Legal Holds and Trigger Events

One Hour Podcast on Developing and Implementing Defensible Legal Holds

Inside the Records Room is a one hour radio show devoted to records management issues.  The show recently tackled the issue of legal holds during an in depth interview with John Isaza, Esq. one of the authors of ARMA's new publication 7 Steps for Legal Holds of ESI and Other Documents.  The show examines court trends related to legal holds, analyzing trigger events, tips for implementing effective legal holds, best practices for legal holds, releasing legal holds, legal hold oversight and each of the seven steps discussed in the book. To listen to a great discussion on legal holds click here.  To download the podcast from iTunes click here.

Seven Steps For An Effective ESI Litigation Hold by John Jablonski - ESIBytes™

Listen to attorney John J. Jablonski, a partner at the law firm Goldberg Segalla, LLP based in Buffalo, New York, discuss the Steps for an Effective Litigation Hold with ESI.  John concentrates his practice on commercial and business litigation, construction litigation, product liability litigation, and railroad litigation. He is a frequent presenter and author on electronic discovery, electronic evidence investigation and preservation, best practices for corporate legal hold guidelines, and implementation of legal holds. He is publishing a book shortly with ARMA International.

This podcast will cover why litigation holds are such a hot topic, what is a litigation hold, when is the trigger event for a litigation hold - including a brief discussion of the Phillip M. Adams, LLC v. Dell, Inc., 2009 WL 910801 (D.Utah March 30, 2009) decision, is there any proportionality considered before a party starts spending money to implement a litigation hold, tips for implementing a defensible litigation hold, data mapping as a litigation hold tool, and some advice on where to look for more information on litigation holds.

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New 20 Minute Podcast: Legal Hold - Don’t Destroy Those Documents

  

With so many layoffs and corporate restructuring, companies must be very careful not to blow their existing legal holds when employees leave and their work and computers are reassigned to others.  Monica Bay, Editor-In-Chief of Law Technology News welcomes John J. Jablonski, partner with Goldberg Segalla LLP, to discuss how exiting personnel can compromise legal holds. Jablonski is the author of Law Technology News April cover story, E-DISCOVERY: Watch the Door.

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