Why Aren't You Using Technology Assisted Review Yet?

If you haven't noticed, e-discovery is bigger than ever. Just look at the news for the past couple months and you'll see the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Mueller investigation, GDPR, and more. But the e-discovery community is still missing a comprehensive report reviewing what has changed in the last year. . . . Until now.
Register for this webcast and you'll get insider analysis of The State of E-Discovery 2018 Report, including:
•E-Discovery spend trends and how legal teams are trying to cut e-discovery costs
•How legal departments are trying to be more efficient and improve their processes
•How courts are ruling on e-discovery issues and how to maintain e-discovery defensibility

Many have heard of the Panama and Paradise Papers where millions of sensitive documents were released to the public. Cybersecurity is not a new issue and the damage caused by attacks is rising exponentially each year. In fact, it is expected that cybercrime damages will reach 6 trillion dollars by 2021. Of the organizations targeted, law firms are seeing a rise in attacks due to the nature of the data they hold. In this presentation, a panel consisting of legal and technology experts, moderated by Tim Opsitnick of TCDI, will discuss the current trends in cyber attacks, why attackers are focusing on law firms and the techniques they implement, and the legal and ethical obligations a lawyer has in regard to protecting his or her clients' confidential data. Speakers include David Shonka, Former Acting General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission; Eric Vanderburg, Vice President, TCDI; and Kevin F. Brady, Of Counsel, Redgrave LLP.

Legal departments are tasked with managing more data, from more sources than ever before during e-discovery. The exponential growth of data sets, coupled with the need to reduce cost while still ensuring data security and privacy, can feel overwhelming.

We’ve seen a rapid migration to the cloud by corporations as a way of managing data, reducing overhead expense, improving efficiency and collaboration and other advantages. But the movement to the cloud can also present some challenges, especially when e-discovery requires collection of data out of cloud platforms.

Join us for a thoughtful discussion on the challenges and advantages of e-discovery and the cloud, where we’ll cover:
•Key e-discovery considerations when establishing a cloud migration plan
•Challenges of collecting data stored in the cloud as part of an e-discovery investigation
•GDPR and other privacy considerations for data in the cloud
•And more

Get a sneak peek at new legal research conducted by EDRM/Duke Law, Exterro and BDO Consulting on how judges are enforcing new e-discovery rules in their courtrooms along with judicial insight for improving e-discovery outcomes. In this webinar, two federal judges will walk attendees through the judges survey results and offer their own perspectives for implementing defensible but yet proportional e-discovery practices.

We'll discuss what federal judges see as:

- The primary cause of e-discovery problems and how to fix them
- The easiest way for legal teams to improve e-discovery outcomes
- The "must-do" preservation activities to ensure your actions are defensible

Hosted by George Socha, cofounder, EDRM. Sponsored by Exterro.

Learn about technology-assisted review methodologies, workflows, and uses in this comprehensive overview of TAR. We'll review what predictive coding methods are available, how they work, and what methods are recommended for specific situations. And we'll hear from a federal judge on why you need to understand TAR.

Hosted by Jim Waldron, director, EDRM. Sponsored by Knovos.

The year is almost over, but before we start looking ahead to 2018 it's important to look back and clearly understand how your e-discovery and legal processes stack up against those of your peers. In this upcoming webcast, learn how in-house legal departments are trying to become more productive and reduce legal spend. We'll review new legal research conducted by EDRM/Duke, Exterro and BDO Consulting to examine trends, what's working, and what's not.

Join us for a discussion of the E.U. General Data Protection Regulation and the new People’s Republic of China data privacy law and the potential impact on e-discovery in litigation. We'll also discuss how changing technologies in cloud computing might impact preservation and collection in e-discovery, including cross-border data sharing. Presenters include experienced attorneys from Dechert LLP based in the U.S., Asia and the E.U. The session will conclude with a Q&A.

Moderator: Jim Waldron – Director, EDRM
Speakers:
Timothy C. Blank – Partner, Boston
Hilary Bonaccorsi – Associate, Boston
Dr. Olaf Fasshauer – National Partner, Munich
Philip Kwok – Associate, Hong Kong

Technology Assisted Review (TAR) has been judicially approved for use in appropriate cases for several years now and is a powerful tool to maximize efficiency, accuracy, and savings in document review, legal investigations, and beyond. Yet most corporate legal departments and law firms are not utilizing this tool. What is holding them back? In this webinar sponsored by NightOwl Discovery, learn from industry experts about low-risk use cases for your first predictive coding project and practical tips from the trenches on what has (and has not) worked to educate and prepare the legal team to use TAR (or predictive coding), to set up the project and deadlines, and to effectively train the system to most efficiently categorize and rank documents.

Join George Socha, co-creator of the EDRM, as he moderates a conversation with Bonnie Kennedy of Delta Air Lines, Avi Benayoun of Greenberg Traurig and Adam Strayer of BDO. They will discuss the TAR workflow and the importance of open communication between and among the client, the law firm, and the service provider. These three litigation and ediscovery experts will talk about expectations, transparency, and some of the information black holes that can develop during the predictive coding process.

EDRM recently released the EDRM Security Audit Questionnaire, designed to help corporations and law firms evaluate the security capabilities of cloud providers and third parties offering electronic discovery or managed services. In this webinar, two of the questionnaire’s designers will provide legal, IT, and corporate professionals with practical guidelines for conducting a security audit.

Presenters will introduce the questionnaire and walk through key benchmarks, weighting, scoring, and best practices for using the questionnaire to evaluate providers. The questionnaire is an Excel-based tool for scoring/assessing the security strengths and weaknesses in any organization. Webinar attendees are encouraged to download and review the Security Audit Questionnaire, available on the EDRM website, prior to the event.

Speakers will reserve time to answer audience questions about the security audit process. Jim Waldron, director of EDRM, and George Socha, cofounder of EDRM and managing director at BDO, will moderate the session.

EDRM has been acquired by Duke Law School’s Center for Judicial Studies. How will this new partnership change EDRM? Where is e-discovery headed in 2017, and how will EDRM maintain and amplify its leadership as a resource for insight and educational tools in e-discovery?

Join us for this webinar to meet the new EDRM team at Duke Law School and hear from Jim Waldron, director, and George Socha, co-founder, on the future of EDRM at Duke, new priority projects, and e-discovery predictions for 2017.

EDRM webinar sponsored by Stroz Friedberg

Successful companies abide by a fundamental business principle: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Lawyers and electronic discovery professionals, however, have been slow to adopt this bedrock tenet, relying instead on more reactive and subjective approaches. As regulatory requirements, data volumes and types, and budget pressures mount, proactively managing litigation portfolios can provide substantial differentiated value. In this webinar, our experts will discuss how pre-defined, comprehensive, and legally defensible managed services programs foster faster identification of responsive and critical information, more efficient and predictable spending, and better litigation outcomes.

Panelists:
•Stephen D. Whetstone
Executive Managing Director & Leader, Electronic Discovery & Disclosure
Stroz Friedberg

•Brad Harris
Vice President of Product Strategy
Zapproved, Inc.

•Bonnie Kennedy
eDiscovery Manager
Delta Air Lines

EDRM Webinar sponsored by Zapproved

Considerations for Corporate Legal Teams Managing E-Discovery in a Changing Tech Environment

As increasing numbers of corporations move to cloud productivity solutions like Microsoft Office 365, Box, Google Apps, and others, the legal department is tasked with the expanded challenge of managing the complex process of e-discovery in an environment where electronically stored information (ESI) is not only growing at an exponential rate but increasing in complexity due to the emergence of cloud sources.

This webinar will share considerations that will help in-house corporate legal teams navigate this process and illustrate the opportunities and the risks cloud data brings and effectively manage e-discovery in a complex tech environment.

Presenters:
* Amy Sellars, Attorney, Williams Companies
* Sarah Thompson, Sr. Product Manager, Zapproved, Inc.

EDRM webinar sponsored by kCura

9 Habits of Resilient e-Discovery Leaders

e-Discovery is one of the most stressful, demanding, and high-stakes experiences that practitioners can go through. What do resilient e-discovery leaders do differently as they face setbacks or chronic adversity? The team will share insights into information leadership gleaned from their research and experience working with lawyers, technologists, and other IG professionals, helping organizations through the e-discovery process.

Speakers:
* Barclay T. Blair, Executive Director and Founder, Information Governance Initiative
* Doug Kaminski, Director, Major Accounts, Enterprise Sales, kCura
* Brian Stempel, Director Litigation Technology, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Moderators:
George Socha, Co-Founder, EDRM and Managing Director, BDO
Tom Gelbmann, Co-Founder, EDRM

“Shift Left”- A New Age of eDiscovery – Analytics and ECA

Sponsored by LexisNexis


More than 90% of all cases settle prior to trial, and Early Case Assessment (ECA) can allow an organization to estimate risk when deciding whether to prosecute or defend a case. Employing analytics during ECA can reduce costs and enable more informed judgements during the early stages of discovery. In this interactive panel discussion, our team of experts will discuss their experience in employing ECA and the new age of integrating analytics early in the process. The discussion will include:

· Strategies on performing an ECA risk/benefit analysis;
· A new way of thinking: employing analytics in ECA?
· How does technology fit in to the process? We will include a discussion of challenges and lessons learned.

When the EU’s highest court invalidated the Safe Harbor protections for transferring data from the EU to the U.S., hundreds of organizations were left scrambling, including law firms, legal service providers, and corporations involved in litigation and investigations. In addition, the proposed EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may severely limit the data that can be legally transferred outside of the EU. Recently, the EC and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an agreement to replace the Safe Harbor agreement on transatlantic data flows with a new EU to U.S. “Privacy Shield.” In this webinar, international law experts will review the Privacy Shield and GDPR, with a focus on the tensions they create for multi-national organizations trying to meet U.S. discovery and investigation obligations.

Speakers:
* M. James Daley, Senior Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
* Emily R. Fedeles, Associate, BakerHostetler
* Kenneth J. Withers, Deputy Executive Director, The Sedona Conference

Cybersecurity Threats and Client Confidential Data: Navigating Risks and Ethical Obligations

Today's digital landscape is rife with constantly-evolving cybersecurity threats. No organization is immune, and all types of corporate data may be at risk, from personal information about customers and employees to intellectual property, litigation materials, business plans - even financial forecasts. Recent high profile data leaks have put a spotlight on law firm security. As custodians of a treasure trove of confidential client data, law firms and legal service providers often are prime targets for cyber criminals seeking access to highly valuable sensitive information.

In this fascinating webinar, we'll examine how ethical and professional obligations apply to the privacy and security of client data attorneys maintain, and discuss the types of incidents that frequently lead to significant breach events, including emerging and growing threats such as ransomware and phishing scams. We'll also use a real-world scenario to explore what typically happens when a breach occurs and consider steps lawyers and service providers may take to help safeguard their clients' data.

Speakers:
* William F. Auther, Partner, Bowman and Brooke LLP
* Melinda L. McLellan, Counsel, BakerHostetler

Sponsored by LexisNexis, this webinar will focus on using analytics and visualizations to gain better insight into your data:

Big Data plays a big role in litigation for many law firms and organizations. Having the ability to cull down your data earlier in the litigation cycle enables your firm or organization to work more efficiently and competitively. Technology is increasingly playing a key role in helping firms and organizations effectively identify and manage the data most important to your litigation. This session will discuss the emerging trends around analytics in eDiscovery, and how your firm or organization can implement best practices to ensure the highest quality results at a lower cost than traditional document reviews.

Speakers:
* Krista Fuller, Director of Product Management, LexisNexis
* Ryan Bilbrey, Managing Director, OmniVere

Moderators:
* George Socha, Co-Founder, EDRM
* Tom Gelbmann, Co-Founder, EDRM