When searches fall short in e-discovery, the consequences can be serious. In recent years, courts have started closely scrutinizing lawyers’ searches–and even questioning their ability to craft thorough searches. When courts find flaws in a litigant’s search, they are increasingly likely to find waiver of attorney-client privilege, allow adverse inferences, order directed verdicts and impose sanctions that, in some cases, have run into the millions.

On May 23 at noon ET, Catalyst is hosting a free webinar, The Expanding Role of Search in E-Discovery. A panel of leading experts will review the key information you should understand about search in order to protect yourself and your clients. Topics will include:

• The search cases: From O’Keefe to Hawley Insurance and beyond. Are lawyers qualified to craft and run their own search methodologies? If not, what should I be doing?
• Defensibility of your search protocol. What must lawyers do to ensure that inadvertently produced privileged documents will be returned and not used in the case pursuant to FRE 502 and “clawback” agreements.
• Tips and techniques to find privileged documents. Practical advice from search experts on how to find privileged documents and improve your search strategy.
• Advanced analytical techniques for managing large document populations. New statistical and mathematical techniques to find relevant documents and pare down document populations to target relevant documents.

Speakers for the program will be:

• Michael Arkfeld. Nationally renowned speaker and author of leading treatises on e-discovery, including Arkfeld on Electronic Discovery and Evidence (Lexis 3rd Ed.) and the annually update Best Practices Guide for Electronic Discovery and Evidence. Michael is a former assistant U.S. attorney with 20 years of trial experience.
• Charles W. Cohen. Partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, where he is a co-chair of the eDiscovery Practice Group and a co-chair of the firm’s Technology Committee. Mr. Cohen has a national and international litigation and e-discovery practice, and has appeared in numerous federal and state courts across the country.
• John Tredennick. Author of five books and countless articles on legal technology and electronic discovery issues who has spoken to legal audiences on five continents. After 20 years as a trial lawyer and litigation partner for an AmLaw 200 firm, John founded Catalyst Repository Systems, which provides secure, hosted document repositories for electronic discovery.

Read more about this webinar or register now.