mr. Perry L. Segal, an IT executive turned e-discovery attorney and consultant, for an interesting statistic he provided in his article “E-Discovery: New Rules, Big Headaches,” published in the September 2009 California Lawyer.
Mr. Segal reports that it’s estimated that out of all case law that addresses e-discovery issues, more than 35% result in sanctions.
Based on this statistic, Mr. Segal suggests that practitioners tackle e-discovery with the “W5+H” approach:
- Who should be involved?
- What data are you looking for?
- When are the due dates?
- Where is the data?
- Why is it relevant?
- And how will you comply?