Each time an electronic document comes into being, metadata is created along with it. People often add their own, too. From the obvious (like page numbers) to the obscure (like dates of creation and author names), every piece of metadata serves some purpose. During discovery, document metadata can
Read more →Computer metadata can be disastrous to a firm if not handled properly. Originally published in www.LawyersWeekly.ca This past May (2006), AT&T’s defence lawyers published a legal brief that mentioned benign explanations for a “secret” communications monitoring room that AT&T does not admit even exists. Also this year,
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