Thursday, 31 December 2015

Mark Sidoti - E-Discovery for Beginners

Mark Sidoti is a top rated E-Discovery attorney in New York, NY. He devotes approximately 60% of his practice to e-discovery, or electronic discovery, practices and he delivers frequent lectures on the subject.

Mark SidotiThough modern attorneys are becoming increasingly familiar with E-Discovery, attorneys practicing for a decade or more often have a different view of discovery and the production of documents. The task of producing documents is no longer as simple as collecting paper documents and delivering several banker boxes. The technologies that we use each day, and how computers and electronic devices store information, has completely transformed this once-straightforward task. Today, e-discovery has supplanted the production of paper documents. E-Discovery involves identifying, collecting, preserving, preparing, reviewing and producing electronically stored information, or ESI. E-discovery attorneys like Mark Sidoti work in this evolving field to provide counsel and aid when necessary.

ESI refers to relevant information stored on voice mail systems, laptops, computers, cellular phones, servers and any other hardware or data storage systems, regardless of the type of media and the original media format. ESI also includes emails, instant messages and text messages. If you become involved in litigation, or if you anticipate litigation, working with legal counsel experienced in e-discovery will help you secure the correct course of action. Your legal counsel will send you a litigation hold plan to help prevent relevant ESI records from being destroyed. Spoliation, or the loss or destruction of relevant ESI, can result in monetary sanctions, striking of pleadings and other severe court actions. Determining what ESI is relevant to your case and how to properly your maintain records is easiest with the aid of legal counsel like Mark Sidoti, who is well versed in the field of e-discovery.