Turning information risk into your competitive advantage

Your business faces an increased need to understand the documents and data that exist within your networks. In fact, for most businesses, email and other intracompany and intercompany communications will likely become key to an internal investigation or legal proceeding at some point. The quicker you can respond to such an investigation or proceeding will determine how much time, money, and resources you can save in the process.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) took effect on December 1, 2006, and will eventually impact any business involved in litigation. These amendments will increase the pressure on businesses to proactively manage their data and electronic discovery process to avoid sanctions, unfavorable rulings, and a loss of public trust.

Electronically stored information requires special attention in litigation because the proposed amendments recognize that computer data is as important as any other form of information. The amendments will require continuous, ready access to and control of all the electronically stored information that may be relevant to a lawsuit that a company is engaged in.

While these rules will apply to litigation, it is important to remember that the majority of issues that require preliminary discovery, especially internal investigations, do not end up in court. By having control and knowledge of what exists within your network, you may be able to avoid expensive litigation or limit losses by negotiating from a position of knowledge.

Patrina now has the ability to provide a range of e-discovery and investigative services for small- and medium-sized businesses:
  • Internal Investigation Services
    Confidentially and discreetly collect and analyze intracompany and intercompany communications, documents, and data related to an investigation.
  • Document-Retention Strategy Planning and Implementation
    We can assist with you and your legal advisors to implement the right technologies to support your document-retention policies.
  • E-Discovery Data Collection and Production
    Collect electronic data that meets audit standards of the legal process and produce the data in a choice of formats.
DID YOU KNOW?
Patrina's cost-effective discovery solutions help your company react to an investigation or regulatory request quickly and effectively.