According to a survey released by Symantec, email is no longer the primary source of ediscovery responses.  While email can provide important communications and contextual information, loose files (such as Microsoft Office documents) and database files are being produced on an increasingly regular basis.  The inclusion of databases in particular indicates that more and more litigation could be focused on theft of intellectual property – when a disgruntled employee leaves one company for another, customer databases are a ripe target for theft.  Of course, confidential and proprietary documents are also high on the list, so look for companies to become even more litigious as their IP is increasingly at risk.

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