eDiscovery 101 - What You Need to Know and Tips to Protect Yourself and Your Clients

This program will explore the eDiscovery process from beginning to end and how to navigate the daily challenges of eDiscovery in litigation. It will address issues such as document retention, collection, review and production. The discussion will also cover how best to avoid eDiscovery pitfalls, such as spoliation claims, inadvertent productions, and claims of discovery abuse.

Join Matthew Plant and David J. Butler for a discussion of these issues. Mr. Plant and Mr. Butler are New York City-based Principals of the firm Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. They focus their practices in securities litigation. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Familiarize yourself with each step of the eDiscovery process
2. Review your obligations as they relate to preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information
3. Gain an understanding of common eDiscovery challenges attorneys face and how to deal with those challenges
4. Examine how to best protect your clients from claims of discovery abuse in the eDiscovery context