Skip Westfall

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E-Discovery in DOJ Investigations: Five key principles when processing and producing electronically stored information

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

In 2013, the director of e-discovery for the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) acknowledged that “electronic evidence plays a tremendous role in investigations.” These words have become even more powerful today. Here, we provide some basic guiding principles for attorneys as they counsel clients regarding the...
Breach and Incident Response Plans: Ready your company and data for both breach and litigation

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Litigation response plans have directed a spotlight on the signification of information governance across an enterprise. Jack Grimes and Skip Westfall of Inventus posit that those very same protocols apply when preparing for a data breach as well. Their remarks have been edited for length and style. MCC: Much of the discussion around data breaches has...