Electronic Discovery Law Firm : K&L Gates : Electronic Discovery Law

April 27 – May 1, 2008
San Diego Convention Center
111 West Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
www.visitsandiego.com

K&L Gates partner David R. Cohen will be one of the speakers presenting “An Ounce of Prevention:  Your 12-Step Guide to Avoiding e-Discovery Disasters," on Monday, April 28 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

This session will introduce risk managers, as well as counsel, to the hot topic of e-discovery and discuss concrete steps to reduce risk exposure and costs related to records management and e-discovery.  A series of 5- to 10-minute videotaped vignettes will show scenes from a sample litigation matter involving e-discovery issues.  Relevant information about new rules and case law will be summarized by the panelists and by a federal court judge from one of the videos.  With your input, the scenes will serve as a springboard for an interactive discussion on records management and e-discovery readiness steps.

Additional speakers at this presentation include Michael Lubben of Ryder System, Inc. and Debra Samuel of Alcoa Inc.

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Monday & Tuesday, March 31 & April 1, 2008
Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel
569 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

K&L Gates partner David R. Cohen is a co-chair of this informative two-day conference.  He and K&L Gates partner Martha J. Dawson will be among those presenting and participating on panels, offering practical advice on records management, e-discovery and litigation readiness issues relevant to the life sciences industry.  Click here for additional information, or to register.

Program Overview:

The life sciences industry is particularly vulnerable to the inherent risk that arises out of improper management of electronic documents and e-discovery.  Taking into consideration the numerous regulatory and compliance requirements of the industry, the voluminous amount of electronic information that is consistently created and stored, and the pervasive litigation that surrounds the life sciences industry, companies must adopt proactive document management and e-discovery policies they can strategically implement and effectively enforce across the company.

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March 13-15, 2008
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605

ABA TechShow 2008 offers more than 50 education and training sessions in 16 different tracks.  Sessions are designed to help people at various skills levels learn to make the most effective use of technology in their legal setting.  Whether you are an IT novice or a technocrat, a solo practitioner or a large firm lawyer, ABA TechShow provides programming options that are sure to challenge your thinking and expand your knowledge.

K&L Gates partner David R. Cohen will be participating in two sessions at this popular conference:

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Please join us for in-depth information and discussion about the legal impact of recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Hosted by Microsoft and featuring speakers from K&L Gates, these summits will help equip your company to comply with evolving federal e-discovery requirements and help avoid costly penalties.

To register, or to find out more information about this conference series, please click here.

Seattle Event:
January 29, 10:00AM -1:30PM:  Martha J. Dawson
W Hotel Seattle
1112 4th Avenue
Seattle WA, 98101

Detroit Event:
January 30, 9:00AM-1:00PM:  Thomas J. Smith
Microsoft Corporation - Southfield Office
1000 Town Center, Suite 2000
Southfield, MI 48075

San Francisco Event:
January 31, 8:30AM-11:00AM:  Helen Bergman Moure
Microsoft Corporation - San Francisco Office
835 Market Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94103

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Washington Convention Center
801 Mt. Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC 20001

February 4-6, 2008

K&L Gates partner David E. Cohen will be presenting the opening day keynote address at this inaugural computer forensics event.  David’s presentation, entitled "A Litigation ‘Perfect Storm’:  Why Data Proliferation and E-Discovery are Battering U.S. Businesses,” will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2008.

The Computer Forensics Show is described as the “Don’t Miss!” event of the year for all litigation, accounting and IT professionals.  There will be multiple tracks of sessions offered each day, specifically geared towards the different audiences who will be attending, i.e., “Legal Track,” “Accounting Track,” “IT Security Track,” “IT Security (Advanced) Track,” and “Lab Track.” 

Click here for more information about the event, or to register.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
12 p.m. Luncheon & Program

Sheraton Station Square
300 West Station Square Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

K&L Gates partner David R. Cohen will discuss how to avoid the pitfalls in litigation surrounding e-discovery requests at an upcoming program hosted by the Pittsburgh Chapter of Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (“RIMS”).  The program will be of particular interest to general counsel, compliance officers and CIOs.  Registration begins at 11:45 a.m., and the cost is $30.

Click here to register for the program.

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Thursday, November 15, 2007
9:15 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Kaye Scholer LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, NY

K&L Gates partner David R. Cohen is among the faculty who will speak at this informative program.

A copy of the agenda is available here.

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E-Discovery
Friday, November 16, 2007
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Koppers Building, Ninth Floor
436 Seventh Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

This program, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, will explore current and future discovery rules and their impact on e-discovery; impart techniques technologists employ to find electronic information; describe the types of information available for discovery and the formats in which one can obtain electronic documents, and describe how cost-shifting can impact expenses.

K&L Gates Partner David R. Cohen will speak at the 10:05 a.m. session on the topic of collecting and processing electronically stored information.

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Los Angeles: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
San Francisco: Thursday, September 27, 2007

This interactive program is designed to educate in-house counsel, executives, paralegals, and IT professionals about e-discovery, the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and steps that they should be taking now to achieve litigation readiness and reduce liability exposure. Through a series of videotaped vignettes, participants can see what to do and what not to do with regard to electronic records in litigation. A series of 5-10 minute vignettes provide snapshots throughout the life of a case, from first filing and service of a complaint all the way through trial. The scenarios and mistakes made in the sample case were drawn from real life examples.

The majority of the program is presented in a workshop format that invites comments and questions from the audience together with expert commentary from our panelists from CGOC, PSS Systems and K&L Gates. The final segment of the program is dedicated to outlining steps and tools available for companies to help protect themselves from e-discovery risks and costs.

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April 19 – 20, 2007
Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, D.C.

K&L Gates partner Todd L. Nunn and William B. Dodero of Bayer HealthCare LLC, West Haven, Connecticut, will be making a presentation entitled:  "What about Problematic Forms of ESI: IM, Digital Voicemails, VoIP and Dynamic Databases" tomorrow, April 20, 2007, in Washington, D.C.  The presentation is just one of many occurring during the two-day DRI Electronic Discovery Seminar that begins today. 

DRI’s Electronic Discovery Seminar features several of the most prominent federal court judges and magistrate judges in electronic discovery jurisprudence.  The program also includes corporate counsel and outside counsel with national reputations for defending cases involving complex electronic discovery issues and disputes, and it is structured to address the most important issues in this rapidly developing field in a manner that emphasizes the practical over the theoretical.  The timeliness of the conference—nearly five months after the implementation of the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—provides you with the opportunity to learn from the frontline experiences of the judiciary, corporate clients and leading litigators how to optimize your chances for victory in the new era of discovery under the amended federal rules.

For more information, click here.

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April 16-17, 2007
Four Seasons Hotel
Vancouver, B.C.

K&L Gates partner Helen Bergman Moure presented at this recent event, offering valuable insight into the current state of e-discovery in the United States, including the recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the impact of recent notable cases on document retention standards and practices, and current case law developments.

“This conference is designed to help you contain risk linked to electronic records management and bring you up to date on how laws and procedures are changing to deal with this new reality in both a business and litigation context.  Some highlights of this timely event are:

• Planning an eRecords strategy to ensure records meet new legal standards
• Meeting your obligations in regards to privacy and FOIPPA access requests
• Best records management policies and procedures that are also cost efficient
• Emerging US trends that may affect Canadian standards and litigation
• Obtain a checklist of current solutions for data retention policies
• Learn tips from organizations that have implemented eRecord management systems to save time and money and avoid risk
• Essential insights on avoiding spoliation and related sanctions

For more information about the conference, click here.

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K&L Gates partner Todd L. Nunn will highlight some of the most common e-discovery blunders that parties and their counsel make, and offer practical guidance on how to avoid these missteps, at the Washington State Bar Association's upcoming CLE event entitled "DARE TO DISCOVER: How to Employ and Respond to Discovery Tactics."  The program will take place on Thursday, April 5, 2007, from 8:25 a.m. - 4:15 p.m., with check-in and walk-in registration beginning at 7:30 a.m.  The location of the event is:  

Red Lion on Fifth Avenue, Emerald Ballroom I
1415 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Todd's presentation, "10 Worst E-Discovery Mistakes and How to Avoid Them," begins at 2:45 p.m.

For more information, or to register, click here.

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March 27, 2007

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Hotel Monaco Portland
506 Southwest Washington Street
Portland, OR 97204

K&L Gates partner Helen Bergman Moure will be presenting at this practical seminar which will provide invaluable information on Oregon public meetings laws. The panel will discuss how to efficiently request electronically stored records and how to produce those records if you are acting on behalf of a public body. The materials and presentations offered at this seminar will give you a clear understanding of the requirements for government recordkeeping. This highly informative seminar will also focus on a media perspective of public records. Experienced and well-respected professionals will offer valuable and practical insight and opinions on key issues and concepts.

Click here for more information about attending this seminar.

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Electronic Records Management Pioneers Share Their Tips on What Works, What's Practical, and What Not to Do

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
2:00-4:30PM ET

Don't miss this Special Counsel telecast event featuring K&L Gates' partner David Cohen, co-chair of the firm's Document Analysis Technology Group (DATG) and Records Management practice. 

Program Overview: The new E-discovery rules have had tremendous impact on records management. The complexities are more abundant than ever. The challenges confront all litigators, and the costs are huge.

• An October 2006 survey revealed that only 7% of corporate counsel view their companies as prepared for the new federal rules governing discovery of electronically stored information and 50% were not even aware the new rules were being enacted.
• In-house IT personnel are also sounding the alarm as a Dec. 2006 Computer World Survey, 32% of 170 IT managers and staffers surveyed said they aren't prepared to meet the requirements of the federal edict, 11% said they are somewhat prepared, while 42% said they don't know the status of their companies' preparation.
• This special live audio presentation will help you do more to manage your electronic records. We will be presenting ideas and thoughts from an esteemed panel of innovators and pioneers in the electronic record management field.

This program is appropriate for C level executives, in-house counsel, IT staff, records managers, and outside counsel.  Click here to register or for more information.

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Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) sponsors "E-Discovery for Defense Attorneys" at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center from 8 AM to Noon -- November 2, 2006.  Preston DATG partner, Todd Nunn, will present "A Realist's View of the Impact of E-Discovery on a Defense Firm" and contribute to the CLE's ethics discussion with John Schedler, Lee Smart Cook, Martin & Patterson, James Macpherson, Kopta & Macpherson and Gregory Shelton, Williams Kastner & Gibbs. 

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"Practical Advice for Developing an Effective Discovery Response Plan"

The Preston DATG partners look forward to leading a succession of briefings designed to assist clients in negotiating the perils of electronic discovery with advice for developing actionable plans and tools for navigating through the new federal rules which go into effect December 1, 2006.   Breakfast meetings are scheduled during the next four weeks in five locations:  Spokane--October 24, Seattle--October 31, Orange County--November 8, San Francisco--November 9 and Portland--November 9.

The Washington, DC office of Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP hosts the session during a lunch conference on November 16, 2006.

For further information regarding exact times and locations, please contact David Bowerman at 206.370.6726 or dbowerman@prestongates.com.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Room 2AB
Seattle, WA

Martha Dawson is speaking at this upcoming Washington State Bar Association event on Ethical Issues in Electronic Discovery.  Other speakers include representatives from PACCAR, Avista Corporation, and the University of Seattle School of Law.  Visit www.wsbacle.org/seminars for more information.

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Examine crucial discovery issues facing practitioners today.  Martha Dawson, Program Committee Chair for this WSBA-sponsored CLE, will give an update on the ethical obligations in the complex world of e-discovery on Thursday, October 26, 2006, Seattle Hilton.  Preston partners Helen Bergman Moure and Todd Nunn will moderate separate panels that will explore the ramifications of the new federal rules and the new state rules, both actual and proposed, that relate to litigation and discovery.   Download the event brochure here.

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Preston's Martha Dawson will be a featured speaker at the upcoming In-House Paralegal SuperConference in Philadelphia on October 4-5, 2006.  She will be emphasizing the importance of equiping yourself with the insight and knowledge necessary to implement effective strategies for quickly and efficiently complying with e-discovery requests.  Click here for further conference details.

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The Sedona Conference®, a nonprofit law and policy think-tank, will host their first educational event in Chicago on September 15 focusing on e-discovery and the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  The conference will be held on the Nortwestern University School of Law campus.  Hon. Lee Rosenthal, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Texas, will keynote the session.  For more information on the conference or to register, visit www.thesedonaconference.org.

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Preston partner Helen Bergman Moure is a member of the faculty that will present at the timely half-day pre-conference workshop -- "E-Discovery in Patent Litigation:  New Rules, New Tools" -- East Palo Alto, California.  The pre-conference workshop is scheduled for September 27, 2006.

The new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure covering retention and discovery of electronic evidence are expected to go into effect on December 1, 2006.  This is an opportunity to prepare for these significant changes.  The experts will examine the revisions in the context of patent litigation matters.

 For a brochure and further details on this two-day conference, click here.

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This "Live, Interactive Teleconference with Q & A Session" is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26, 2006, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.  Preston Gates partner Todd L. Nunn, will serve as a panelist serving practical strategies for reducing the risk associated with information management and preservation.  For additional details on this conference sponsored by Strafford Publications, Inc., click here.

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Preston Gates' Helen Moure will be a panelist for this discussion forum scheduled from 12:15-1:15 PM on Tuesday, July 18, 2006, Rainier Square Conference Center, 1301 Fifth Avenue, Atrium Level 3 (between Fourth & Fifth and Union & University), Seattle, Washington.  The session will feature The Honorable Ronald J. Hedges, United States Magistrate Judge, Newark, New Jersey and is co-sponsored by the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington and the King County Bar Association.

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Todd Nunn, Preston Gates partner, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Estrin LegalEd Paralegal SuperConference Minneapolis on September 14-15, 2006.  The way in which e-discovery requests are handled can have a direct and profound impact on the outcome of litigation.  This workshop will illustrate the importance of having a well-reasoned response plan that provides the necessary guidance for efficiently preserving, collecting and reviewing for relevant documents, all while ensuring that e-discovery requests are dealt with promptly and with minimal impact on their ability to do business.  For complete conference information, click here.

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May 22-24 in Chicago.  Presented by Cohasset Associates, Inc.  For more information, visit merconference.com.

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Preston Gates partner Julie Anne Halter is scheduled to present at A Guide to Understanding the New Federal Rules, a CLE seminar hosted by the Defense Research Institute (DRI) on May 18-19, 2006, in Philadelphia. Her section of the program, titled "Beyond the Federal Rules," will cover important electronic discovery issues not covered by the new rules and what companies can do about them.

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January 11, 2006
2-3:00pm EST

An interactive conference call with three federal magistrate judges -- Hon. Paul W. Grimm [D. Md], Hon. John M. Facciola [D. D.C.] and Hon. Ronald J. Hedges [D. N.J.]-- moderated by Jonathan Redgrave and presented by Pike & Fisher.

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New York, NY
September 29-30, 2005

This senior level forum will go beyond the basics and will equip corporate counsel, knowledge managers and legal technology experts with the tools required to stay ahead of the E-Discovery game. Up to the minute case studies and presentations by a distinguished conference faculty will provide insight on how to manage the costs of disclosure. Attendees will learn the most advanced approaches for tackling their E-discovery issues, emerging economic models and cutting-edge technology being employed by leading companies and top electronic discovery experts. For more information, click here.

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Best Practices for Corporate Counsel
San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf
April 7-8, 2005

This senior-level forum will provide a legislative and strategic update on how to effectively manage electronic information. Corporate counsel will learn how to protect themselves against e-discovery claims before they spiral out of control. Up to the minute case studies and presentations presented by a distinguished, multi-disciplinary faculty will provide insight on how to effectively manage the costs of disclosure, whether before or during litigation.

Featured speakers include Gregory McCurdy, Senior Counsel, Litigation, Microsoft, Elenora Mantovani, AGC, Apple Computer, Neal Rubin, Senior Litigation Counsel, Cisco Systems, and Edward C. Wolfe, Attorney, General Motors.

Click here for complete conference details.

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April 19-20, 2005
Park Hyatt Hotel, Phladelphia
Produced by American Conferences

Similar to the Second Annual Advanced Forum on Document Retention & E-Discovery, this CLE is geared specifically to the pharmaceutical industry. Representatives from Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Wyeth and others will be on hand to share their perspectives. Download the conference flyer here.

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March 15-16, 2005
Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel, San Francisco
Produced by American Conferences

Preston Gates' Helen Moure will be co-presenting a session on Strategic Considerations for Document Storage and Retrieval with Robert E. Norton, Senior Counsel, Daimler-Chrysler Corporation

This conference will focus on providing strategic guidance on creating document retention policies as well as tools and techniques for limiting the scope and cost of e-discovery. Faculty will include representatives from Cargill, ExxonMobil, General Motors, Pfizer and Tyco, as well as a suite of federal court judges.

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Legal Tech New York is the world's largest technology tradeshow and conference in the legal industry [7,500+ attendees.] January 31 - February 2, 2005. Hilton New York, New York City.

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November 19, 2004, San Francisco
December 17, 2004, New York City

This bi-coastal program, developed through a joint effort between Preston Gates, Microsoft and the Practising Law Institute (PLI,) is designed specifically for in-house counsel and other attorneys involved in advising organizations on electronic discovery and document retention issues. Backup tapes, evolving case law, computer forensics, and ethics rules in email are just a portion of the subjects to be covered by a daylong series of speakers and interactive panels.

Key focus areas include:

• Formulating retention/destruction policies and implementing the duty to preserve
• New discovery frontiers: instant messaging and voicemail
• Computer forensics: When you need it; when you don't
• Update on newly revised E-Discovery court rules
• Creating defensible privilege claims
• Ethics: Resolving conflicts related to email

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December 9-10, 2004
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Preston's Martha Dawson will be participating as a panelist. The conference will focus on a number of key electronic discovery issues, including:

• Spoliation
• Disclosure and discovery of digital evidence
• Finding and collecting electronic information
• Effective records management
• Selecting an e-discovery vendor
• Updates on e-discovery law

For more information on the conference, click here.

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Best Practices for Corporate Counsel
Park Central Hotel, New York City
November 10-12, 2004

Key themes: Minimizing costs associated with e-discovery, best practices for managing and preserving electronic information, developing effective litigation response strategies, tips and traps for records management and litigation strategy. Presented by Marcus Evans.

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October 15-16, 2004
Royal Palms
Phoenix, Arizona

Preston's Helen Moure will be participating as a member of the Working Group.

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