There are a number of ways that counsel can meet the required degree of ediscovery oversight without neglecting other duties. Insist on more effective advocacy by outside counsel during the ediscovery process. Use such criteria as role, experience, level of sophistication and technical savvy to determine the degree of oversight required for particular employees. Enlist technical support; effective technologies can help expedite the ESI collection process. Be sure to document the process to better demonstrate its defensibility in court. The standard for discovery under the Federal Rules is reasonableness. You need not preserve or review every document; only information that is generally relevant to the parties’ claims and defenses is subject to discovery.