What’s the current landscape for hyperlinked files? Trustpoint.One not only discusses it, but also provides five recommendations for managing it!

In their article (The Current Landscape for Hyperlinked Files as “Modern Attachments”, available here), Trustpoint.One discusses how one of the biggest challenges and areas of dispute in eDiscovery today is the challenge of hyperlinked files within emails and other messages, which are referred to by some as “modern attachments”. They are causing challenges throughout the EDRM life cycle, from preservation through production of ESI.

For those who don’t know, unlike embedded attachments, which are contained within the email and are a static version of the file at the time the email was sent, hyperlinked files are dynamic and may have been changed or even deleted since the email was sent. The handling of these linked files has been disputed in a growing list of case law decisions, and there are numerous misperceptions of the available technology to support discovery of these linked files.

So, what are five important case law rulings that you need to know about hyperlinked files? What are the current technical capabilities and challenges for hyperlinked files? And, most importantly, what are five recommendations for managing the current landscape for hyperlinked files? Find out here, it’s only one click! Here’s a sixth recommendation – read this article! 🙂

So, what do you think? How are you addressing the issue of hyperlinked files? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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