Five Reasons Why Organizations May Be (Or Should Be) Bringing More Discovery In-House
Summary
Five Reasons Why Organizations May Be (Or Should Be) Bringing More Discovery In-House Written by Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today It’s a little early to be making Christmas analogies. Certainly, organizations are more constrained by budgetary concerns since the pandemic began, which means that many are bringing more discovery work in house to save costs. Retention and destruction policies need to be interwoven into the management of legal holds more than ever, so that organizations can keep track of when data can be defensibly deleted. Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) are a recent phenomenon that didn’t even exist several years ago, and organizations are having to address discovery for those using in-house resources. And I didn’t even mention growing cybersecurity concerns since the pandemic as the workforce remains largely remote (here is just one stat that illustrates that issue).