About this Conference

FACULTY LIST

Conference Agenda

December 2

9:00 am - 9:45 am

THE CASES YOU MUST KNOW

• Expert analysis of recent decisions relating to electronic discovery
• Qualcomm, Inc. v. Broadcom Corp
• Mancia v. Mayflower Textile Services Co.
• Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc.
• United States v. O'Keefe
• Keithley v. Homestore.com, Inc.

9:45 am - 10:15 am

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2009 SOCHA-GELBMANN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY SURVEY

• Understanding fast paced developments and trends in the field

10:15 am - 11:15 am

E-DISCOVERY TOOLS & TECHNIQUES FOR THE MID TO LARGE-SIZED LAW FIRM

• Optimizing skills and resources
• Establishing and maintaining records management policies and retention schedules
• Enhancing returns on e-discovery management investment

11:15 am- 11:30 pm

COFEE BREAK

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

A VIEW FROM THE BENCH

• Judges' panel on the current state of electronic discovery
• Feedback on 2006 Amendments as well as current issues from the last 18 months
• Insight on current interpretations as well as future directions
• Bring your questions!

12:45pm - 1:45pm

NETWORKING LUNCHEON

1:45pm - 2:45pm

ETHICS LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HEADLINES: WHAT QUALCOMM, BRAY & GILLESPIE v. LEXINGTON INSURANCE, ETC. TAUGHT US

• Examination of pre-rules cases for lessons in data preservation and production
• Key lessons for proactivity in electronic discovery
• Topical discussions including: failure to search and/or produce, options for asserting privilege claims after production, the use of "clawbacks" and "quick peeks," and the impact of FRE 502

2:45pm - 3:45pm

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COST CONTROL

• Key guidelines in establishing and maintaining e-discovery project management
• Keeping costs under control
• Necessary steps from building the perfect team to identifying and evaluating vendors

3:45pm - 4:15pm

COFEE BREAK

4:15pm - 5:15pm

LITIGATION HOLDS PROGRAMS: WHY YOU NEED TO BE PROACTIVE - AND HOW YOU CAN DO IT SUCCESSFULLY (WITHOUT REINVENTING THE WHEEL!)

• Early assessment and advance planning for ESI
• Effective records retention policies, legal hold policies and procedures and document retrieval processes
• Establishing preparedness practices to respond to litigation systematically
• Translating ESI procedures into cost savings

5:00pm - 6:00pm

RECEPTION

Conference Faculty

Conference Sponsors

Anacomp

Anacomp’s CaseLogistix is an electronic document review platform for litigation on any scale. CaseLogistix’ intuitive and flexible user interface, review workflow automation, powerful searching and unique dynamic foldering functionality greatly reduces post-FRCP document review time and expense. CaseLogistix supports both TIFF image and native file review and is completely Unicode compliant.
www.anacomp.com

DÆGIS

DÆGIS provides complete discovery solutions to law firms and corporate counsel. Our expertise spans the discovery life cycle from consulting, collection, electronic and paper discovery, to database development services. DÆGIS’ professionals apply vast experience in the litigation support, legal and IT industries to create customized solutions that address unique challenges..
www.daegis.com

HIRECounsel

HIRECounsel is a national legal staffing agency providing complete staffing and service solutions including temporary attorney and paralegal staffing, turnkey office space solutions, IT support, project management and temp-to-perm and permanent hires. HIRECounsel operates as one seamless company with all of our offices working together through one national database.
www.hirecounsel.com

Oce Business Services

Océ Business Services is one of the world’s leading providers of document process management services and technology to law firms, corporations and the public sector.
www.obs-innovation.com

Stratify

Stratify, an Iron mountain Company, provides advanced eDiscovery services that minimize risk, reduce costs, and simplify the eDiscovery process for law firms and General Counsel. The Stratify Legal Discovery service provides easy-to-use concept-based review, robust foreign language support, and advanced document and visual email analytics for hi-productivity reviews.
www.stratify.com

Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information, and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance, and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries.
www.symantec.com

TechLaw Solutions

TechLaw Solutions has a 25-year track record helping organizations in the litigation support and eDiscovery process. Our focus is to help mitigate client risk, address litigation preparedness and manage costs. Offerings include forensic data collection, advanced eDiscovery processing, online hosting with foreign language, native file and accelerated review capabilities, as well as hard-copy information management.
www.techlawsolutions.com