Discovery Resources

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…

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…