The report is an international survey of in-house counsel and their practices for managing electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation and internal investigations. The report also separates the findings between the United States and United Kingdom.

The report notes that people are becoming more aware of e-discovery and more states are enacting laws to govern e-discovery.

The report notes a number of interesting results. For example:

United States companies spent an average of $437,000 on e-discovery, which includes planning and practice management. Compare that to U.K companies that spent an average of £208,000 on e-discovery.

You can obtain a copy of Kroll Ontrack’s 16-page Second Annual ESI Trends Report by filling out the form here: 2008 ESI Trends Report.

The 2007 version of the ESI Trends Report is available here: 2007 ESI Trends Report.