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Want to Get Primed for TAR? The Sedona Conference Has You Covered

Photo of Gilbert S. KeteltasBy Gilbert S. Keteltas on Posted in TAR, The Sedona Conference
The Sedona Conference recently announced the release of its Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Case Law Primer. While this final version of the primer will be published in the Summer 2017 Sedona Conference Journal, the final/prepublication edition can be downloaded at no charge here. Why is this primer needed? As noted by The Sedona Conference’s deputy … Continue Reading

Karin Jenson Talks to Above the Law About Trends in E-Discovery

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in The Sedona Conference
Partner Karin Scholz Jenson, national leader of BakerHostetler’s E-Discovery Advocacy and Management team was interviewed in an article published by Above the Law on March 1, 2016. The article focuses on trends in E-Discovery and on the upcoming 10th Annual Sedona Conference Institute Program on eDiscovery, for which Jenson is a co-chair. Read the article. … Continue Reading

Retooling Your Practice Under the New Rules with The Sedona Conference Institute: a Case Summary (Part 2)

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in E-Discovery Rules, The Sedona Conference
By Karin Jenson, national leader, E-Discovery Advocacy and Management Team and Co-Chair of The 2016 Sedona Conference Institute And Jacqueline K. Matthews, BakerHostetler associate Every year, The Sedona Conference Institute keeps us ahead of the e-discovery curve with panels such as the famous Case Law Update and Judicial Roundtable.  This year’s Institute will be devoted … Continue Reading

Retooling Your Practice Under the New Rules with The Sedona Conference Institute: a Case Summary (Part 1)

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in The Sedona Conference
By Karin Jenson, national leader, E-Discovery Advocacy and Management Team and Co-Chair of The 2016 Sedona Conference Institute And Jacqueline K. Matthews, BakerHostetler associate Every year, The Sedona Conference Institute keeps us ahead of the e-discovery curve with panels such as the famous Case Law Update and Judicial Roundtable.  This year’s Institute will be devoted … Continue Reading

From Sedona to Georgetown to New York—What’s Fashionable in eDiscovery This Year?

Photo of James A. ShererBy James A. Sherer and Karin Scholz Jenson on Posted in E-Discovery Advocacy and Management, E-Discovery Rules, LegalTech, TAR, The Sedona Conference
It’s that time of year, when bench, bar, vendors, and clients think big eDiscovery thoughts. They go to The Sedona Conference (which is not in Sedona), Georgetown Law’s Advanced eDiscovery Institute (which is not at Georgetown Law—but close!), and in a few short months, LegalTech New York (which, bucking the trend, is in New York). … Continue Reading

Is “double-deletion” of e-mail evidence of conspiracy, spoliation, or legitimate activity?

By Karin Scholz Jenson on Posted in Antitrust, The Sedona Conference
The recent e-book price fixing lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Apple and individual book publishers includes allegations that the publishers recognized the “illicit nature” of their communications because they “took steps to conceal their communications with one another, including instructions to ‘double delete’ email…” Conspiracy allegations aside, DOJ’s cloak-and-dagger allegations belie … Continue Reading

Production Gaps in Two Kansas Employment Cases Lead to Evidentiary Hearing and Order to Produce Hard Drive Images

Photo of Paul LevineBy Paul Levine on Posted in Gap Analysis, The Sedona Conference
Co-authored by: Gil Keteltas In reviewing an opponent’s production of electronically stored information (ESI), you may start out with the common sense question, “What information is missing that I expected to see based on the claims and defenses in dispute?”   This question, a somewhat informal “gap analysis,” is central to two recent employment litigation decisions … Continue Reading

Sedona Conference Issues Draft Guidance on Ethics and Metadata

Photo of Gilbert S. KeteltasBy Gilbert S. Keteltas on Posted in Ethics, Metadata, The Sedona Conference
The Sedona Conference’s recently published draft Commentary on Ethics & Metadata is a practical guide to the different and sometimes conflicting duties a lawyer faces in two very different contexts: every day communications with third parties and discovery.  In short – context is everything when it comes to metadata. The Commentary begins with a brief … Continue Reading
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