Resources

The following resources are provided as a reference area for our clients and partners can is a good place to start when researching a topic or area of information management.

 

Records Management

• Information Capture: Its Not Just About The Paper Anymore
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  By Jima Anne Ikegawa, Esq.
  
  
• THE SEDONA GUIDELINES: Best Practice Guidelines & Commentary for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age
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Sarbanes-Oxley

• Sarbanes-Oxley: The Basics
  
  Sections of SOX that are of most concern to corporate executives, IT staff, records managers, and auditors and which are more pertinent to compliance are:
  
  

• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302

• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 401

• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404

• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 409

• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 802

Electronic Discovery

• THE SEDONA PRINCIPLES: Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production (January 2004 Version)
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• Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth 2004
  (visit Federal Judicial Center's site for more information)
  The Manual describes approaches that trial judges have found to be useful in managing complex cases. The 4th edition updates the treatment of electronic discovery and other aspects of pretrial management and describes major changes affecting case management in the substantive and procedural law in mass torts, class actions, intellectual property, employment discrimination, and other types of litigation.
  
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California Case Law Update:

• Article: After Toshiba: How the Appellate Court Ruling Affects Discovery Requests and The Burden of Cost-Shifting
  By Jima Anne Ikegawa, Esq.
  
  
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  Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Lexar Media, Inc., Real Party in Interest), 124 Cal. App. 4th 762 (Dec 3, 2004).
  
  
• California Codes:
  Go to the official California Legislative Site for all of the California Codes
  
  
• Civil Discovery Act (CCP§2016-2031): Specifically§2017.710 pertains to the discovery of electronic data or in electronic media
  
  
• California Rules of Evidence contain several definition sections which among other things defines what is an "original"
  see Evidence Code §§250, 255, & 260
  

Federal Case law Update:

• Article: Zubulake v. USB Warburg: Five Cases That Shape Electronic Discovery
  By Jima Anne Kato, Esq.
  
  
• Go to US Courts Federal Rulemaking site to view the Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or download the text below:
  
  
• Text of the Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules
  (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rules 16, 26, 33, 34, 37 & 45)