Tackling the Tiger of E-Discovery: Real-World Perspectives from the Bench, Bar and Consultant/Vendor Worlds

Montgomery McCracken partner Michael B. Hayes will serve as a speaker for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Tackling the Tiger of E-Discovery: Real-World Perspectives from the Bench, Bar and Consultant/Vendor Worlds.”

The program will cover:

How to reduce the outrageous costs of e-discovery while avoiding risks of spoliation and sanctions

• Understand how to handle electronic discovery issues effectively and responsibly
• Examine the rules, requirements and processes surrounding electronic discovery to avoid disastrous results, or devastating sanctions
• Address electronic discovery issues in a proactive fashion and minimize the burdens, costs and risks involved

Explore the goal of e-discovery and the line between legitimate e-discovery requests and burdensome fishing expeditions

• Identify how electronic discovery is the key to unlocking underlying facts and defining factual disputes of a case
• Consider discovery opportunities associated with electronically-stored information and the most effective ways to identify and uncover case-critical electronic communications, data and documents
• Hear unique judicial perspectives concerning e-discovery disputes and application of discovery principles to the constantly changing landscape of electronically stored information
• Distinguish the important differences between Pennsylvania state courts and the federal courts approaches to electronic discovery
• Evaluate how to manage your discovery efforts and avoid unnecessary, unproductive and time-consuming motion practice

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CLE Credits : 2

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