Counsel must pay careful attention to the requirements and challenges of managing electronic discovery since “an attorney’s failure to recognize basic eDiscovery responsibilities exposes not just the attorney, but the client, to harsh sanctions”. Hufton and Hammersly lay out a framework of eDiscovery-related questions for in-house counsel to ask before retaining outside counsel for any matter.
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Clients Must Vet the EDiscovery Competency of Counsel
Counsel must pay careful attention to the requirements and challenges of managing electronic discovery since “an attorney’s failure to recognize basic eDiscovery responsibilities exposes not just the attorney, but the client, to harsh sanctions”. Hufton and Hammersly lay out a framework of eDiscovery-related questions for in-house counsel to ask before retaining outside counsel for any matter.
Counsel must pay careful attention to the requirements and challenges of managing electronic discovery since “an attorney’s failure to recognize basic eDiscovery responsibilities exposes not just the attorney, but the client, to harsh sanctions”. Hufton and Hammersly lay out a framework of eDiscovery-related questions for in-house counsel to ask before retaining outside counsel for any matter.