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Daymark Solutions and Bowditch & Dewey
Launch e-Discovery Compliance Service
Alliance combines technology knowledge with legal expertise to help
businesses minimize the risk and costs of e-discovery
LITTLETON and WORCESTER, Mass. – April 30, 2008
– Daymark Solutions, a leading provider of
information technology solutions, has joined forces
with Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, a pioneer in e-discovery
and technology law, to create the e-Discovery
Compliance Service. The new service helps businesses
and other organizations throughout New England
reduce risk and ensure litigation readiness by
establishing a permanent, legally defensible
Document Retention Blueprint and Policy.
Lawsuits, arbitration demands and even threats of
claims can trigger the legal duty to preserve
evidence. The law requires that all companies
preserve relevant emails and other electronic files
as potential evidence, and be able to produce these
files upon request during the pre-trial discovery
phase. For many firms, however, complying with an
e-discovery request in a timely manner drains IT
resources and results in high legal bills because
information is not stored in a secure yet accessible
format.
“Electronic discovery can make or break a growing
number of cases,” said Steven J. O’Neill, partner,
Bowditch & Dewey. “Left unmanaged, the cost of
e-discovery alone can influence the outcome of
important litigation. If e-discovery is mismanaged
or ignored, especially at the early critical point
where decisions about legal holds are made, costs
and litigation risks may be substantially higher.”
The e-Discovery Compliance Service combines Daymark’s extensive IT knowledge with Bowditch &
Dewey’s legal expertise to address the issue of
e-discovery on multiple levels. As part of the
service the companies will:
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Assess the client’s litigation readiness
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Evaluate the client’s storage architecture
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Create a permanent document retention blueprint
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Deploy a state-of-the-art solution which will accelerate discovery of related
information and meet legal records retention
obligations
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Provide ongoing legal
expertise to ensure all policies and protocols
are technically appropriate and legally
defensible
Working together, Daymark and Bowditch & Dewey will
implement solutions that automate classification by
record type, drastically reduce expensive attorney
review time, and even implement specialized legal
discovery technology that can aid legal counsel in
searching for relevant original documents.
“Every company needs to be prepared to respond to a
discovery request. Having the proper IT
infrastructure can be one of the most critical
factors in enabling legal counsel to meet a
court-order deadline with accurate, defensible
information,” said Brian Casey, general manager,
Daymark Solutions.
For more information on the e-Discovery Compliance
Service, contact Daymark Solutions at 978-413-1500
or visit
www.daymarksi.com/ediscovery.
About Daymark Solutions, Inc.
Daymark, an experienced technology solutions
provider serving the Northeastern United States,
provides and implements best of breed primary
server, disk, tape, and recovery solutions for open
systems. The company provides a unique combination
of in-depth technology knowledge, extensive
experience, and proven methodologies to resolve even
the most difficult technology challenges. For more
information, call 978-413-1500 or visit
www.daymarksi.com.
About Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
Established in 1914, Bowditch & Dewey is a
full-service Massachusetts law firm with offices in
Boston, Framingham and Worcester. The 66-attorney
law firm’s multidisciplinary approach to the
delivery of legal services provides its clients with
the confidence that their legal issues will be
addressed thoroughly and from all possible
perspectives. In recognition of the growing
importance of Electronically Stored Information (ESI),
the firm created a specialized practice area
focusing on eDiscovery and Document Retention Policy
issues. For more information, visit
www.bowditch.com.
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