E-Discovery Teleconference: A Senior Management Briefing

Broadcast Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)

Overview:

E-discovery has become quite a bit more complicated for in-house Counsel as the result of recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (In effect as of December 1, 2006) and the expanded growth of discovery as it related to email and data. The new regulations make e-discovery more time consuming and costly, however failure to comply could result in huge sanctions.
The Knowledge Congress has assembled a panel to help make sense of this important change and how to best position your firm.

Agenda:

David J. Goldstone, Goodwin Procter1:00 -1:30-A summary of the new e-discovery rules -Developing sound electronic records retention policies that facilitate compliance with the new e-discovery rules -Real world examples of how those rules can affect civil litigation -Examples of cases where sanctions were imposed for e-discovery deficiencies -Best practices on complying with e-discovery requirements -Hazards to be avoided in complying with e-discovery requirementsChris Paskach, KPMG1:30 -2:00-Advanced Electronically -Stored Information (ESI) Preparations -Develop: Proactive Policies & Procedures, repeatable, measurable e-discovery processes -Reactive processes and protocolsAdam I. Cohen, FTI Consulting2:00 - 2:30-Specific cases that have arisen since the implementation of the new federal rules that actually apply and interpretation of those rules.All Participants2:30 - 3:00-Audience Q&A