Electronic documents used in legal proceedings could boost stature of IT professionals

IT security professionals are scrambling to learn how the latest change in federal regulations governing electronic legal documents affects their jobs. The rule change clarified what constitutes electronic evidence and required all parties to be able to quickly and consistently produce this evidence during trials. Most legal and IT experts said that the new requirements will have a ripple effect on IT departments across the country, many of which would be hard pressed to find specific emails or instant message logs on a tight court deadline. “I think where this hits hardest is in the midrange companies, smaller companies that are busy running their businesses and just haven’t had time to think about it and don’t have the money to implement this,” said Peter Shaw of Akonix.

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