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Coping with the new E‐discovery rules
Author(s) -
Mooney J. Lowell,
Wright Harry R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20318
Subject(s) - officer , electronic records , business , coping (psychology) , public relations , accounting , law , political science , psychology , computer science , world wide web , psychiatry
Over the past few years, companies have gradually abandoned paper records. They've shifted to electronic communication and records. But now, IT staff and corporate counsel are grappling with a whole new set of rules governing electronic legal evidence. What electronic information must you preserve? And how can you control the spiraling costs involved—and avoid crippling damage awards for failure to comply? The authors have some answers, including special guidelines for the chief financial officer's role in all this. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.