E-Discovery: Protecting your Assets

Its 2:00 A.M., your CEO has been taken into custody and your computers are “under arrest.”  All of your company’s data and intellectual property now is evidence in a discovery process.  How does your company react?

In 2007, ISS entered into an alliance agreement with the premier intellectual property law firm, Michael J. Lightfoot P.C.  The joint venture is commonly known as DiscoveryCompliance.Com. The organization has developed a comprehensive audit methodology to ensure the effective identification and management of intellectual property and litigation preparedness.

DiscoveryCompliance.com showcases its process for legally protecting your assets and auditing your preparedness.

Auditing for Success

In a changing legal and regulatory environment, the cost of compliance, and the harsh consequences of non-compliance are both growing exponentially. Our program looks at the process for auditing your preparedness for a litigation event to protect and reduce the risk to your company’s assets. Specifically,  governance and auditing of Intellectual property within the Company, new Federal Rules on Electronic Discovery, and other laws and regulations emerging in this rapidly expanding area of Corporate Governance.

Cost Avoidance

The demands may not be avoidable, but the excessive cost, burden and duration certainly can be lessened and planned for. The Company’s goal should be to establish defensible processes as part of their routine operations and avoid excessive costs in responding to litigation, investigations and/or regulatory requests. The Company also needs to audit their preparedness, to ensure the Corporate Governance group that they (enterprise-wide) are in compliance with internal policies and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Because ready or not, companies are exposed to the risk of litigation and investigation everyday.