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• 2012: The Year Ahead in e-Discovery -

  This time last year, e-discovery future telling was in full swing. Looking back, how did some of the top predictions of 2011 pan out? Check out the success rate here. So, what’s coming in 2012?

  The weather forecasting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, will not see his shadow on February 2 at Gobbler’s Knob – winter will not be extended!

  Phil doesn’t do e-discovery forecasts, but there’s no shortage of well-known voices from the industry making their best guesses and sharing their predictions. Over the past few weeks, blogs, tweets and articles have been forecasting what’s to come. No doubt this buzz will continue at the upcoming LegalTech New York (LTNY).

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• Ethics and Legal Technology: LegalTech New York -

  As e-discovery evolves and new legal technology emerges, practitioners need to invest in continued learning to maintain competence in the field and compliance with ethical standards. To help you stay current on case law, tools and rules impacting e-discovery and keep up with ethics standards, LegalTech New York (LTNY), is providing excellent educational tracks, including an opportunity to earn 5.5 units of ethics credit.

  Ethics, generally, is a set of rules for “right conduct” or a system of moral principles. What determines the “rightness” or “wrongness” of certain actions (or inactions) and the motives for such actions? The answers to such questions are not absolute; rather, ethical behavior is oftencontinue…

• 2012: Eye on the States (New Year, New Rules) -

  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…

• e-Discovery Project Management presentation at Litigation Summit and Expo -

  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 West Coastcontinue…