Legal Commentary

Thursday's opening sessions of the Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute were pure bliss for e-discovery professionals, featuring the top judges who are shaping the development of EDD with their landmark decisions.

The opening keynote featured the Honorable James Holderman, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the self-proclaimed chief cheerleader of the 7th Circuit Pilot Project, which is trying to reform EDD protocols.

It was followed by the Judge Shira Scheindlin show, the e-discovery equivalent of Katy Perry on "Saturday Night Live." The discussion, with fellow judges querying her landmark rulings, was positively electric.  Scheindlin, right, is a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York.)

Tweeted one attendee, "Judges Scheindlin and Rosenthal on the same panel. Been waiting all year."

Read more about it here and here.

Update: Chris Bright of Zaaproved posted a transcript of the Scheindlin et. al program, here on his Legal Hold Pro Tracker blog.