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Ending the Litigation Hold



Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Product Code - LGN111
Speaker(s): Conor R. Crowley, Crowley Law Office; Robert A. Eisenberg, iDiscovery Solutions Inc.; Ronald J. Hedges, Ronald J. Hedges LLC and Corodemus & Corodemus; Galina Datskovsky, ARMA International and Autonomy, an HP Company
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Understanding both the concept and the execution of the legal hold is essential to the prosecution and defense of any litigation. Today, that understanding must encompass both the legal issues and the technological aspects of controlling the location, preservation, and collection of electronic information.

After a discussion of how to locate, preserve, and collect electronic information, the faculty for this program will focus on the following neglected aspects of the legal hold: How does an organization know when to end a hold; how does an organization “return” collected electronic information to the manner in which it is normally maintained, and how can the electronic information be deleted? They will also explore the risks attendant to ending the hold prematurely or improperly as well as the risks and benefits of “doing it right.”

Educational Objectives:

• Understanding when a legal hold—whether imposed for regulatory or litigation purposes—may be ended.
• Exploring the mechanics of lifting a hold and “restoring” electronic information to the information governance policy of an organization.
• Appreciating the need for legal, records management, and IT to create a team approach to litigation holds.

Who would benefit from attending?

• Retained counsel who advise clients on records management and/or preservation of electronic information.
• In-house counsel and records managers who implement and monitor records retention policies and who are responsible for compliance with preservation duties.
• In-house IT managers and personnel who must implement records retention policies and legal holds.

Program Level: Intermediate.

Credit Available: CLE. For more information, please click on the “CLE Credit” tab.

Conor R. Crowley, Crowley Law Office; Robert A. Eisenberg, iDiscovery Solutions Inc.; Ronald J. Hedges, Ronald J. Hedges LLC and Corodemus & Corodemus; Galina Datskovsky, ARMA International and Autonomy, an HP Company

Conor R. Crowley, CIPP/US/E, Crowley Law Office
Conor Crowley is the founder of Crowley Law Office, advising corporate and law firm clients on e-discovery, information management and data privacy, in addition to providing expert witness and special master services. He is the Chair of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) and a member of the Advisory Board for Georgetown University Law Center’s Advanced E-Discovery Institute, the Board of Advisors for Bloomberg BNA’s Digital Discovery and e-Evidence, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Mr. Crowley is the Editor-in-Chief of The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in E-Discovery and Senior Editor of a number of The Sedona Conference’s publications including The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds and The Sedona Principles (Second Edition): Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production.

Robert A. Eisenberg, iDiscovery Solutions Inc.
Robert Alan Eisenberg is the Director of iDiscovery Solutions Inc. He has over 30 years’ experience in the practice of law and the rendering of consultative services relating to the discovery of Electronically Stored Information (ESI), computer forensics, “proactive” electronic data preservation and retention and traditional paper-based litigation support services. Mr. Eisenberg frequently conducts seminars, CLE courses, webinars and other presentations on the subjects of eDiscovery, Computer Forensics and Electronic Records Management. He is a founder and program Co-Chair and of the Advanced E-Discovery Institute at The Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. The Institute offers the only annual CLE program dedicated to the discipline of eDiscovery in the United States that is sponsored by a major law school. It is also distinguished by having the largest number of members of the federal judiciary on its faculty of any program of its type. The program is presently in its ninth year.

Mr. Eisenberg is also the originator and founding co-chair of Georgetown Law Center’s eDiscovery Training Academy, a unique school for the comprehensive practical training of attorneys, practice support professionals and technical specialists in the entire spectrum of legal strategies and technological services that constitute the full practice of eDiscovery. Mr. Eisenberg is a founder and is the Project Co-Chair of Georgetown Law’s eDiscovery Practice Support Project. He sits on the Advisory Board of Bloomberg BNA’s Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (DDEE), one of the leading publications in the discipline of eDiscovery. Mr. Eisenberg earned a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law.

Ronald J. Hedges, Ronald J. Hedges LLC and Corodemus & Corodemus
Ron Hedges is a special master, arbitrator, and mediator working with e-discovery and privilege issues. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. He is a member of The Sedona Conference® Advisory Board and a member of the Advisory Board of the Advanced E-Discovery Institute of Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches e-discovery and e-evidence. He also teaches at Rutgers School of Law—Newark. Mr. Hedges is author of, among other publications, Discovery of Electronically Stored Information: Surveying the Legal Landscape (BNA: 2007) and a co-author of Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges (Federal Judicial Center: 2007). He serves on the Advisory Board for The Sedona Conference®.

Galina Datskovsky, Ph.D., CRM, ARMA International and Autonomy, an HP Company
Galina Datskovsky is Chair of the Board at ARMA International and SVP of Information Governance at Autonomy, an HP Company. She is an internationally known expert in the fields of compliance, information governance and associated technologies with more than 20 years of experience. She is a technology expert and holds a Ph.D. in computer science. She is also a CRM and has excellent management skills. Ms. Datskovsky specializes in information governance, compliance, records management, information technologies, SAAS platforms, and Big Data/ Dark Data processing.

This program is CLE-credit eligible.

If you have further questions regarding a specific state or how to file for CLE credit, please contact Bloomberg BNA customer service at 800-372-1033 and ask to speak to the Legal and Business CLE Accreditation Coordinator.

Hardship Policy
Bloomberg BNA offers a hardship policy for attorneys earning less than $50,000 per year. If an attorney wishes to take advantage of this option, he or she must contact Bloomberg BNA directly. For attorneys who are unemployed or earning less than $35,000 per year, a full discount off the price of the program will be awarded upon written proof of hardship. Attorneys earning between $35,000 and $50,000 per year will receive a 50% discount off the price of the program. Any attorney working in the public service sector also qualifies for a special price. If you have further questions regarding the hardship policy or seek additional information, please contact Bloomberg BNA customer service at 800-372-1033 and ask to speak to Lindsey Pace, CLE Accreditations Coordinator, or email us at accreditations@bna.com.

Questions
For more information about Mandatory or Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirements, visit the American Bar Association website at http://www.abanet.org/cle/mandatory.html.