Litigation

A Busy November: K&L Gates Partners to Speak at Several E-Discovery Events

By reston, Gates and Ellis

Allegheny County Bar Association CLE - T-BOLT: The Best of Legal Technology

November 10-11, 2008
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

K&L Gates partner David Cohen is co-chair of this conference and will be among the presenters along with another K&L Gates partner, Thomas Smith.

David Cohen will be one of the speakers presenting “Using Automation for Litigation Support” on Tuesday, November 10th at 1:30 p.m.  This session will address issues including docket management and scheduling, document management, and case organization and discuss how technology is helping litigators save time and achieve better results.

Thomas Smith will be one of the speakers presenting “Advanced Issues in e-Discovery” on Tuesday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m.  This session will provide some “advanced tips” for how to better handle e-discovery and how to optimize outcomes, control costs, and avoid sanctions.

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Strafford Publications Live Telephone Conference - E-Discovery Innovation: Cutting Costs with Relevant Quick Peek Agreements

November 12, 2008
Live Telephone Conference
1 – 2:30 p.m. EST

K&L Gates partner Julie Anne Halter will be among the speakers at this event.  The panel will address issues including what the Federal Rules say about relevancy quick peek agreements, the implications of search terms and technology, security considerations and best practices for drafting, among other things.

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NBI CLE - Keeping Up With E-Discovery

November 14, 2008
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA

K&L Gates partners Julie Anne Halter and Todd Nunn will speak at two presentations throughout the day.  The first presentation, “The Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Recent Case Law” will be held at 9:45 a.m. and will address the most recent amendments to the Federal Rules as well as recent decisions and how they affect practitioners.  The second presentation, “Electronic Discovery in the States and Recent Case Law” will be held at 11:00 a.m. and will address how different states are handling a myriad of e-discovery issues and discuss some uniform rules and guidelines that have been proffered by national organizations regarding issues surrounding e-discovery.

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Georgetown Law CLE - E-Discovery from the Corporate Side: Challenges and Solutions

November 19, 2008
Doubletree Hotel Crystal City – National Airport
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202

K&L Gates partner David Cohen is a member of the Steering Committee for this program and will be moderating “Tackling the Tough Issues: Collection, Filtering, Review and Production” beginning at 10:15 a.m.  The session will include discussions of cost saving strategies, the use of technology, and navigating the federal rules, among others.

This program is specifically designed for in house lawyers, paralegals, IT professionals, and records managers.  Click here for more information or to register.
 

Full post as published by eDiscovery Law on November 07, 2008 (boomark / email).