Electronic Discovery in a Global Environment The Law and the Technology
University of Virginia Law School
Monday -Thursday, October 12 to 22, 2009
Classes meet at WB 121 from 8:30 to 9:50 ET
Course Lead: John Tredennick
Monday, October 19: Best Practices and Principles for Conducting Electronic Discovery
Guest Lecturer: Chris Ohly, Partner, Schiff Hardin, LLP, Washington DC. Learn more. . .
This interactive talk will cover best practices actually employed in managing electronic discovery requests and productions in complex cases. It will address negotiated ESI discovery protocols, compliance with local e-discovery standards, negotiation of search terms, use of review tools to assist in management of large document production, and cooperative strategies.
Suggested Reading
Optional Reading
- PowerPoint Presentation on Authentication of Electronic Evidence (for Course Discussion)
- Delaware Order Re Electronic Discovery
- Forest Labs v. Cobalt Labs: Stipulated Order for Electronic Discovery
- Lorraine v. Markel American Insurance (Discussion on Authenticity)
Tuesday, October 20: Introduction to Analytics; Using Equivio Relevance to Solve the TREC Problem
Guest Lecturer: Amir Milo, CEO, Equivio, Rosh Haayin, Israel (by Web Conference), Learn more. . .
Guest Lecturer: Dr. Michael Berry, Professor and Associate Department Head Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee (by Web Conference) Learn more . . .
I have invited two leaders in the field to discuss different analytical approaches to dealing with large document populations. Amir Mile is the CEO of Equivio and he will show you how his team used the new Relevance software to solve the TREC problem.
Dr. Michael Berry is one of the leading experts in advanced search techniques and will show you how he uses complex mathematical techniques (specifically non-negative matrix factorization and tensors) to address the TREC problem. Dr. Berry and his students work with us at Catalyst.
Suggested Reading
- The Sedona Conference? Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process, especially pages 8-12 and pages 17-19.
- Exploiting Non-Negative Tensor Factorization for Scenario and Plot Discovery in Large Document Sets(from the Cataytics Conference 2009)
- Slides for Amir Milo's Presentation
Relevant Terms about Technology from Wikipedia:
Optional Reading
- Equivio>Relevance: Product Brief
- Equivio Case Study on TREC 2008
- Algorithms for Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (This is just for fun. It is the math we use for our clustering analytics.)
Wednesday, October 21: The Law of Electronic Discovery Advanced Class
Guest Lecturer: Jon Rosenthal, Partner, Winston and Strawn LLP, Washington DC, Learn more
Suggested Reading
- Rule 502 and Protective Orders
- Discovery of Electronic Evidence: (From our first class. This chapter was co-written by John Rosenthal and provides an excellent introduction to the legal side of our subject.
- John Rosenthal's Slides from his presentation.
Optional Reading
- Sanctions in Electronic Discovery: View from the Judges (This discussion includes Judge Facciola)
- The Sedona? Principles (This is a long but important document. It represented an early step to start putting a process for electronic discovery in place. You don't need to read all of this but you should be familiar with what it is and what it tries to cover.)
- Collecting Data in the EU (A Catalyst white paper)
- Pre-Trial Discovery for Cross-Border Litigation:(EU Article 29 Working Party Document 158)
- Slides from Richard Kershaw's Presentation
- FTC Settles with Six Companies for Misrepresenting Safe Harbor Status The FTC is trying to show they can be tough on privacy.
- New French Rules Support Electronic Discovery This report suggests the French have new rules to facilitate US-based electronic discovery.
- Dealing with Foreign Language Documents (A Catalyst white paper)
- Using Catalyst CR to Search in Japanese (A Catalyst white paper)
- Electronic Disclosure and International Arbitrations
- Collecting Data in the EU (A Catalyst white paper)
Thursday, October 22: Global Electronic Discovery Working Across Global Borders
Guest Lecturer: Richard Kershaw, Principal, LECG, LLC, Hong Kong, China. Learn more
Suggested Reading
Optional Reading but Pretty Fun
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