Members of the International Standards Organization—a 66-year-old body with 162 member nations, tackling everything from bank transactions to shoe sizes—are forming a new committee to develop standards for e-discovery processes.

The standards, if passed, would define procedures for technology companies, discovery providers and their clients to follow when handling digital data. "This international standard provides guidance on measures, spanning from initial creation of [electronically stored information] through its final disposition, which an organization can undertake to mitigate risk and expense should electronic discovery become an issue," a draft of the committee charter states.

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