Cost-Saving Strategies for Preserving, Obtaining and Protecting Electronically Stored Information

A 90-minute CLE teleconference with Q&A
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Conducted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 ~ 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT
Now available on CD/DVD
Price: $297

Please note: You will be taken to the Strafford website to complete your order.

This seminar will review the unique issues confronting IP counsel with electronically stored information in litigation. The panel will review the e-discovery rules amendments and how they impact the preservation and production of sensitive IP information and will suggest best practices for e-discovery compliance

Description

Managing e-discovery is especially expensive and challenging in intellectual property (IP) litigation, which often involves technology companies with large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI).

The federal e-discovery rules amendments require companies to implement procedures for the destruction and discovery of sensitive information. Failure to comply could result in sanctions, monetary penalties, and even the loss of valuable patents or other IP.

Listen as our authoritative panel, with experience in IP litigation, identifies unique issues confronting IP counsel in dealing with ESI. The panel will review the rules amendments, how they impact the preservation and production of sensitive IP information, and best practices for e-discovery compliance.

Outline

• Electronically stored information (ESI)-brief overview
  • Definition
  • ESI likely to be requested through discovery in IP cases
• Creating an internal corporate ESI plan
  • Develop and enforce ESI retention policy that includes litigation hold protocol
  • Identify and train an employee(s) to serve as 30(b)(6) witness on issues related to preservation, collection and production of ESI
• Creating a litigation plan
  • Data management
  • Scope of discovery
  • Negotiating with opposing counsel to control e-discovery costs
  • Special considerations-source code, trade secrets

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key questions:

• What are the components of an effective overall electronic information management, retention and destruction strategy for companies with significant IP assets?
• What unique e-discovery issues can arise in IP matters-and what are the best approaches for preserving and collecting potential evidence?
• What time and cost-saving practices should companies and counsel employ to properly preserve electronic information?

Following the speaker presentations, you’ll have an opportunity to listen to the original live Q&A.

Faculty

David D. Cross, Counsel
Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.
He is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and E-Discovery and Information Management Groups. His practice includes intellectual property, antitrust, securities, and general commercial litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. His patent litigation experience includes representing complainants and respondents in fast-paced Section 337 actions before the ITC.

Adam I. Cohen, Senior Managing Director – Technology
FTI Consulting, New York
He is a recognized expert in electronic discovery and electronic information management policy issues. He advises on planning and implementation issues associated with every phase of e-discovery in litigation and investigations as well as electronic information management policies and practices, including proactive litigation readiness and regulatory compliance and cost containment strategies.

Hilary Lane, Vice President, Litigation
NBC Universal, New York
She handles a diverse array of cases, including commercial litigation, employment disputes, libel and news-gathering cases, and intellectual property lawsuits. She has spearheaded the company’s efforts on electronic discovery, working closely with IT and coordinating with industry groups.

Register Today!
Price covers an unlimited number of staff at your office location. Can’t participate in the live seminar? A CD of the full event proceedings, including Q&A and PDF files of all handouts, will be available 10 days after the seminar.

Continuing Legal Education (CD)
Check the order page for states pre-approved for CLE credits. Credits for listening to the CD are available for an additional $65 per person per state.

Other states may grant MCLE credits for listening to the conference CD-check with your state about applying for self-study credit on CD-listening.

Please note: You will be taken to the
Strafford website to complete your order.