“Hiring at corporations also has been difficult. Estimates are that by now maybe 20 to 30 companies have been able to acquire or develop respectable in-house expertise, but many others are hard-pressed to find someone – anyone – competent, available and capable of taking the internal [e-discovery] helm.” Law Tech. News (LTN), Vol. 16, Aug. 2009 at 28. The situation worsens: if you manage to find, nurture, and train someone on your staff to oversee electronic discovery, turnover is high. “Almost as quickly as those people are brought on board, others leave to join the provider ranks where they believe rewards will be greater and frustrations fewer.” “Provider” means vendors and consulting firms.
The report also mentions that the emphasis of internal e-discovery efforts are on “legal hold, litigation preparedness and compliance”
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