Digital Current Blog

I have learned that while you can deny making certain verbal statements, in today's digital world, you can never deny a statement made via e-mail because it is electronically recorded. As I have been monitoring the Countywide fiasco over the past few weeks, like everyone else, it made me think about the e-mails that are being circulated during this economic downturn by corporate leaders. The power of email is that it can take the casual and informal thoughts of a corporate leader and archive them as statements with prior knowledge and devious intent once the SEND button is pressed. Today's digital trail is far more incriminating than yesterday's paper trail.

Here is an article I found about the Countrywide fiasco that you also might find interesting.

Like a lot of people who own or run a business, I try to keep aware of trends in my specific industry and business in general. I read several articles recently about the rise in litigation over the past few months. I’ve included a link to one I found.

http://rtoonline.com/Content/Article/Nov08/US-Litigation-trends-110108.asp

I understand how important it is to keep your business moving during litigation or investigation. A significant disruption to business can be devastating to your bottom line. In order to mitigate your risk and cost during the threat of litigation, I think identifying and collecting data safely, completely and quickly is critical. The benefits of today’s technology with regards to document management include ROI, efficiency and reliability. It is vital to your company that you utilize this new technology so that business as usual can continue while legal proceedings are taking place.