Consultants' Corner

• Discovery complexity grows exponentially when more people are involved

  By Paul Carr  |  May 18, 2012

  Most general counsel don’t know it, but the guy who’s killing them is Robert Metcalfe, the founder of 3Com.

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  IT and legal perspectives on data security

  By Stacy Jackson  |  May 3, 2012

  When it comes to a company’s data, both the IT and legal departments should be involved and understand how the data flows and where it resides.

• 11 tips for crafting a social media policy

  By Adam Cohen  |  May 1, 2012

  Social media is taking the world by storm, and for businesses, this means their employees are using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a host of other social media services.

• 6 risk and compliance challenges for global organizations

  By Lee O'Connell  |  April 30, 2012

  It is evident in today’s global and economic environment that corporate counsel still view regulatory compliance as one of their highest legal risk areas, and when coupled with the increase in regulatory action, it is now presenting legal departments across the globe with many different challenges.

• Protecting corporate intellectual property from the inside

  By Tom O'Connor, Gavin Manes  |  April 27, 2012

  Companies go to great lengths to protect their intellectual property from competitors, but one of the biggest threats to their assets may be from their own employees.

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  Operationalizing e-discovery—two different approaches

  By Sophie Ross  |  April 20, 2012

  As the legal community continues to confront e-discovery, corporate legal departments are beginning to develop different methodologies to strategically manage the process.

• A tale of two soft cost recoveries: Developing a defensible, verifiable cost recovery policy

  By Rob Mattern  |  April 5, 2012

  The majority of firms still use the traditional cost recovery model, even though by doing so, those firms may be losing money on many recoverable items.

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  Crafting security best practices to keep data safe

  By Stacy Jackson  |  April 5, 2012

  When it comes to data security, many attorneys focus on malicious hacking. However, there are many other ways that data can be lost, including through human error.

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  How to determine the security of your data during e-discovery

  By Stacy Jackson  |  February 28, 2012

  In-house counsel have heard the horror stories about security breaches and the expenses and reputational damage those breaches can lead to.

• How to deal with data stuck in the cloud

  By Mark Diamond  |  February 6, 2012

  Companies are increasingly embracing cloud computing, storing their email, files and other electronic information in a cloud storage service provider’s data center accessible via the Internet.