Laws, Regulations, and the Cloud: The Confluence of eDiscovery with Pervasive Governance – 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Concourse E Today, many organizations are looking to the Cloud for answers for controlling escalating information management costs.  However, organizations cannot just be focused on the perceived information technology infrastructure cost savings offered by the Cloud.  [...]

With the continuing growth of eDiscovery, rapidly developing case law, and new technologies, the complexities associated with eDiscovery are daunting. The risk of mis-steps during the eDiscovery process weighs on the minds of Corporate Counsel, as well as IT professionals.  What do legal and IT professionals need most? Advice and education from trusted experts and professionals [...]

EMC Live Webcast: Balancing Privacy v. Corruption: The Benefits of In-Place Investigation Date: Tuesday November 8, 2011 Time: 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET / 15:00 GMT Register now Managing Bribery Act, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, and other event-driven investigations and the associated electronically stored information (ESI) – in an efficient and defensible manner, while balancing [...]

Find out what happens when litigants go head-to-head in a Web 2.0 world. Join us as we tell the tragic story of two companies locked in a bitter court battle, in a no-holds-barred race to protect their products, their market, and their businesses. How will they combat issues involving social media information leaks, rogue blogging [...]

EMC and the Masters Conference presents: IT for Lawyers: What is in our corporate datacenter…and why you need to know! Speaker: Janet Heins, Director, Collaboration & Information Governance  Biogen Idec. Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 9:30 PT / 12:30 ET The datacenter in your company houses a vast amount of information and across all business functions. To [...]

When Is Your Data Not Really Your Data? Thursday, September 15, 2011 Speakers: Edwin M. Larkin, Esq. – Partner Venable, LLP  & James D. Shook, Esq. – Director of the eDiscovery and Compliance Team at EMC Corp. Networking & breakfast:  8:00 – 8:30 a.m. EDT Program: 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. EDT In litigation matters, you [...]

An Inevitable Reality: Machine-based eDiscovery Review with Jason R. Baron, Esq., Director of Litigation, National Archives and Records Administration and Jim Shook, Esq. Director eDiscovery and Compliance Group, EMC Corporation. As the amount of electronically stored information (ESI) explodes in the enterprise, the eDiscovery process is at a critical point. The document review process is [...]

Shawnna Childress discusses “The Catch 22 of Cross Border eDiscovery” Cross-Border eDiscovery is a hot topic this year. Globalization of businesses and mass mergers and acquisitions has caused an increase in the need for an understanding of how eDiscovery should be handled in other countries. All over the world, courts and local governments have instituted [...]

By James D. Shook, Esq. Published in DIGITAL DISCOVERY & E-EVIDENCE Among lawyers, the word metadata is likely to conjure confusion, looks of disbelief, fear and–in rarer cases–a knowing smile. Metadata issues present some of the more vexing technical issues for litigation and e-discovery personnel. With metadata back squarely in the news from Judge Scheindlin’s opinion in National Day Laborer Organizing [...]

By William J. O’Neil, Jr., Esq. Part III Faster, better, cheaper was the mantra at NASA as it set goals to improve quality, efficiency and better manage costs after several setbacks…it was a way to set goals and measure success from a “top down” approach of looking at it from all perspectives and seeking to [...]