Discovery Resources

Connecticut rings in the new year with new rules, joining the pack of some 30 states now basing e-discovery rules in whole or in part on the 2006 Amendments. Florida and Massachusetts are considering new rules and the District of Columbia is awaiting approval of pending proposed rules. Also, Oregon has some minor amendments going into effect this year and Pennsylvania has some proportionality concepts brewing. A dozen states remain without action.

Tom Allman, a leading state e-discovery expert, joined the year-end Fios webcast and presented updates on state e-discovery activity. He discussed the impact of the 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on key e-discovery issuescontinue…

Over the past year, legal project management has become a popular topic at e-discovery conferences, legal education courses and white papers. A recent example could be found at the Litigation Summit and Expo (#LITSUM) held this week (Nov. 15-16). The session, entitled “Legal Project Management: Best Practices for eDiscovery Projects,” was presented by Bobby Malhotra, Staff Counsel at Munger, Tolles & Olson and our own Joanna Harrison, Sales Consultant at Fios. Thank you Bobby and Joanna for a very informative presentation and for sharing best practices and practical tips for applying project management principals to e-discovery projects.

ALM, the organization behind LegalTech New York and LegalTech Westcontinue…

Date: Thursday December 8, 2011
Time: 1:00 PM ET (60 minutes)

In his fifth annual Fios webcast, Tom Allman, the leading expert on state e-discovery rules, provides an update on state-level activities. Fios’ Rebecca James moderates this informative session which covers the following topics:

• The impact of the 2006 amendments on state
  e-discovery rule-making
• Key e-discovery issues with special relevance
  for states
• The status of preservation and spoliation
  rule-making efforts

Register Now to attend and learn about particularly crucial state case developments, including an increasing number of examples that diverge from federal precedent.

Moderator:
Rebecca James, Esq., Programs Manager, Fios, Inc.

Faculty:
Thomas Y. Allman,continue…

On October 12th, Fios was delighted to host Ralph Losey (partner and chair of Jackson Lewis’ Electronic Discovery Practice), Farrah Pepper (of counsel and vice chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Electronic Discovery and Information Law Practice Group), and Christina Daskas (e-discovery attorney at Jackson Lewis), who joined me in presenting a webcast focused on recent case law updates. We explored several cases and their related issues, including social media preservation, email attachments and e-discovery cost recovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1920.

Katiroll Co. Inc. v. Kati Roll & Platters, Inc. (D.N.J. Aug. 3, 2011)

Farrah talked about the hot topic of social media. She discussed a trademark infringement disputecontinue…

Date: Wednesday October 12, 2011
Time: 1:00 PM ET (60 minutes)

This quarterly case law update from Fios explores recent court decisions related to e-discovery, the impact these cases may have and are already having, and tactics and strategies organizations should consider to help control their e-discovery risks.

Rebecca James will be joined by special guests Ralph Losey, National e-Discovery Counsel and Chair of the Electronic Discovery Practice Group at Jackson Lewis; Christina Daskas, also from Jackson Lewis; and Farrah Pepper, of counsel and Vice Chair of the Electronic Discovery and Information Law Practice Group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

The panel discusses highlights of issues and cases including:

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On September 21st, Fios was delighted to host Craig Ball (attorney and forensic technologist), Leigh Isaacs (director of information management and records at Orrick), and Dale Beauchamp (branch chief at DHS), who joined me and Karl Flusche (Fios’ evidence collection manager) in presenting a webcast focused on data mapping. We explored the critical elements of managing, identifying and collecting electronically stored information (ESI).

Would it be challenging for you or your client’s organization to find and collect data for a law suit or regulatory investigation? For many organizations, whether or not they have information management plans in place, it is difficult to prepare for litigation. You can’t preserve, collect, processcontinue…

Date: Wednesday September 21, 2011
Time: 1:00 PM ET (60 minutes)

Join Fios for an enlightening session on data mapping. Rebecca James will be moderating a discussion with forensic expert Craig Ball, Fios’ evidence collection manager Karl Flusche, Orrick’s records and information management director Leigh Isaacs, and a special guest from the Department of Homeland Security.

The esteemed panel will discuss “at need” data mapping – when clients are faced with imminent litigation and are scrambling to locate and collect ESI. We will also address “pre-need” data mapping – where clients have the opportunity to produce a detailed picture of their information systems before specific litigation is pending. Additionally,continue…

Thirty-three years ago the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) was not ILTA. It was not even a formally organized entity. The original group was made up of forty to fifty professionals, most of them from large law firms nationwide, who came together to discuss a common problem: All had purchased the industry’s first computerized finance package for their law firms and all were having troubles. The product was expensive, it was new technology and it was riddled with challenges for users. The pre-ILTA gang was essentially a product user group connected by shared problems stemming from an investment they had in common.

The group members had high expectations for thecontinue…

ILTA 2011 is just around the corner and Fios is busy with the usual pre-show excitement. We’re busy readying Relativity powered by Fios® and Fios Clarify™ demo presentations, prepping for meetings and doing all the usual hard work that comes with these types of shows.

Why are we going through all the trouble and effort to prepare for ILTA 2011? We’re very enthusiastic about some great new software enhancements and show announcements. We have some really fun events planned and great giveaways for the e-discovery faithful that drop by our booth. But the realcontinue…

In Parts I and II of this series, we surveyed lawyers and non-attorney litigation support professionals on their views of certification in electronic discovery. For this third and final part of the series, we spoke directly to the credentialing organizations who are currently offering the certification.

Unnecessary angst

Debate continues as many are still on the fence about whether certification in e-discovery is appropriate. Some, however, are joining “camps” and are now “for” it or “against” it. Those who are for certification generally support it in the name of encouraging education. Those who are against certification are more skeptical about its value, but are they criticizing certification itself orcontinue…