The Complex Challenges of Cross-Border E-Discovery Management

The challenges of Global E-Discovery Project Management, “GEDPM,” run the gamut from the circumscribed and relatively manageable to the more complex, including language differences and widely different cultural and legal attitudes toward information and e-discovery itself. “The key,” write Daniel Kavan and Eric Robinson at Kroll Ontrack, “is to identify the differences and through collaboration of the GEDPM team, develop a matter-specific strategy and/or client-specific protocols to address them, and to educate management and key custodians as to their obligations.”