As the cost of e-discovery continues to grow, counsel increasingly rely on keyword searching and technology assisted review to reduce review costs. At the same time, courts increasingly scrutinize the validity of search techniques as well as the competence of lawyers to employ these techniques.

On Sept. 13 in Cincinnati, Ohio, this free luncheon and CLE seminar will cover the evolving rules on keyword searching and provide practical tips to ensure that your search techniques are up to par. It will also discuss technology-assisted review and ways to streamline the review process.

Cosponsored by Catalyst and Document Solutions Inc., the seminar will cover:

• The search cases: From O’Keefe to Mt. Hawley Insurance and beyond—Are lawyers qualified to craft and run their own search methodologies? If not, what should you be doing?
• Defensibility of search protocol: What you must 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.
• Technology-assisted review: How technology can assist in streamlining the review process, including managing work product across multiple matters, predictive coding or customizing a platform to automate tasks such as creating privilege logs.

Speakers/Panelists:

Michael Arkfeld: Nationally renowned attorney, speaker and author of several books on e-discovery, including The Digital Practice of Law and Arkfeld’s Best Practices Guides for Electronic Discovery and Evidence.

John Tredennick: Founder of Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., which provides secure, hosted document repositories, and former trial lawyer and litigation partner with 20 years of experience.

Tom Turner: President and co-founder of Document Solutions Inc. (DSi), which provides advanced e-discovery and digital forensics services, as well as traditional litigation support, Tom is a speaker and author of numerous published articles and white papers.

Additional members of the roundtable panel:

Julie Brown: Litigation Technology Executive Manager at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, she also serves on the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) advisory committee, is a leader on the EDRM Metrics Project, and is a member of Sedona.

Stephanie Maw: E-Discovery/Litigation Support Director at Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL and member of KMK’s E-Discovery Task Force. Previously she worked as an independent litigation technology consultant with several AmLaw 100 Firms.

 
Mark Walker: DSi VP of Operations, Mark is a nationally renowned e-discovery expert who has worked with many of the world’s largest corporations. He has authored five books on e-discovery and digital forensics and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and webinars.

John Burchfield, DSi Vice President of Business Development, will moderate the seminar.

This seminar is CLE certified in Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana.

The Sept. 13 seminar begins at noon with a lunch buffet. The presentation on search will be 12:30 to 2 p.m., after which a roundtable discussion will continue until 3 p.m. The seminar will be held at the Great American Ballpark, Riverfront Club, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Cincinnati.

For a brief video preview and to register, follow this link.