TECH SUPPORT
Meta what? BY GERRY BLACKWELL
The information that hides in electronic files can often be more important than the files themselves.
notion of metadata. Bad enough that they have to learn new rules, procedures, and strategies around electronic evidence. But metadata — information about or hid- den in a document — adds an element of abstruseness and techno-nerdiness guar- anteed to drive luddites bonkers.
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itigators being dragged kick- ing and screaming into the era of e-discovery will likely scream louder and kick hard- er when introduced to the
ILLUSTRATION: JEREMY BRUNEEL
