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While they are a prime responsibility for attorneys facing litigation or regulatory investigations, legal holds are not always executed as effectively as they should be. For many, it is a problem of managing data in multiple locations; for others, it's the challenge of having unreliable data custodians.
But many attorneys are betting that these problems can be mitigated through the use of automated technology, according to Zapproved's 2017 Legal Hold and Data Preservation Benchmark Report, a survey of legal, compliance, IT and corporate staff from more than 50 U.S. corporations.
The survey found that in 2017, over half — 57% — of corporations are using automated software for legal holds, marking the first time in the survey's history that a majority of respondents are employing automated legal holds. From 2014 to 2016, the percentage using this technology hovered around 46%, while in 2013, it was at 34%.
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