FASTrack™ ESI Training. Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Rules for litigation are a complex and often self-contradictory set of requirements. Additionally, other regulatory jurisdictions have other rules for the retention and protection of the same information. The legal requirements change from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from case to case. The other regulatory requirements are changing just as fast. The implications for companies change from industry to industry, department to department and from person to person. To help companies keep abreast of these changes, FMDC offers a suite of Briefings and one-day workshops on an array of ESI related topics as well as tailored programs designed to fit a specific need. The courses are:
- Executive ESI Briefing
- ESI Essentials for Legal, IT and HR
- Creating an ESI Plan
- Archives Designed for Destruction
- Strategic Data Preparation
- Litigation Readiness
- ROI for ESI
- Privacy Principles and ESI
- ESI Regulatory Alignment
The audience includes C level and above executives, Legal, IT and HR personnel, key individuals in ESI intensive areas. The objective of the courses is to build consensus and prepare for ESI requirements.
Executive Assessment of the Impact of FRCP and ESI. Stop the confusion and end the delays. Discover what the ESI Rules really require your company to do, learn how you can use technologies you already have, understand the differences of new ESI technologies, measure the enterprise-wide impact of action or no-action, establish the relative importance of FRCP Readiness compared to other critical business initiatives, examine the ROI of FRCP Readiness solutions, and eliminate the confusion and endless debate about what to do how to do it.
Electronic Records Management Planning. Many companies are struggling with where to start and what to do about ESI. The service is an intense well-focused service to help companies push past some of the confusion about what to do and how to do it. Generally, completed in two or three weeks, at the end of the project companies will have both a plan and a methodology for tackling the challenges of the new requirements for ESI management.
Litigation Readiness. This is for companies that have determined that there are steps that they can take to improve their ability to control their litigation costs. The service includes organizing the company for federal litigation and dealing with the new issues relating to “electronically stored information.” The result of the service is the implementation of policies, procedures, practices and in some cases technologies that enhance a company’s ability to better control federal litigation. This service is valuable for both claimants or defendants.
Strategic Data Preparation. Many company’s approach to data preparation is to wait for legal events and react to the specifics of the case. The result is inflated costs as all preparation must be done in compressed time frames. FMDC’s Strategic Data Preparation service helps companies rise above this tactical approach and take measures that significantly reduce litigation costs in general. A side benefit in some cases is that storage requirements and costs are also reduced.
Electronic Records Management Guidance, FRCP Readiness and Policy Development. This is a service for companies that have recently decided that it is in their best interest to develop or upgrade their corporate electronic records management program. The service assesses requirements, identifies solutions, develops the ROI and business case to acquire funding and provides ongoing implementation support.
ROI for ESI. FMDC has developed a robust electronic records management solution ROI Analysis model. The tool deals with all aspects of cost including hardware, software, storage, installation, implementation and on-going maintenance. These costs are compared to the savings and cost avoidance created by the solution in a wide range of company activities that are affected by records management solutions. The ROI analysis provides the supporting details for the business case for investment.