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Legal Industry Survey on Collaboration Data
1.
Organization Type
Small Business
Service Provider
Law Firm
Private/Public Corporation
Government/Public Agency
Other (please specify)
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2.
Litigation Profile
(Required.)
0 to 1 Matters / Month
2 to 5 Matters / Month
6 to 10 Matters / Month
10+ Matters / Month
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3.
What is your organization’s primary messaging collaboration platform in use for your business communications?
(Required.)
Google Chat
Microsoft Teams
Signal
Slack
Telegram
WeChat
WhatsApp
Workplace from Meta (formerly by Facebook)
We use a combination of platforms
We use little or no collaboration platforms
Other (please specify)
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4.
How integral are collaboration platforms to your organization for messaging today?
(Required.)
We can’t live without it
Certain teams can’t live without it
Nice to have, but we still rely on email
We don’t use collaboration platforms for business communications
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5.
How integral will collaboration platforms be for your organization in 12 months?
(Required.)
About the same
Less dependent
More dependent
Won’t live without it
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6.
Are you or your clients applying retention policies to your messaging collaboration content?
(Required.)
We/Our Clients leave it up to users to decide how long to retain
We/Our Clients are saving everything forever, and have no plans to change in the near term
We/Our Clients have organization-wide retention policies in place for collaboration content
We/Our Clients are hoping to implement retention policies within the next 12 months
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7.
How are you/your clients principally preserving collaboration content today?
(Required.)
Preserving everything in place
Selectively preserving in place
Collect everything to preserve
Selectively collecting to preserve when required
No means to preserve today
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8.
How confident are you in your ability to defensibly preserve collaboration content when required?
(Required.)
Very confident
Somewhat confident
Somewhat unconfident
Very unconfident
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9.
Does your (or your client’s) organization consider messaging collaboration content generally within the scope of discovery?
(Required.)
Never considered for discovery
We anticipate it will be relevant in the future, but not taking any action yet
We’re preserving it, but not yet being asked to produce
Preserving and occasionally responding to requests to produce
Preserving and frequently responding to requests to produce
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10.
Do you anticipate an increase in requests for collaboration data in the next 12 months?
(Required.)
No, about the same
Some increased requests
Significant increased requests
Less requests than our current rate
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11.
How are you principally responding to requests for production or internal investigations when it comes to collaboration data?
(Required.)
We don’t need to respond due to low request volume
We search in the native app and take screenshots
We do bulk exports or collections, and turn it over to a third party
We’ve built our own tools and processes to review and produce internally (DIY)
We use built-in search and discovery capabilities of the native app
We’ve invested in a third-party software solution to collect, review, and produce
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12.
How confident are you in your existing processes to efficiently collect and produce collaboration content in response to discovery obligations?
(Required.)
Very confident
Somewhat confident
Somewhat unconfident
Very unconfident
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13.
In the next twelve months, do you/your client plan to invest in a solution to defensibly preserve and/or collect collaboration data for ediscovery or to conduct internal investigations?
(Required.)
Yes, definitely
Maybe, depending on demand
We’re fine with our current approach
We already have systems in place
14.
When you think of your organization's/client's use of collaboration platforms, what are you most worried about?
Optional Questions
15.
Email Address (required if you want a copy of the survey results)
16.
How did you hear about the survey?
Email
Social Media
PREX 2022
Other (please specify)
