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Abstract
A controller is configured to generate and propagate instructions to an execution agent which, in turn, is configured to collect and deposit collected artifacts into a repository. Write access to a location in the repository for collected artifacts that are to be deposited into a specified location is granted to the execution agent. Once the execution agent deposits the collected artifacts in the specified location in the repository, a summary of collected artifacts is propagated to the controller. The controller manages appropriate levels of access to the collected artifacts, while the repository enforces the level of access. The controller can grant read only access to the collected artifacts or it can allow for controlled changes to be made to the metadata associated with the collected artifact. An agent processes the data and generates additional metadata that can be associated with the collected artifacts and then saved in the repository. A system can have more than one repository, where the controller allocates storage in an appropriate repository and issues instructions to the execution agent with the location in an appropriate repository. The summary of the actual collections is then propagated to the controller from the repositories.
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- This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 12/826,471, filed on Jun. 29, 2010, entitled ENTERPRISE EVIDENCE REPOSITORY, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The invention relates to electronic discovery (eDiscovery). More particularly, the invention relates to an enterprise evidence repository.
- Electronic discovery, also referred to as e-discovery or eDiscovery, concerns discovery in civil litigation, as well as tax, government investigation, and criminal proceedings, which deals with information in electronic form. In this context, the electronic form is the representation of information as binary numbers. Electronic information is different from paper information because of its intangible form, volume, transience, and persistence. Also, electronic information is usually accompanied by metadata, which is rarely present in paper information. Electronic discovery poses new challenges and opportunities for attorneys, their clients, technical advisors, and the courts, as electronic information is collected, reviewed, and produced. Electronic discovery is the subject of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which are effective Dec. 1, 2006. In particular, for example, but not by way of limitation, Rules 16 and 26 are of interest to electronic discovery.
- Examples of the types of data included in e-discovery include e-mail, instant messaging chats, Microsoft Office files, accounting databases, CAD/CAM files, Web sites, and any other electronically-stored information which could be relevant evidence in a law suit. Also included in e-discovery is raw data which forensic investigators can review for hidden evidence. The original file format is known as the native format. Litigators may review material from e-discovery in any one or more of several formats, for example, printed paper, native file, or as TIFF images.
- The revisions to the Federal Rules formally address e-discovery and in the process, have made it a nearly certain element of litigation. For corporations, the rules place a very early focus on existing retention practices and the preservation and discovery of information.
- In response to the climate change in the e-discovery arena, corporations are:
- 1) enhancing their processes for issuing legal holds and tracking collections;
2) looking for ways to reduce the costs of collecting, processing and reviewing electronic data; and
3) looking upstream to reduce the volume of unneeded data through better retention policies that are routinely enforced. - The new field of e-discovery management has emerged to assist companies that are overwhelmed by the requirements imposed by the new rules and the spate of legal and regulatory activity regarding e-discovery.
- Currently, e-discovery management applications (EMA) rely on a variety of approaches to store electronic data for e-discovery. For example:
- EMAs store content as binary objects in a database. Transaction information as well as file collections are typically stored in the same relational database located on a database server;
- EMAs also store content as content objects in a content management system. EMAs can use a content management system, such as EMC DOCUMENTUM, EMC CORPORATION, Hopkinton, Mass., to store unstructured content; and
- EMAs can use a local or networked file system to store content as files in a file system and a database to store file metadata.
- Such conventional methods provide convenience and functionality, such as allowing the data to be updated, allowing it to be checked in and checked out, and so on. However, data stored for the purpose of e-discovery typically has the character of being immutable and unstructured, i.e. the data is to be permanently stored, or at least stored for a very long time; the data is not to be changed or updated or checked-in or -out very often; and it is typically unnecessary to organize or structure the data in a database or content base. In view of the immutable, unstructured nature of e-discovery data, such conventional storage approaches, in spite of their convenience and functionality, involve a number of disadvantages:
- High hardware cost: Databases, content management systems, and local file systems are usually stored in arrays of hard disks. The high hardware expense may be justified for transactional data, but it is exorbitant in the case of the immutable, unstructured content typically used in e-discovery;
- High maintenance cost: In all of the above scenarios, maintenance requires a skilled administrator. In the case of a database, the administrator must be trained in database technology; in case of a content management system (which usually resides on top of a database), the administrator must also be skilled in content management systems. These maintenance costs may amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary and thousands in training costs. As above, such expense may be justified for transactional data but is needless in the case immutable unstructured content;
- Extra information technology (IT) planning and coordination: Necessary disk space must be projected and purchased upfront, requiring close involvement of IT personnel, e.g. coordination between parties such as the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Information Officer;
- High capital investment: To ensure available disk space, the company has to buy more disk space than it needs at any particular time; and
- Inefficiencies in cost accounting: It would be beneficial to treat storage as a cost related to a particular litigation matter as opposed to a capital expense.
- Thus, there exists a need to provide a way of storing collected content in e-discovery applications that eliminates unnecessary expense and managerial and administrative overhead, thus achieving cost savings and simplifying operations.
- An embodiment of the invention comprises a system that includes a controller that is configured to generate and propagate instructions to an execution agent. The execution agent is configured to collect and deposit collected artifacts into a repository. The controller coordinates allocation of the storage in the repository. The controller propagates the collection instructions to the execution agent: the instructions contain a location for depositing collected artifacts. Write access must be granted to the execution agent. Such access is provided to a location in the repository for collected artifacts that are to be deposited into a specified location. Once the execution agent deposits the collected artifacts in the specified location in the repository, a summary of collected artifacts is propagated to the controller, thus providing transparency into the overall collection process.
- Collected artifacts can be made available to a processing agent that is configured to perform various processing functions on them. The controller manages appropriate levels of access to the collected artifacts, while the repository enforces the level of access. The controller can grant read only access to the collected artifacts or it can allow for controlled changes to be made to the metadata associated with the collected artifact. An agent can process the data and generate additional metadata that can be associated with the collected artifacts and then saved in the repository.
- Collected artifacts, along with the contextual data and additional metadata, reside in the repository. The controller can grant read only access to an agent that is capable of extracting all of the data from the repository and exporting it out.
- A system can have more than one repository to store collected artifacts and metadata. In such a configuration, the controller allocates storage in an appropriate repository. The controller issues instructions to the execution agent with the location in an appropriate repository. The summary of the actual collections is then propagated to the controller from the repositories.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram that illustrates a system of a controller, an execution agent, and a repository for storing collected artifacts according to the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a block diagram that illustrates an eDiscovery management system (EDMS) according to the invention; -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram that illustrates automatic provisioning of a collection staging area controlled by an EDMS according to the invention. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram that illustrates an example of an EER data model in an ECM system according to the invention; -
FIG. 5 is a block diagram that illustrates a flow of DCF metadata according to the invention; -
FIG. 6 is a block diagram that illustrates a flow of metadata from an evidence repository to an EDMS according to the invention; -
FIG. 7 is a block diagram that illustrates how content and metadata from a staging area is ingested into an evidence repository according to the invention; -
FIG. 8 is a diagram that illustrates collection content and metadata re-use according to the invention; -
FIG. 9 is a block diagram that illustrates different components of the overall collection process monitoring system according to the invention; -
FIG. 10 is a block diagram that illustrates support for multiple repositories according to the invention; -
FIG. 11 is a screen shot showing a ‘My Tasks’ tab according to the invention; -
FIG. 12 is a first screen shot showing an initial collection from key players according to the invention; -
FIG. 13 is a second screen shot showing an initial collection from key players according to the invention; -
FIG. 14 is a third screen shot showing an initial collection from key players according to the invention; and -
FIG. 15 is a block schematic diagram of a machine in the exemplary form of a computer system within which a set of instructions may be executed to cause the machine to perform any of the herein disclosed methodologies. - The following documents are cited herein to provide background information in connection with various embodiments of the herein disclosed invention. These documents are incorporated herein in their entirety based upon this reference thereto:
- Discovery cost forecasting patent applications:
- Forecasting Discovery Costs Using Historic Data; Ser. No. 12/165,018; filed 30 Jun. 2008; attorney docket no. PSYS0007;
- Forecasting Discovery Costs Based On Interpolation Of Historic Event Patterns; Ser. No. 12/242,478; filed 30 Sep. 2008; attorney docket no. PSYS0012;
- Forecasting Discovery Costs Based on Complex and Incomplete Facts; Ser. No. 12/553,055; filed 2 Sep. 2009; attorney docket no. PSYS0013; and
- Forecasting Discovery Costs Based On Complex And Incomplete Facts; Ser. No. 12/553,068; filed 2 Sep. 2009; attorney docket no. PSYS0015;
- Automation patent application:
- Method And Apparatus For Electronic Data Discovery; Ser. No. 11/963,383; filed 21 Dec. 2007; attorney docket no. PSYS0001; and
- Collection transparency patent application:
- Providing Collection Transparency Information To An End User To Achieve A Guaranteed Quality Document Search And Production In Electronic Data Discovery; Ser. No. 12/017,236; 21 Jan. 2008; attorney docket no. PSYS0003.
- Terminology
- The following terms have the meaning associated with them below for purposes of the discussion herein:
- Enterprise Discovery Management System (EDMS): technology to manage eDiscovery workflow in an enterprise such as the Atlas Enterprise Discovery Management system offered by PSS Systems of Mountain View, Calif.;
- Enterprise Content Management (ECM) tools: a set of technologies to capture, manage, retain, search, and produce enterprise content, such as IBM's FileNet;
- Early Case Assessment (ECA) tools: technology to evaluate risks associated with eDiscovery by identifying and analyzing relevant evidence;
- Discovery Cost Forecasting (DCF): technology to model, forecast costs associated with eDiscovery, such as the Atlas DCF;
- Evidence Repository (EvR): a system and processes for securely collecting, preserving, and providing access to documents and related metadata collected as part of eDiscovery;
- Collection Manifest: a file describing various attributes of the contents of a collection including, but not limited to, the following type of metadata: chain of custody, file types, sizes, MAC dates, original locations, etc; and
- Self-collections: a process of collection in which a legal function sends collection instructions directly to custodians and the custodians perform collection from local PCs, email, PDAs, file share, etc.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram that illustrates asystem 100 comprising acontroller 110 that is configured to generate and propagate instructions to anexecution agent 120. Instructions can be structured as well defined parameters, including date range and other filtering criteria applicable to a particular data source; or unstructured, including text instructions including data location, filtering criteria, and where to deposit collected artifacts. The execution agent is configured to collect and deposit collected artifacts into arepository 130. The controller coordinates allocation of the storage in the repository. The controller propagates the collection instructions to the execution agent: the instructions contain a location for depositing collected artifacts. The location can be a physical location of the repository, network file path, etc. Write access must be granted to the execution agent. Such access is provided to a location in the repository for collected artifacts that are to be deposited into a specified location. Once the execution agent deposits the collected artifacts in the specified location in the repository, a summary of collected artifacts is propagated to the controller, thus providing transparency into the overall collection process. The summary can be an unstructured description of the data collected or a structured collection manifest with additional metadata. - Collected artifacts can be made available to a processing agent (see 510 on
FIG. 5 ) that is configured to perform various processing functions on them, such as review, culling, tagging, etc. The controller manages appropriate levels of access to the collected artifacts, while the repository enforces the level of access. The controller can grant read only access to the collected artifacts or it can allow for controlled changes to be made to the metadata associated with the collected artifact. An agent can process the data and generate additional metadata, such as tags and notes, that can be associated with the collected artifacts and then saved in the repository. - Collected artifacts, along with the contextual data and additional metadata, reside in the repository. The controller can grant read only access to an agent that is capable of extracting all of the data from the repository and exporting it out.
- A system can have more than one repository to store collected artifacts and metadata (see
FIG. 10 ). In such a configuration, the controller allocates storage in an appropriate repository. The controller issues instructions to the execution agent with the location in an appropriate repository. The summary of the actual collections is then propagated to the controller from the repositories. - eDiscovery System
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FIG. 2 is a diagram that illustrates an integrated electronic discovery (eDiscovery)system 200 in which individual systems and methods for collecting and managing evidence are employed according to one embodiment of the invention. InFIG. 2 , an eDiscovery management system (EDMS) 210 is configured to propagate instructions to anIT person 220 and to allocate space in anevidence repository 250. The IT collects data from adata source 230. Data is deposited to the evidence repository. Monitoring data is propagated from the evidence repository to the EDMS. The system manages the overall eDiscovery workflow and provides visibility into the overall process by monitoring how many documents are deposited, ingested, indexed, etc. To do this, a number of files and their states are monitored at each stage of the process and that information is propagated to EDMS. It is not necessary to propagate collected data back to the EDMS. In one embodiment, theEDMS 210 allocates storage and provisions directories in the transient storage, also referred to herein as thestaging area 260. - The EDMS propagates the legal case and other process data and metadata to the evidence repository, including (see
FIG. 3 )legal matter 331,collection plan 340, andcollection logs - The
EDMS 210 also generates a structured collection plan with detailed collection instructions. TheIT 220 receives the instructions and performs collections from thedata source 230, depositing the collected documents to the location of the directory in the staging area specified in the collection instructions received from EDMS. - Content source metadata is propagated along with the content of the collected documents. This type of metadata is derived from the content of collected file, for example size in bytes, page count, checksum, or hash code, calculated based on the content of a file, MIME type, etc.
- Location metadata is propagated along with the contents of collected files. This type of metadata represents the location from where the files were originally collected. Examples of the metadata include: name or address of a PC, server, file path, file name, and modified, accessed, and created date of the file.
- Collected documents and the metadata are ingested from the staging area to the evidence repository. Collected documents are grouped and linked to appropriate metadata that has been previously propagated to the evidence repository.
- Collection Staging Area
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FIG. 3 is a diagram that illustrates how acollection staging area 300 is provisioned and managed. A collection plan is typically used by the legal department to manage the process of collecting potential evidence. For example, the legal department can initiate a new collection plan for collecting evidence from key players identified in a case. Additionally, the collection plan also specifies additional collection instructions as parameters for collections, e.g. list of keywords, effective date range, etc. - When a new collection plan is created and published, the EDMS automatically propagates the collection plan, custodians, and data source information, and creates a directory structure in the collection staging area, which in
FIG. 3 , for example, includes aroot 320,matter plan 340, and logs 350, 351. The structure of the directories is optimized to simplify manual processing, with the directories named in a human-readable way that refers to legal matters, collection plans, data sources, collection logs, and custodians. The structure shown inFIG. 3 is provided for purposes of example only; those skilled in the art will appreciate that other structures may be used in connection with the invention herein disclosed. - The EDMS also propagates the access control rules to the staging area by granting an appropriate level of access on a target collection deposit directory to an appropriate user or a group of users, based on the work assignment as defined in the EDMS.
- Having an automatically managed staging area for collections enables simple and reliable collection process. The EDMS contains all of the data necessary to execute a collection based on the collection parameters specified by the legal department as part of the collection plan. Folders in the staging area are automatically provisioned for collections, data sources, and custodians. IT does not need to create folders manually. Collection instructions are automatically issued by the EDMS when the collection plan is published. The drop-off location parameters are automatically generated based on the network file share location path of an auto-provisioned directory in the collection staging area.
- Evidence Repository
- The evidence repository manages large volumes of collected documents and metadata and can be built on top of an existing content management system, such as an ECM.
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FIG. 4 is a diagram that illustrates an example of the evidencerepository data model 400 for an ECM system. Theevidence repository root 410 is a top-level container for all the legal cases and related data.Entities representing matters - The legal case entity is a container for the collection or interview plans 440, 441, 442, 443 which can be further categorized into structured collection plans, such as 440, 442, 443, and self collection plans 441. Collection plans have process metadata propagated from the EDMS that includes, for example, the following properties: name, status, date, collection parameters, etc.
- Collection plans contain collection logs 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465. Collection logs have process metadata that includes, for example custodian, data source, log entry, conducted by, date conducted, status, etc. The collection logs contain evidence items that include the content and metadata of the collected documents. The metadata for the collection log is comprised of the process, source, and location metadata, as defined above.
- Self-Collections
- Advanced EDMS systems, such as the Atlas LCC, allow for custodian self-collections. This is a type of collection process when individual custodians receive collection instructions from the legal department and collect evidence, such as emails, documents, and other data, with easy to use tools provided to individual custodians. When using that mechanism the content and metadata may be collected to a dedicated EDMS storage.
- The EDMS is responsible for propagating the data collected as part of a self-collection to the evidence repository.
- Existing collections stored in EDMS are automatically migrated by moving the content and related case metadata to the evidence repository. This allows for centralized evidence management regardless of the type of a collection and its origins.
- Data Processing
- Data processing is an important part of the overall eDiscovery process. The EDMS can grant an appropriate level of access to users authorized to use a processing tools against the collected data stored in the evidence repository to enable the data processing. Examples of such access include read-only access to the case data and metadata or a subset of this data, and write access to a subset of metadata. Some data processing tools, such as Early Case Assessment (ECA) tools, can generate additional metadata, such as tags, notes, etc. The metadata generated by such a tool can be stored in the evidence repository if the EDMS grants write access on the subset of metadata associated with documents in the context of a specified legal case, plan, etc.
- Data Export
- Export tools 520 (see
FIG. 5 ), such as export module of the Atlas EDM suite, are used to extract the content and metadata of documents collected in the evidence repository and to package and ship the data for an outside review or other use. - Export metadata is a metadata associated with an event of exporting set of documents for an outside review. The metadata contains, for example, the date of export, volume of export in bytes, estimated number of pages exported, number of documents exported, etc.
- DCF Metadata
- The evidence repository is expected to track the overwhelming majority of the collected data. Facts created as a result of the collection, processing, and exporting of the collected data are automatically propagated from the evidence repository to a DCF system. Having the most accurate and up-to date facts is critical for reliable and precise eDiscovery cost modeling and forecasting.
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FIG. 5 is a diagram that illustrates aflow 500 of the DCF metadata; andFIG. 6 is a block diagram that illustrates a flow of metadata from an evidence repository to an EDMS. As the collection content and metadata are being ingested into the evidence repository, the summary data on the volume of collections in MB, estimated page count, time, etc. is being continuously aggregated on a per-matter basis and propagated from the evidence repository to theDCF 540. - The collected content is processed and analyzed by using an
ECA 510 or similar set of tools. The collected content is tagged with additional ECA metadata and the metadata is propagated to the evidence repository. The metadata can be further aggregated and propagated to the DCF system and used to improve the accuracy of the discovery cost modeling and forecasting further. -
Export tools 520 are used to extract the content and metadata of documents collected in the evidence repository and package and ship the data for an outside review or other use. The volume and timing metrics, such as volume collected in pages and GB, timing of collections, and number of custodians collected from or associated with an export event, are critical for an accurate discovery cost modeling and forecasting. The evidence repository enables highly reliable and repeatable automated process of propagating the export metadata to DCF when it becomes available. - The export data propagated to the DCF includes, for example, volume of export in bytes, estimated page count, date of export, number of documents, etc.
- Ingestion Process
- The ingestion process is responsible for ingesting the documents and metadata deposited into the collection drop-off locations within the staging area to the evidence repository.
- The ingestion process relies on relationships between a folder in the staging area and collection log entity in the ECM that were previously established by the EDMS. Based on the location of documents in the staging area, the ingestion process finds previously created corresponding collection log entities in the evidence repository and links documents ingested from a collection log folder to the collection log entity in the evidence repository.
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FIG. 7 is a diagram that illustrates an example 700 of how documents and folders in the staging area can be ingested and mapped to the entities in the evidence repository. The ingestion process detects a new document in thestaging area 210.New documents repository 250 that corresponds to the location of the parent folder in the staging area Collection Log 1-12-10, and it then createsevidence entities - In some cases collections might also include additional metadata in a form of a collection manifest which can be in proprietary formats or in an XML based formats, such as EDRM XML. Collection manifest metadata is ingested along with collected contents. A collection manifest contains additional metadata including, for example, chain of custody, original location, etc. That metadata gets associated with document evidence entity as part of the ingestion process.
- Improve Reliability
- The reliability and accuracy of the collection process can be further improved by adding a secure token to the collection instructions for the IT. The secure token is a file containing information that uniquely identifies the identity of an individual collection target in a context of a collection plan.
- The IT is instructed to deposit the token along with the collected files into the drop-off location specified in the instructions. As part of the ingestion process the system automatically validates the integrity of the collection including chain of custody and detects inconsistencies by comparing the information in the secure token against the expected collection target, collection plan, and other attributes based on the location from the where collected data is being ingested Depending on the ingestion policies such as a collection can be rejected. Exceptions are escalated to an appropriate authority for handling. If, upon the ingestion validation, the system detects that IT has mistakenly deposited data collected for a target into incorrect location along with a secure token for a given target, the system rejects the collection and alerts appropriate IT users and, optionally the legal department, with all of the details necessary to correct the situation by placing collected data in an appropriate location. This affects the overall status of the collection process propagated to EDMS, making it transparent to all of the parties involved until the issue is resolved.
- Collection and Metadata Re-Use
- The evidence repository holds large volumes of collected data including, for example, content, source, location, process, export, DCF metadata and the metadata generated by ECA and other data processing tools. Collection with subsequent analysis and culling can be very costly, especially if done repeatedly. Redundant collection can be reduced or eliminated through the collection re-use.
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FIG. 8 is a diagram that illustrates an example 800 of a collection reuse. Based on the similar legal case from the past, a member of legal staff identifies acollection plan 440 and, optionally, collection targets within the plan to be reused. - The EDMS instructs the evidence repository to establish reuse relationships in the collection repository in such a way that
new matter 810 contains a reused collection plan from an existingmatter 420. The relationships can be established by copying the evidence entities or by referencing existing collection plan container. - An entire set the evidence metadata or a subset can also be reused taking a full advantage of the analysis, culling, and export that occurred in the legal case and collection plan being reused.
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FIG. 9 is a diagram that illustrates overall the different components forcollection process monitoring 900. - The
EDMS 210 is responsible for the overall collection process. All the stages of the overall process report exceptions, a summary, and important statistics back to the EDMS. The EDMS aggregates the monitoring data from all the stages of the collection process, thus providing additional analytics. The EDMS thus enables visibility into the overall collection process. - The
staging area 260 is monitored by analyzing the contents of the drop-off collection locations. The following exceptions and statistics, for example, are reported back to the EDMS: number of files deposited, pending ingestion, failed to delete, failed to ingest within the time limit, etc. These statistics are grouped by collection log, collection plan, legal case, and repository. - The evidence repository is monitored using platform specific mechanisms to detect new documents matching appropriate criterions. The following exceptions and statistics, for example, are reposted back to the EDMS: number of files ingested, failed to link to an appropriate collection log, various timeouts, etc. These statistics are grouped by collection log, collection plan, legal case, and repository and are propagated to the EDMS.
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data processing tools 910 may require an additional content indexing or linking steps for the collected data to become available for processing. For example, many ECA tools employ more sophisticated content and metadata indexing mechanism that evidence repository may provide. This requires additional processing as part of making the collected data available for the analysis. The following exceptions and statistics, for example, are reposted back to the EDMS from the data processing step: number of files available for analysis, number of files pending, number of files failed, various timeouts, etc. These statistics are grouped by collection log, collection plan, legal case, and repository and are propagated to the EDMS. - Multiple Repositories
- The system supports a configuration with multiple repositories. All the repositories have a dedicated staging area from where the collected data is ingested to each individual repository. The EDMS maintains a catalog of evidence repositories which contains the names, access control rules, and path to the root of the staging area for each repository.
- The evidence repository can be selected for a matter type, legal case, and collection plan. When a collection plan is published, the EDMS allocates storage and provision directories in the staging area of a selected evidence repository. The EDMS propagates the legal case and other process data and metadata to the appropriate evidence repository.
- The EDMS generates and propagates collection instructions to an IT or an automated collection tools such as Atlas ACA containing the location of the staging area for a selected repository.
- Many countries have data protection laws designed to protect information considered to be personally identifiable. For example, EU directives establish a level of protection that effectively makes data transfer from an EU member to the US illegal.
- A multiple local evidence repositories can be set up to eliminate the need to transfer the data across jurisdictions. The instructions are generated such that collected content and metadata are deposited in a location within the jurisdiction specific staging area. Collection is ingested into a local ECM within the local evidence repository.
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FIG. 10 is a diagram that illustrates an example of asystem 1000 with multiple evidence repositories located in the US and in EU. A collection plan involving custodians and data sources located in theEU 122 is propagated to anEU repository 1011. - Multiple repositories with various levels of security can be used depending on a legal case security group, individual legal case, and collection plan. Thus, a collection plan involving custodians and data sources located in an IT department 121 is propagated to a
default repository 1010. For a case with increased level of security the collection instructions are generated in a way that collected content and metadata are deposited and managed by a secure repository.FIG. 10 also illustrates an example of the integrated system with multiple evidence repositories including HighSecurity Evidence Repository 123. For a legal case with an elevated level of security classification the collection instructions for an IT with higher security clearance and directed towards asecure repository 1012. As a result collected documents end up in a secure repository that maintains appropriate level of security throughout the life cycle of a case. - Structured Collection Indexed by Custodian
- Paralegal Creates Manual Structured Collection Plan:
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- Select DS and associated collection template
- Identify custodians
- Provide collection parameters
- Click on the ‘ownership’ tab and assign the owners—IT personnel
- Publish collection plan, e.g. initial email collection from key players for a specified date range with specified list of keyword
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- Provision directories
- Provision access control, e.g. grant write-only or read-write access to the provisioned directories for appropriate IT users
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- Collection metadata is automatically propagated to an EvR
- Access Control data is propagated to the repository
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- Create a case container
- Propagate collection metadata from repository to the data processing tool
- Propagate access control data from EDMS to the data processing tool
- Set up search and indexing tasks
- IT Person Gets Collection Instructions
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- IT person or a group identified as owner of the collection plan on the IT side finds a new collection request/plan in ‘My Tasks’ tab (see
FIG. 11 ) - Instructions contain a list of parameters and list of custodians Collection instructions might define a number of custodians, e.g. John S, , Amy B. etc, and list of parameters of various types, e.g. date range, list of keywords, etc. (see FIG. 12)e
- IT person clicks on the a specific custodian, this opens up custodian view (see
FIG. 13 ) - New auto-calculated parameter ‘Evidence Repository Collection Location’ shows location where collected files should be deposited Instructions clearly state that all collected documents are to be placed in the specified directory, e.g. \\server_name\path_element1\path_element2\deposit_directory
- Clicking on the new parameter opens Windows Explorer, pointing to an automatically provisioned location to allow IT personnel to deposit collected files at that location for a given custodian, collection plan, etc
- Secure token is optionally provided as part of the collection instructions
- IT person or a group identified as owner of the collection plan on the IT side finds a new collection request/plan in ‘My Tasks’ tab (see
- IT Personnel Perform Collections
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- Use existing collection process and tools
- Optional secure token is deposited into the specified location
- Collection for a given custodian deposited in the specified location
- Upon finishing collection IT personnel set status for a custodian as completed (see
FIG. 14 )
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- Files are processed as soon as deposited into the designated directory
- Additional validation performed to ensure that the files were deposited into correct directory using secure token validation
- All the documents collected for a given matter are automatically propagated to a data processing tool via automated search and import functionality of the processing tools or external timer task.
- Data on the collection summary is propagated to the DCF
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- Legal user selects a legal case
- Select an evidence repository within the case
- User is taken to a data processing or ECA tool, such as the IBM eDiscovery analyzer
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- Access control is propagated from EDMS so only authorized users get access to the case data
- Custom search template exposes EDMS specific metadata, such as matterId, requested, collection log, etc.
- User or a group of users performs analysis, culling etc. using eDA
- Data on the data analysis summary is propagated to the DCF
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- Authorized legal user creates a set of data to be exported for outside review
- Data on the export summary is propagated to the DCF
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- Collection deposit process: How many files deposited, processed
- Collection ingestion process: How many files ingested, pre-processed (archives expanded, prepared for indexing), metadata associated, errors, etc
- Analysis preparation: How many files were prepared for analysis, indexed, added to a case, errors
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FIG. 15 is a block schematic diagram of a machine in the exemplary form of acomputer system 1600 within which a set of instructions may be executed to cause the machine to perform any one of the herein disclosed methodologies. In alternative embodiments, the machine may comprise or include a network router, a network switch, a network bridge, personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular telephone, a Web appliance or any machine capable of executing or transmitting a sequence of instructions that specify actions to be taken. - The
computer system 1600 includes aprocessor 1602, amain memory 1604 and astatic memory 1606, which communicate with each other via abus 1608. Thecomputer system 1600 may further include adisplay unit 1610, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a cathode ray tube (CRT). Thecomputer system 1600 also includes analphanumeric input device 1612, for example, a keyboard; acursor control device 1614, for example, a mouse; adisk drive unit 1616, asignal generation device 1618, for example, a speaker, and anetwork interface device 1628. - The
disk drive unit 1616 includes a machine-readable medium 1624 on which is stored a set of executable instructions, i.e. software, 1626 embodying any one, or all, of the methodologies described herein below. Thesoftware 1626 is also shown to reside, completely or at least partially, within themain memory 1604 and/or within theprocessor 1602. Thesoftware 1626 may further be transmitted or received over anetwork 1630 by means of anetwork interface device 1628. - In contrast to the
system 1600 discussed above, a different embodiment uses logic circuitry instead of computer-executed instructions to implement processing entities. Depending upon the particular requirements of the application in the areas of speed, expense, tooling costs, and the like, this logic may be implemented by constructing an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) having thousands of tiny integrated transistors. Such an ASIC may be implemented with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), transistor-transistor logic (TTL), very large systems integration (VLSI), or another suitable construction. Other alternatives include a digital signal processing chip (DSP), discrete circuitry (such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, inductors, and transistors), field programmable gate array (FPGA), programmable logic array (PLA), programmable logic device (PLD), and the like. - It is to be understood that embodiments may be used as or to support software programs or software modules executed upon some form of processing core (such as the CPU of a computer) or otherwise implemented or realized upon or within a machine or computer readable medium. A machine-readable medium includes any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine, e.g. a computer. For example, a machine readable medium includes read-only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices; electrical, optical, acoustical or other form of propagated signals, for example, carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.; or any other type of media suitable for storing or transmitting information.
- Although the invention is described herein with reference to the preferred embodiment, one skilled in the art will readily appreciate that other applications may be substituted for those set forth herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention should only be limited by the Claims included below.
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1. A computer implemented method for storing and accessing collected artifacts in an electronic discovery system (EDMS), comprising:
managing, by an EDMS, electronic discovery workflow in an enterprise, including issuing and propagating instructions to a collection agent, and generating one or more collection plans that specify one or more custodians that are responsible for data in the enterprise;
managing, by one or more evidence repositories, collected artifacts along with contextual data and metadata, wherein the one or more evidence repositories include a transient storage area to which collected artifacts are deposited, wherein the transient storage area includes a directory structure created based on the one or more collection plans, and wherein the directory structure includes one or more automatically provisioned locations for depositing the collected artifacts for a given custodian in the one or more custodians; and
performing, by the collection agent, artifact collection based at least in part on the one or more collection plans, including depositing collected artifacts to locations in the directory structure of the transient storage area based at least in part on the one or more collection plans.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling, by the EDMS, space allocation in the transient storage area for upcoming collections.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, by the one or more evidence repositories, a content management module configured to provide advanced collaboration capabilities, extensible metadata, and access control.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein eDiscovery process metadata associated with the collected artifacts comprises one or more of collection target, reasons for collection, collected by, collected on, collection plan, and legal case.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the eDiscovery process metadata further comprises external properties.
6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising managing, by the EDMS, access control.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
propagating access control rules from the EDMS to the one or more evidence repositories.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
granting a specific data processing tool read access to a selected subset of the collected artifacts in the one or more evidence repositories, as defined by said EDMS.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the data processing tool comprises an early case assessment (ECA) tool.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
writing, by the data processing tool, application specific metadata associated with the collected artifacts into the one or more evidence repositories.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
granting, to a data exporting tool, read access to the collected artifacts in the one or more evidence repositories to extract, by the data exporting tool, collected artifacts and metadata and to package, by the data exporting tool, the extracted collected artifacts and metadata for outside review.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
extracting a summary of said extracted collected artifacts and metadata, the summary comprising one or more of date, purpose, description, volume in MB, estimated number of pages, number of documents overall and broken down by document type and by person or data source.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of:
propagating the export metadata from the one or more evidence repositories to the EDMS.
14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
propagating the export metadata from the one or more evidence repositories to a discovery cost forecasting system (DCF).
15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically issuing collection instructions for information technology (IT) and integrating the collection instructions with an overall discovery workflow.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the instructions comprise one or more of a unique location of a collection staging area for a given legal case, a collection plan, a collection log, a data source, and a custodian.
17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
issuing automated preservation and collection instructions and propagating the instructions to an automated or semi-automated collection tool.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the collection instructions comprise a secure token for identifying collection parameters, the method further comprising:
automatically validating, by the secure token, integrity of a collection, including chain of custody.
19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processer to perform operations for storing and accessing collected artifacts in an electronic discovery system (EDMS), comprising:
managing, by an EDMS, electronic discovery workflow in an enterprise, including issuing and propagating instructions to a collection agent, and generating one or more collection plans, wherein the one or more collection plans specify one or more custodians that are responsible for data in the enterprise;
managing, by one or more evidence repositories, collected artifacts along with contextual data and metadata, wherein the one or more evidence repositories include a transient storage area to which collected artifacts are deposited, wherein the transient storage area includes a directory structure created based on the one or more collection plans, and wherein the directory structure includes one or more automatically provisioned locations for depositing the collected artifacts for a given custodian in the one or more custodians;
perform, by the collection agent, artifact collection based on the one or more collection plans, including depositing collected artifacts to locations in the directory structure of the transient storage area based on the one or more collection plans.
20. An apparatus for storing and accessing collected artifacts in an electronic discovery system (EDMS), comprising:
at least one processor;
an EDMS operable by the at least one processor and configured to: manage electronic discovery workflow in an enterprise, issue and propagate instructions to a collection agent, and generate one or more collection plans, wherein the one or more collection plans specify one or more custodians that are responsible for data in the enterprise;
one or more evidence repositories configured to manage collected artifacts along with contextual data and metadata, wherein the one or more evidence repositories include a transient storage area to which collected artifacts are deposited, wherein the transient storage area includes a directory structure created based on the one or more collection plans, and wherein the directory structure includes one or more automatically provisioned locations for depositing the collected artifacts for a given custodian in the one or more custodians; and
the collection agent operable by the at least one processor and configured to: perform artifact collection based on the one or more collection plans and deposit collected artifacts to locations in the directory structure of the transient storage area based on the one or more collection plans.
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