Does Size Matter In Electronic Discovery – Part 1
Listen to an all star panel discuss the impact size has on electronic discovery cases and on electronic records management. In this show we critique three cases which involved midsize participants. We also discussed ideas and best practices for the midsized law firm and the midsized corporate client.
Read MoreDoes Size Matter In Electronic Discovery – Part 2
Listen to part 2 of an all star panel discuss the impact size has on electronic discovery cases and on electronic records management. In this show we critique three cases which involved midsize participants. We also discussed ideas and best practices for the midsized law firm and the midsized corporate client.
Read MoreElectronic Discovery Pioneers Share Their Tips – Part 1
Listen to an all star panel provide tips on electronic discovery on what works in electronic discovery, what’s practical in electronic discovery, and what not to do in electronic discovery cases. This show was recorded on May 30, 2007 by BNA’s Digital Discovery and e-Evidence publication as part of a series of Electronic Discovery audiocasts I moderated.
Read MoreElectronic Discovery Pioneers Share Their Tips – Part 2
Listen to part 2 of an all star panel providing tips on electronic discovery and on what works in electronic discovery, what’s practical in electronic discovery, and what not to do in electronic discovery cases. This show was recorded on May 30, 2007 by BNA’s Digital Discovery and e-Evidence publication as part of a series of Electronic Discovery audiocasts I moderated.
Read MoreElectronic Discovery Tips
Listen to Stephanie “Tess” Blair, the leader of AmLaw 100 law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius’ eData team talk about views on the developing field of electronic discovery. Tess is a nationally recognized thought leader in electronic discovery. She is a member of The Sedona Conference® Working Group on eDiscovery, member of ARMA Electronic Discovery Advisory Board, Member, The Electronic Discovery Reference Model Working Group, and a Member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Council of the Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management. Her practice group, eData, executes “best practices” designed to provide clients with state-of-the-art records and discovery management, knowledge sharing, and collaboration resources.
Read MoreNavigating the Rapids of International Electronic Discovery
Listen to Electronic Discovery pioneer Jim Daley from Kansas City, MO based Daley Crowley LLP talk about the differences in Electronic Discovery once you leave the United States, including heightened privacy rules, harder project management and other issues associated with the international electronic discovery case.
Read MoreThe Role of Special Masters in Electronic Discovery
What is the basis of the Special Master in an electronic discovery case? When do you hire one? How do you hire a Special Master? What exactly does a Special Master do? Who pays for a Special Master? How does a Special Master impact the rights of the parties in litigation?
Read MoreEffectively Interviewing Custodians To Find ESI
Listen to Sherry Harris, from the law firm Hunton Williams based in Richmond, Virginia discuss the process of effectively interviewing a custodian to identify and collect only the meaningful, targeted folders of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). In this podcast, Sherry Harris will closely parallel the e-collection process to the paper collection process used by many for a long time.
Read MoreWhy Attorneys Are Challenged By Electronic Discovery
Listen to an overview of why attorneys are often challenged by Electronic Discovery concepts and managing Electronic Discovery cases. Laura Bandrowsky is the Practice Support Director at the national law firm Duane Morris LLP and is based in Philadelphia, PA. She is a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production.
Read MoreThe Critical Role of Preservation in an Electronic Discovery
Listen to attorney David Ries describe the oft missed importance of requesting that your adversary preserve their electronic data. How to do this effectively, why it is important and how attorneys can mess this step up are some of the issues on preservation that we will address. This show will take you from the trigger of litigation through the preservation analysis. We will be recording a show specifically on litigation holds which is logically a good show to listen to after this podcast.
Read MoreElectronic Discovery Advice for Small Law Firms
This show is intended to explore why there is a gap in knowledge in this field between large law firms and smaller practitioners. What tensions this gap in knowledge can place on the legal system as well as on clients of small law firms when electronically stored information is an issue in a case. Lastly, we will attempt to offer some advice to small law firms and solo practitioners on how to approach getting more comfortable with electronic discovery.
Read MoreSearch and Retrieval Tips from the Bench
In this episode we talk about the evolution of search and retrieval from the 10,000 foot perspective, the importance of documenting what you do, how experimenting plays a role in search and retrieval, how common law supports changing the model for search and retrieval and some of the flaws in the current search and retrieval model.
Read MoreInnovative Ways to Approach Privilege Logs
Listen to this frank discussion on the abuses which occur when privilege logs are assembled and the wasted resources. Listen also to some tips on how to improve the process. In this podcast we cover where problems typically occur in privilege reviews, the toll document review of massive amounts of ESI is taking on the profession, quality and cost concerns with manual reviews, how using metadata to construct a privilege log can reduce some of the manual aspects of compiling a privilege log, how the Federal Rules offer support in this process although creating a specific description which judges appreciate might be a challenge, why having a process is so critical in doing a privilege review, to what extent judges will accept using other techniques outside of page by page review to do a privilege review, and why it’s important to get your approach outlined into terms any 12 year old can understand.
Read MoreRecords Management Tips – Practical Advice
Listen to past President of ARMA, Carol Choksy discuss why records management can be challenging to set up from the 10,000 foot level. Carol has worked in records management for more than 25 years. She has advised organizations in nearly every public industry sector as well as federal, state, and local government and NGOs on five continents. Her industry experience includes every phase of the records life cycle, particularly where technology has created problems. She has been a Certified Records Manager since 1996, and Project Management Professional since 2006.
Read MorePt 1 Building An E-Discovery Process For Success – All Star Panel
This was the first online CLE program I hosted with Pike & Fischer back in December of 2006, the predecessor to BNA’s Digital Discovery and e-Evidence publication. Given the fact there have been at least 80 shows since, it must have gone alright. I believe this was one of the first shows on the electronic discovery circuit which attacked the nuts and bolts of an electronic discovery project in the trenches.
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