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Disconnect Between Legal and IT Getting Worse

By jlutz99

The disconnect between IT and Legal is getting worse according to a recent survey.  Here's an excerpt from Legal IT Professionals:

Recommind, the leader in search-powered information risk management (IRM) software, today released results from its second annual survey that examines the working relationship between corporate IT and legal departments. While the inaugural survey revealed that a lack of collaboration between both teams was greatly hindering eDiscovery efforts, the 2010 installation demonstrates that this disconnect has dramatically worsened. The survey of senior IT managers at enterprises averaging 13,000 employees reveals that IT and legal teams aren?t collaborating on buying decisions and question each other?s commitment to and understanding of eDiscovery and regulatory compliance. This further endangers effective eDiscovery and regulatory responses at the exact time such activities are skyrocketing. 

Read the article here. 

Posted by Jon Lutz

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on June 18, 2010 (boomark / email).