Strategic E-Discovery: Taking Steps to Avoid Litigation (PART I)
Overview:
Litigation is an unavoidable consequence of doing business. Most of the work begins many months or even years before the parties go to court. These days, attorneys must invest heavily in strategic pre-trial discovery to prevail in court. Attorneys must understand the many emerging trends and issues in the field of Strategic E-Discovery in order not to fall victim to its many pitfalls.The Knowledge Congress is assembling a panel of distinguished professionals and key regulators to provide guidance to organizations and legal professionals that will be primarily affected by litigation and issues surrounding Strategic E-Discovery. The speakers will present their expert opinions in a two-hour LIVE webinar
Agenda:
SEGMENT 1:
<strong id="ep-name-of-speaker">Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel</strong>
<em id="ep-speaker-firm">National Archives and Records Administration</em>
- Strategically thinking about search and information retrieval issues
- Negotiating search protocols as part of the Rule 26 meet and confer process,
post Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe (D. Md. 2008)
- Achieving quality in the e-discovery process: some general principles about
project management and using sampling methods
SEGMENT 2:
<strong id="ep-name-of-speaker">Jeane A. Thomas, Partner, Chair, E-Discovery and Information Management Group</strong>
<em id="ep-speaker-firm">Crowell & Moring </em>
– The meet and confer process
– Benefits of cooperation
– What happens when cooperation breaks down
– Proving "undue cost or burden"
SEGMENT 3:
<strong id="ep-name-of-speaker">Steven C. Bennett, Partner, Chair, e-Discovery Committee Founding Member, Sedona Conference Working Group on International E-Discovery</strong>
<em id="ep-speaker-firm">Jones Day</em>
- Relations between law firm, client and vendors can get confused. Who is doing what?
- Confusion can produce serious problems. Examples from cases: Qualcomm, Morgan.
- Best practices to address potential problems.
SEGMENT 4:
<strong id="ep-name-of-speaker">Michael R. Geske, Chief Operating Officer</strong>
<em id="ep-speaker-firm">Aphelion Legal Solutions</em>
- Imporved bandwidth and E-Discovery tools portend more outsourcing, including offshore
- Efficiency requires a relationship before a deadline: MSAs and pilot projects
- In-house counsel and outside lawyers must agree upon consultants’ role
- Supervision and ethics: Take it personally
- Litigation and jurisdiction-specific experience at the outsourcing firm are essential
SEGMENT 5:
<strong id="ep-name-of-speaker">Simon Taylor, Senior Director Information Access and Management</strong>
<em id="ep-speaker-firm">CommVault</em>
- Proactive vs. reactive approaches to eDiscovery
- Are information assets becoming a liability
- Business control of retention and deletion
- Cost & risk management of collection, preservation & review
- Repeated litigation; Ongoing eDiscovery efficiency
Who Should Attend:
- General Counsel
- In-house Counsel
- Chief Information Officers
- Computer Forensic Specialists
- E-discovery Lawyers
- Privacy & Data Management Officers
- Records & Information Directors/Managers
- Litigation officers
- Litigation Support Specialists
- Compliance, Risk and IT Managers
Jason R. Baron has served since the year 2000 as Director of Litigation for the National Archives and Records Administration, …
Jeane A. Thomas is Chair of Crowell & Moring’s E-Discovery and Information Management Group and also a partner in the …
Steve Bennett's practice at Jones Day focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, …
Simon is the Senior Director for the CommVault Information Access & Management business worldwide including Information Risk, eDiscovery, Compliance, Information …
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)
Prerequisite:
NONE
Course Code:
083782
Total Credits:
2.0 CLE
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SPEAKERS' FIRMS:
National Archives and Records Administration
About
Aphelion Legal Solutions is a global consulting and legal process outsourcing (LPO) company, with headquarters in Houston, Texas, an office in Washington, DC, and an operations facility in Chennai, India. Aphelion combines the talents of its management team of experienced US-licensed litigators with experienced Indian lawyers and support staff. Aphelion uses these resources to provide a diverse array of consulting services, focused on excellent and highly cost effective document review and privilege logging.
Website: Aphelion Legal Solutions
About
CommVault's Simpana® software provides an effective framework for the management of a range of information management activities including retaining and accessing archive email messages, files and documents, along with backup data. All this is achieved from a single console and a single infrastructure, providing the most comprehensive, risk-adverse and cost managed eDiscovery solution that exists today. More companies every day join those who have discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability, and control only CommVault can offer. Information about CommVault is available at www.commvault.com. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.
Website: CommVault's Simpana
About National Archives and Records Administration
About Crowell & Moring
Website: https://www.crowell.com/
About Jones Day
Website: https://www.jonesday.com/
About CommVault
Website: https://www.commvault.com/
About Aphelion Legal Solutions
Website: https://www.aphelionlegal.com/