In the U.S., e-discovery was legitimatized by some 2006 changes to the federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The U.K. apparently has made similar changes to its discovery regulations, and even though other countries and regions have different standards, these are often overridden when organizations in these areas are involved in litigation with a U.S.- or U.K.-based company.

So, where does document imaging fit into e-discovery? Well, because e-discovery involves a wide range of electronic information, i.e. all of an organization’s unstructured information, it’s really an ECM application, and imaging is an important component of ECM.

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