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Thursday, April 24, 2008 (Day 1)
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8:30 AM
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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9:00 AM
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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9:10 AM
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Keynote Address:
Significant E-Discovery Cases Post FRCP ESI Amendments - What Can We Do To Help Avoid Similar Consequences?
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Sherry B. Harris
SR. Case Management Specialist
Hunton & Williams LLP
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9:45 AM
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Effective Vendor Selection and Negotiating
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*How to avoid the pitfalls in selecting a vendor
*Learn new negotiation strategies—what to look out for?
* Strategic use of vendors- when to use more than one vendor in your litigation
In selecting a vendor, there are key factors and concerns that are taken in to consideration. This panel will address those concerns and provide negotiation strategies that can be used to get the best deal. It will also address how things should be structured when there is more than one vendor being used on the case.
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Jennifer E. Tomaino, Esq
Litigation & Electronic Discovery Specialist
Verizon Legal Department
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Oliver Gierke
Litigation Case Manager
White & Case LLP
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10:45 AM
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Morning Break
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11:00 AM
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Communication Problems concerning E-Discovery—Getting all the parties on the same page ( Attorneys, Paralegals, Litigation Support and the Vendors)
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*How to achieve more effective case management
*Learn how to provide data in a timely manner to meet deadlines
*Time Management
In order for there to be an efficient and effective approach to discovery, there must be clear communication amongst all the parties involved. In other words, all parties must be on “the same page” with a clear understanding of expectations and what is feasible to deliver in order to meet the discovery deadlines. This panel will address this topic from a government perspective.
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David Shonka, Esq
Assistant General Counsel for Litigation & Chair for Federal Trade Commission E-Discovery
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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11:50 AM
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Learn New Cost Containment Strategies
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In an ever cost conscious world, e-discovery production can get quite costly. This panel will address ways to economize when undertaking this task. It will discuss how cost containment can be achieved.
* The cost equation of sifting through e-discovery—what are the cost components?
* Learn helpful hints for economizing
* Vendors and Cost Containment
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Tom O'Connor
Consultant
Legal Electronic Documents Institute
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12:45 PM
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Luncheon
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1:45 PM
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Corporate E-Discovery Teams: the Emerging Gold Standard
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E-discovery teams offer the best solution for medium to large size companies to solve the vexing problems of e-discovery. This presentation will explain how these interdepartmental teams work, what they do, and the problems they must overcome to operate successfully.
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Ralph Colby Losey, Esq
Co-Chair of the Akerman Senterfitt's E-Discovery Team
Akerman Senterfitt
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2:30 PM
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Achieving a State of Litigation Readiness—Bringing About Effective Dialogue between Inside and Outside Counsel and the IT Department
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As companies prepare for litigation, they need to be keenly aware about there being an effective dialogue between inside and outside counsel and the IT Department. This panel will highlight key important issues in the area from the in-house and outside counsel perspectives.
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Scott Cohen
Director of Practice
Proskauer Rose LLP
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Dottie (Dorothy) Perillo
Corporate Paralgal
DuPont Legal
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3:15 PM
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How EDD is Changing the Job Market ?
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E-discovery is exploding, and now is a $2 billion industry that is expected to double by 2009. With that growth will come an increasing demand for litigation support staff -- and huge opportunities for talented paralegals and other litigation professionals, even a new tier of attorneys.
How can you capitalize on these opportunities, and avoid common mistakes as you climb the law firm, corporate or vendor ladder?
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Monica Bay
Editor in Chief, Law Technology News
ALM
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4:15 PM
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Afternoon Break
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4:25 PM
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How do you protect against e-discovery misconduct?
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E-Discovery is a relatively new area and there are traps to beware of. You need to know how to determine whether key documents are being withheld. You need to know if there has been deliberate duplication of documents. This panel will discuss a wide range of issues concerning E-Discovery Misconduct and provide helpful tools to prevent such conduct.
*How to identify key documents that have been withheld
*How to detect document and production scrambling
*Deliberate duplication of documents
*Conducting vendor oversight
*What safety nets are implemented by vendors?
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Kenton Hutcherson
Inventor of Patent-Pending Methods to Detect e-Discovery Misconduct
The Hutcherson Law Firm
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5:15 PM
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Effective Deposition Technology & Services Demonstration followed by Networking Cocktail Reception
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A demonstration of how the latest technology enables you to “attend” depositions remotely and provide your attorney with relevant evidence at the precise moment it will have the most impact—when the deponent is right in front of them. Learn how to receive live transcript text and video of the deponent right at your desk, how to send excerpts of conflicting testimony directly to the on-site attorney’s screen and how to get a jump on deposition summaries. Following the demonstration, there will be a networking cocktail reception.
West Court Reporting Services, a division of LiveNote and a Thomson business
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David Cochran
Director of Sales
West Court Reporting Services
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