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Electronic discovery

Electronic discovery (also ediscovery or e-discovery) refers to discovery in legal proceedings such as litigation, government investigations, or Freedom of Information Act requests, where the information sought is in electronic format (often referred to as electronically stored information or ESI). Electronic discovery is subject to rules of civil…

Types of electronically stored information, Stages of process & Emerging trends

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Stages of process

Types of electronically stored information

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Common issues

  • Acquisition Glossary of digital forensics terms
  • IT Information Technology

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Electronic discovery

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples27
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Electronic discovery

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related to Audio · 5
Electronic discovery → Amazon Alexa, Data, Employers, Siri, Voicemail
related to Common issues · 5
Electronic discovery → As, Forensic, IT, Many, While
related to External links · 5
Electronic discovery → AI, Electronic DiscoveryAmerican Bar Association, Federal Judicial Center, Financial Times, Materials
related to Stages of process · 3
Electronic discovery → EDRM, Model, The Electronic Discovery Reference

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Important terminology

data electronic documents discovery review information also ediscovery process native rules document often files court file use tar format evidence

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
litigationinstance ofrefers to discovery in legal proceedings0.80text
government investigationsinstance ofrefers to discovery in legal proceedings0.80text
or Freedom of Information Act requestsinstance ofrefers to discovery in legal proceedings0.80text
where the information sought is in electronic formatinstance ofrefers to discovery in legal proceedings0.80text
Oracleinstance ofthat are capable of handling large volumes of data0.80text
IBM Db2instance ofthat are capable of handling large volumes of data0.80text
Microsoft SQL Serverinstance ofthat are capable of handling large volumes of data0.80text
Sybaseinstance ofthat are capable of handling large volumes of data0.80text
and Teradatainstance ofthat are capable of handling large volumes of data0.80text
Electronic discoveryrelated to AudioVoicemail0.60section
Electronic discoveryrelated to AudioEmployers0.60section
Electronic discoveryrelated to AudioData0.60section

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