As the one-year anniversary of the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) approaches on December 1, a survey of professionals directly involved in legal discovery shows that a significant number of businesses have been negatively impacted by the challenges of e-discovery. In fact, one-fifth of the professionals say their business has settled a lawsuit to avoid the cost of recovering and searching through electronic documents such as email. The survey, conducted by iTracks for Fortiva, a leading on-demand email archiving provider, also showed that a majority of businesses are now actively taking steps to reduce risk and meet FRCP requirements by improving their e-discovery processes.