Legalworks

Program Highlights

Day 1: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., including luncheon
Day 2: 9:00 a. m. – 4:00 p.m., including luncheon

DAY ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF E-DISCOVERY

1. Why Digital Is Different

How has the proliferation of email affected your discovery requests? What must you change from the days when everything was neatly stored in a file cabinet? Also, learn what makes electronic document discovery different from a computer forensic investigation.

2. Where Data Hides and How Do You Get It?

Email, complex databases, Instant Messaging, Voicemail… each contain nuggets of information with their own trail of crumbs. Learn how to identify and collect all of the pieces associated with your case. Evaluate factors in estimating data volume, restoration and review time and costs.

3. Learning Lab: Test Your Knowledge of Hard Drives, Back-up Tapes, and Miscellaneous High Tech Gadgets

A hands-on learning experience to properly identify media types, their typical use in corporate America and what might reside on them.

4. Preservation & Spoliation When Litigation Ensues– The Technical Fundamentals of Archiving and Destroying Data

This session will address what to do when the perfect preservation letter arrives, teach you how to fire and dodge the spoliation bullet; and advise on how to properly ensure permanent data destruction for when your clients need to enforce a data retention/destruction policy.

E-Discovery Projects and the Digital Evidence Triage Team

This session will cover: phases of an e-discovery project, recommendations on how to build your internal team, and share advice on working with vendors.

6. E-Pitfalls: Learn from the 10 Most Commonly Made E-Discovery Mistakes

An assessment of the common e-discovery mistakes and what you can do to avoid them in your cases

DAY TWO: IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL DETAILS OF E-DISCOVERY

7. Data Filtering & Processing: How it Works and When Do You Need It

pdf v. .tiff v. html v. native – what's the buzz about and why should you care? The technical details of data filtering and how to use it to save time and money.

8. Review & Production of Electronic Documents

How to conduct a review of electronic documents in an online repository; iron out the details for a seamless review. Integrating paper and electronic review. What format should you produce in?

9. Smart Tactics: Using Good RIM Procedures for E-Records Discovery

  1. Discussions and Proposed Legislation
  2. Hold Orders that Work for You
  3. Admissibility of Electronic Records
  4. Being Prepared for the Unexpected - Costs and Improper Use of Technology

10. When Everything Goes Wrong – Managing the Unexpected

  1. Case Study: Coleman (Parent) Holdings, Inc. v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
  2. Strategies to avoid sanctions and preserve privilege
  3. Neutral Experts and Special Masters