About a week ago an article was published talking about how the field of information science has become critical to the collection, delivery, and analysis of data. Most lawyers need to be educated on how electronic documents compare to paper documents. Some specific examples from the article were the misunderstanding of “create date” in a document’s meta data, causing a inaccurate analysis of how long a document has existed. This can be a simple yet large mistake in the courtroom. To solve this problem, there must be strong communication between lawyers and people in the informatics field; otherwise that smoking gun might not be present in the evidence, even though 99.9% of the documents were retrieved.
Although about 95% of data is now stored electronically, it can be deemed useless if not handled properly. There are several mistakes and poor practice methods that lawyers can perform, all of which can be prevented with the right team of specialists. Here at PCI, we pride ourselves on constant communication and proper methods to ensure data collection and preservation, as well as informing clients on the data. We go the extra mile to not only just handling data properly, but to provide support on how to utilize the data.
For more information on our best practice methods or have any questions, contact us at info@precisioninvetigations.net
