MER 2010: Sessions Details

The importance of structured data, discrete data files, rows in databases, archive files, etc., is growing rapidly for a number of reasons:

• Recent changes to the FRCP make it clear that structured data is “electronically stored information” and, therefore, is “fair game” in legal discovery.
• In Web and other real-time database applications, an increasing amount of structured data is being retained electronically, such as transaction data, as the “only” business record rather than as computer printed documents or reports.
• Most regulations require that a “duplicate copy” or “backup copy” be made from which structured data records can be recovered, e.g., the IRS.
• Older structured data records that must be retained for longer periods of time are being “archived” when active databases become sluggish or when storage becomes scarce.

The goal of this session is to take a pragmatic look at the why, which and what of electronically stored structured data information, particularly that data which can or is classified as a business record.

The learning objectives for this session are to define and discuss:

• Why are structured data becoming increasingly important to an organization’s ERM program and legal discovery responses?
• Which types of structured data are records - it’s all electronically stored information (ESI)?
• What good ERM practices can be applied to the different types of structured data?
• What tools are available to accomplish these practices?

At the end of this session, the attendee should have a good perspective on how to address the structured data record challenges within their organization.