Much has been written about the consequences of failing to establish a reasonable plan to preserve documents once there is a duty to preserve. However, surprisingly little has been written about when a party can resume its normal document retention and destruction policy.

The good news is that eventually the litigation hold can be lifted; the bad news is that you may not be able to lift the hold as soon as you would hope or like.

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