Big legal changes have been happening over the last few years with respect to <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Electronic-Data-as-Legal-Evidence/?kc=EWKNLNAV031308STR3">the use of digital evidence in legal proceedings.</A> Digital evidence is getting to be just about the only documentary evidence there is.
Research at Berkeley in 2003 showed that more than 92 percent of all corporate information was generated in electronic form. Nowadays, virtually all source information used in legal and regulatory proceedings will have been generated electronically. A recent white paper from the Microsoft U.S. National Security Team, entitled "The Evolving landscape of Legal Discovery & the Expanding Role of the Chief Information Officer," delves into these issues.