Upcoming Webcast – Vie Privée, Privacidad, Privatsphäre, Privacy: EU Privacy Updates and Other Developments
Date: March 15, 2012 Time: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST
Cross-border e-discovery regulations continue to grow in complexity. New developments, such as the new European Union Data Privacy Regulation and the recent ABA Resolution on international data privacy, are adding more uncertainty for U.S. legal teams trying to comply with and enforce defensible preservation and collection protocols. In this webcast leading attorneys and cross-border e-discovery experts, Ken Rashbaum and James Daley, will explore the following:
- International privacy, data protection and e-discovery laws and their impact on the ability to gather ESI for U.S. litigation
- Implications of recent cross-border e-discovery developments
- Best practices for preservation, collection, review and production of offshore ESI and the advancement of technology to support the processes
The ABCs of ECA
E- Discovery expert Craig Ball noted in a recent article that early case assessment (ECA) is a legal process that significantly predates electronic discovery. While Ball is certainly correct, the explosive growth of electronic stored information (ESI) has propelled e-discovery to the forefront of early case planning and strategizing.
Attorneys Elleanor Chin and Bob Rohlf examined ECA on a recent webcast, De-Mystifying Early Case Assessment (ECA) for Cost-Effective E-Discovery. Here are some of the highlights…
A Very Presidential Weekly Electronic Discovery News Roundup
Happy President’s Day and welcome back to E-Discovery Beat′s regular feature: The Weekly Electronic Discovery News Roundup. Continuing the tradition of keeping our readers up to date with the latest in e-discovery news, best practices and case law. Here is the February 20, 2012 edition, and be sure to check back next week.
On-Demand Webcast – De-Mystifying Early Case Assessment (ECA) for Cost-Effective E-Discovery
Aired Date: February 16, 2012
Since the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect in 2006, global organizations have been forced to reassess their processes and reduce legal spending. The concept of early case assessment (ECA) has emerged as one answer to the legal industry’s struggles; however, the methods and definition for ECA and how to effectively implement it have become extremely confusing. In this webcast the speakers de-mystified the concepts around ECA and equipped attendees with practical steps for effectively implementing ECA to reduce e-discovery costs and reduce risks. Other topics that were addressed in this webcast included:
• The difference between early case assessment and early data analysis
• The different roles of IT, legal and outside counsel in the ECA process
• Leveraging ECA technology to limit the scope and reduce the costs of e-discovery
Distinguishing True E-Discovery Platforms from the Growing List of Pretenders
Every year, a handful of buzzwords emerge from LegalTech that permeate the industry for a number of months before the next batch takes their place. Not surprisingly, “predictive coding” and “e-discovery in the cloud” were among the hot topics at this year’s conference. Somewhat less expected was the prevalent chatter surrounding e-discovery platforms.
Every vendor seems to offer an e-discovery platform these days. Walking up and down the vendor isles at LegalTech, one could seemingly spot the word “platform” on marketing materials and booths almost as frequently as “e-discovery.”
The Weekly Electronic Discovery News Roundup
Welcome back to E-Discovery Beat′s regular feature: The Weekly Electronic Discovery News Roundup. Continuing the tradition of keeping our readers up to date with the latest in e-discovery news, best practices and case law. Here is the February 13, 2012 edition, and be sure to check back next week.
Pippins v. KPMG Ruling Affirmed: What does this tell us about E-Discovery?!
By Mike Hamilton, J.D.
It’s finally here, the Southern District of New York’s court ruling on Pippins v. KPMG! E-discovery pundits, bloggers and attorneys have anxiously awaited this decision, hoping it would add more clarity to questions surrounding proportionality, how ‘key players’ in a matter are defined, and what constitutes relevant evidence for preservation purposes. Read more
LegalTech New York Pounds Home Theme that Process is Paramount in E-Discovery
A session moderator at last week’s LegalTech New York astutely pointed out that the “hottest” topics in e-discovery are usually those that elicit the most fear. It should be no surprise that some of the most widely discussed themes at this year’s conference included e-discovery in the cloud, social media and computer-assisted review. These topics represent a new e-discovery “frontier” in which legal teams are understandably treading very cautiously.
E-Discovery Project Management: Bringing Process to Practice
