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ACEDs Practice A litigation support professional receives a native file production from opposing counsel and immediately imports it into the law firm's e -discovery platform and attempts to look at the first document. Rather than see words on a page, the litigation suppor t professional sees windows popping up with foreign language characters randomly displaying and scrolling down the screen. What key step below did the litigation support professional most likely miss? A) Performing language detection before review. B) Scanning the native file production for viruses prior to importing. C) Ensuring the operating system is updated before importing. D) Conducting a load file reconciliation before review. - correct answer B You are in charge of litigation support at your law firm. Company A, a large corporate client of the firm, and John Smith, a member of the client's management team, have been named in a lawsuit alleging theft of intellectual property (including computer co de) and violation of a non -compete agreement. The lawsuit stems from Smith's departure from Company B, a direct competitor of Company A. You have been tasked with coordinating the collection of ESI from the client, Company A. Given the importance of the client to the firm, the highly technical issues involved, and the fact that computer code may need to be preserved, who would be best suited to perform the collection of ESI? A) The IT manager at the client who is certified in Microsoft infrastructure B) A forensic expert familiar with ESI collection in litigation C) An expert consultant who is familiar with computer code relevant to the case D) You, as the person in - correct answer B A data forensic examiner is asked to perform an acquisition of a computer hard drive. In addition to the collection, he is asked to perform the most thorough quality control (QC) of the data. What method of QC is likely to be most thorough? A) Verify file numbers and sizes. B) Verify MD5 or SHA1 hash values. C) Copy data to a working hard drive and verify that all files function as intended. D) Verify file names, date created fields, and time created fields. - correct answer B During a large -scale review involving many contract attorneys performing document review, the review center manager overseeing the document review is concerned about the potential for data leakage. The facts and circumstances of the case are sensitive, and any leaks of documents or information could impact a key revenue stream and embarrass the client's leadership. Which step below is the most effective way the review center manager may reduce the risk of data leakage? A) Prohibit all cell phones in the review center. B) Disable USB ports on the reviewer workstation computers. C) Limit certain reviewers' access to only certain documents. D) Have all reviewers sign an NDA and monitor their review activities - correct answer D A partner at a law firm in the U.S. called his U.S. -based client's legal department in Germany to start the legal hold process for an important new case in which ESI will need to be transferred across international borders. The partner did not speak German and the in -house attorney in Germany spoke and understood English, but only haltingly. The in -house attorney refused to send a communication to potential custodians in Germany directing them to preser ve ESI in connection with the case. What is likely to be the most productive next step the U.S. -based partner should take? A) Engage the client's data protection officer. B) Fly to Germany to speak to the client in person. C) Immediately hire the best forensic team to collect the data after business hours. D) Document that the client is uncooperative and file it away internally. - correct answer A An e-discovery service provider has had several power outages and disruptions to business operations and the law firm that hired them is frustrated. To vent their frustration, the law firm has decided to withhold payment from the service provider. The law firm also made the decision to switch to another service provider. The original service provider is now threatening to withhold access to the law firm's data. Technically, the withheld data belongs to the client of the law firm. What service provider contract elements should be assessed before terminating the service provider contract? A) Service level agreements, data return and data ownership terms. B) Data ownership and attorney work product ownership. C) Confidentiality and payment terms and conditions. D) Warranties by the service provider. - correct answer A During a document review, an issue arises where the review manager is experiencing a high overturn rate during the quality control check of reviewer coding decisions. More than half of the documents coded responsive by the reviewers are being changed to no n-responsive during quality control. What is the best action below that the review manager might take to remedy the poor performance by the review team? A) Retrain the reviewers on responsiveness, issue, and privilege coding. B) Provide keyboard shortcuts for the review platform to improve efficiency. C) Set up a Slack channel to facilitate answering reviewer questions. D) Reduce the number of documents being quality checked. - correct answer A A partner at a law firm received a document production from an attorney working at the firm of opposing counsel. The production was sent via email in the form of a compressed zip file full of native file documents and a load file. The partner who received the email and production clicked on the zip file, opened the file on her PC, and started to look at the documents. By opening the zip file and looking at the files, what risk did the partner take? A) She exposed her PC to potential infection from a virus. B) The production documents will be irrevocably changed. C) The receiving law firm will not have clean copies of the production documents. D) The production set would need to be prepared again. - correct answer A A senior partner requested one of the firms e -discovery specialists to accompany her to a meet and confer with opposing counsel to discuss the preservation, collection, review, and production of ESI in a pending lawsuit. The senior partner had never worked with ESI and began agreeing to opposing counsel demands that were technically impossible, like producing a terabyte of data that had not yet been collected in three days.The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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