eDiscovery: Rise of the Machines

Instructor: David L. Applegate

The cost of civil litigation and the ability to conduct any cost-benefit analysis is inextricably intertwined with the cost of discovery: production and protection of sensitive company documents; written interrogatories concerning company policies and personnel; and, finally, depositions under oath of company officials and representatives. The fact that the vast majority of documents today exist primarily in electronic form, coupled with the ease of their replication and distribution, makes both obtaining and producing a company’s relevant documents in litigation a daunting and risky endeavor. This entertaining and informative one-hour program walks participants through a brief history of the development of federal discovery rules, followed by a review of the pilot program of the Seventh Court of Appeals’ four principles for reducing the burden and increasing the effectiveness of discovery of electronic records: proportionality, privacy, privilege and protection.

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