Myron Jadwin is the featured speaker for the “top 10 ideas for surviving and prospering in the e-discovery world today” session. He will cover the following topics:

• Reducing E-Discovery & Review Spend
• Understanding & Leveraging Emerging Technologies & Workflows
• Strategic Cooperation Amongst Parties
• Assemble the Right E-Discovery Team
• Create a Repeatable, Defensible & Transparent Process

Below is a list of the other event sessions:

• A practical guide to e-discovery
• ADR arbitration to the eDiscovery crisis  in litigation construction and commercial disputes
• E-Discovery obstacles
• Panel Discussion: Best practices for handling e-discovery through ADR

The event is scheduled to take place on May 9, 2012 from 12:00pm-2:10pm at 321 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL, 60604. For more information visit the Chicago Bar Association website.

About the Chicago Bar Association

Founded in 1874, The Chicago Bar Association is one of the oldest and most active metropolitan bar associations in the United States. The Association’s voluntary membership of 22,000 consists largely of lawyers and judges from Cook County and the State of Illinois. However, we do have a growing out-of-state membership of lawyers who want to take advantage of the Association’s many membership services and benefits.

About Advanced Discovery

Founded in 2002, Advanced Discovery is a leading provider of investigatory and litigation support services for corporations, governmental agencies and Am Law firms worldwide. Advanced Discovery is a service-driven organization, applying best-in-class consultation, innovative technologies and e-Discovery best practices to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction. We offer a powerful, custom-designed workflow called FirstLook. Built directly in to the industry’s leading review tool, Relativity, First Look enables the defensible handling of early data analysis, review and production in a single platform.

The Masters Series CLE, which is free for attorneys and litigation support professionals, will have a keynote lunch and two tracks from which attendees can choose.

Keynote: Mark Michels, Michels Law (Formerly of Cisco)

The sessions will include:

-          Social Media: An update on evolving trends and the effect they are having on the e-discovery landscape

-          Predictive coding: What is it? What’s next? Why is it important?

-          Corporate perspective on e-Discovery procurement trends

-          Reviewing and revising corporate privacy policies for today’s relevancy and retention standards

-          E-discovery challenges related to IP litigation

Speakers Include:

-          William W. Belt, Jr.,  LeClairRyan

-          Gordon Calhoun, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

-          Aaron Crews, Littler

-          Neal Lawson, iDiscovery Solutions

-          Tom Matzen, iDiscovery Solutions

-          Jeffrey McKenna, Orrick

-          David Moncure, DW Legal

-          Dan Regard, iDiscovery Solutions

-          Brian Rocca, Bingham McCutchen

-          Kimbir Tate, McKesson

-          Jim Vaughn, iDiscovery Solutions

The Masters Series events provide practical CLE education for lawyers and litigation support professionals that are delivered by experts with front-line experience. Session content is developed by an advisory cabinet of industry thought leaders. Attendees will gain practical knowledge, presented by peers, on current issues that can be applied immediately to everyday practice.

About Masters Conference

Since 2006, the Masters Conference has brought together experts and leading professionals from law firms, corporations and the bench to discuss strategies, practices and resources for managing the information lifecycle. The Masters Conference events are intimate forums where legal industry professionals can share, collaborate and obtain master knowledge of the most relevant topics in the legal industry today. By limiting attendance, the Masters Conference is meant to be an exclusive opportunity to learn and network with the top legal professionals in the industry without battling large crowds and an overwhelming vendor hall. The Masters Conference offers several educational opportunities, including its Masters Conference in Washington, D.C. in October, its Masters Series for Legal Professionals in various cities, and via webinars throughout the year. For additional information on the Masters Conference, please visit www.themastersconference.com.

About Advanced Discovery

Founded in 2002, Advanced Discovery is a leading provider of investigatory and litigation support services for corporations, governmental agencies and Am Law firms worldwide. Advanced Discovery is a service-driven organization, applying best-in-class consultation, innovative technologies and e-Discovery best practices to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction. We offer a powerful, custom-designed workflow called FirstLook. Built directly in to the industry’s leading review tool, Relativity, First Look enables the defensible handling of early data analysis, review and production in a single platform.

Collection, review and production costs are a couple of factors as to why a large document case is so expensive.  In an effort to manage the burdens of reviewing the massive quantities of ESI the current electronic age has created, e-discovery vendors are turning to predictive analytics.  A software-based process, predictive analytics simplifies the steps necessary to compile electronic documents, including organization, coding and prioritization.  The software bases decisions on the relation of documents to outstanding discovery requests, as well as determining privilege status and other issues related to the case.  What makes predictive analytics especially beneficial is the ability to use the process not only for document production, but for documents produced by the opposition as well.  The result is an accurate document review that is cost-effective and quickly expedited. However, I am often met with resistance when pitching the technology to attorneys because predictive analytics has been without judicial approval and no one wants to be the first  on the dance floor. However, Judge Peck recently ruled in a landmark decision “the first in which a Court has approved of the use of computer-assisted review.” Judge Peck made the point that leaves no ambiguity:

“Counsel no longer have to worry about being the “first” or “guinea pig” for judicial acceptance of computer-assisted review. As with keywords or any other technological solution to ediscovery, counsel must design an appropriate process, including use of available technology, with appropriate quality control testing, to review and produce relevant ESI while adhering to Rule 1 and Rule 26(b )(2)(C) proportionality. Computer-assisted review now can be considered judicially-approved for use in appropriate cases.”

With this new decision regarding predictive analytics under my belt, I eagerly reached out to clients to see what the thoughts were of this as a cost savings measure.  And the overwhelming majority said “Great to know but I am not sure when to use it”. Touché…so let’s back up a moment.  As with many early case assessment tools and other technologies, it is important to note that not one size fits all so working with an experienced e-discovery vendor to design workflow that is tailored to your data and case, is the golden ticket to success.   I do not believe that predictive analytics is a fit for every case but when it is deployed on the right case, we have seen tangible results of accelerated review using the iterative process by as much as 50-100%.  I have never been accused of being a math genius, but any ROI calculator will like “double speed, and half the cost.”  This can result in a savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars in review costs on a single matter.  Don’t fret, human review is still required but by “batching” out a categorization of documents, it will optimize the review which results in higher accuracy and efficiently ratings.

Albert Einstein once said, “Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.” Since my rap sheet is clear and I wish for it remain that way, I think we can proceed with an open mind that such success with new technology can be used to help us wrangle the giant bear that is ESI but it does require the right case, a controlled work-flow and a bear keeper.

Succeeding in Catastrophic Cases

On Monday, April 2, the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists General Session topic offers information on succeeding in catastrophic cases.  Join speakers John Bagby, Steve Fernelius, Ervin Gonzalez and Jeff Jacobson as they explain how cases like BP Oil, Penn State and Siemens rely heavily on electronic discovery.   The experts will provide information about preservation strategy, litigation notices, cloud accounts, personal email and many other aspects of e-discovery that affect catastrophic cases that spawn legal action.  Cases that involve environmental disasters, extensive child abuse or corporate corruption often rely on mounds of electronic documents for both sides of the case.  This panel, moderated by Charles Intriago and Helen Bergman Moure, should be on every conference member’s “must-attend” list.

Cutting Malpractice Costs and Preventing Risks

Join speakers Rafael Bernardino, Noah Lang, Al Lindsay and Nancy Stupriach as the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists present “E-Discovery Malpractice – Preventing the New Risk Lawyers Face,” as the General Session on Tuesday, April 3.  Moderated by Robert Hilson and Charles Intriago, this session will explain how new e-discovery duties and penalties have created a new challenge for lawyers and e-discovery companies alike.  The session will cover how to control risk, the best processes to limit malpractice and how to protect reputations if a claim is filed against a firm.

Ethics of E-Discovery in the Electronic Age

On Tuesday afternoon, April 3, the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists offers information on the ethics of e-discovery in the electronic information age.  This general session, moderated by Robert Hilson and Charles Intriago, features speakers John Barkett, Rafael Bernardino, Andrea Gibson and John Upchurch offering advice on safeguarding careers and reputations when it comes to the new challenges e-discovery has created.  Discussion topics include the amount of transparency owed to an opponent, whether litigation and support staff are aware of the ethics of e-discovery along with many other ethical challenges facing lawyers and e-discovery companies today.

The 2012 Annual E-Discovery Conference, sponsored by the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists at the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Fla., promises to be exciting and filled with information on e-discovery.  Be sure to visit Booth #41 in the Exhibitor’s Hall to see the latest technology available from one of the best e-discovery companies, Advanced Discovery.  For more information about the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists 2012 conference, visit www.advanceddiscovery.com.

The annual Judges’ Night dinner event will be held jointly with The Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court on Tuesday, March 27, 2012! We will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a Judges’ panel discussion followed by a cocktail reception and dinner at 6:15 p.m. at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles

The LAILPA is honored to present a panel of distinguished Judges: Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr., Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Honorable Richard A. Paez, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Honorable S. James Otero, United States District Court for the Central District of California; and Honorable Andrew J. Guilford, United States District Court for the Central District of California.

We hope to see you there. Always check out the upcoming events we are putting on or attending in our events section of the website. Keep up with our blog content and thoughts on e-discovery on Twitter or join our LinkedIn Group.

Lenexa, Kan. –Advanced Discovery, an e-discovery company, announced today the hiring of Jeremy Greenfield as Regional Hosting Manager. Greenfield has over 13 years in operations and process management in the manufacturing and litigation support industries.

Mr. Greenfield brings an extensive background in managing and developing teams and complex litigation project management.  He has documented success in applying Six Sigma methodologies and holds a PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute.

Mr. Greenfield will manage Advanced Discovery’s Hosting Project Managers in the Midwest and East Coast regions, and will be a driving force in the firm’s continued growth.

As more law firms and corporations are faced with balancing outcomes and cost containment in litigation, and especially in e-discovery and document review, more continuing legal education courses, industry conferences, white papers and blogs are addressing the importance of project management in the legal profession.

“We are excited for Jeremy to join our team,” said Thadd Hale, CTO of Advanced Discovery. “Jeremy’s technical experience combined with his project management expertise will be instrumental as we continue to grow our Client Services team. “

About Advanced Discovery

Advanced Discovery is a leading provider of e-discovery services to clients worldwide in both the legal and corporate communities. Our services include computer forensics, electronic discovery, early case assessment, web hosting, document review, and paper discovery. Advanced Discovery offers technology solutions that assist law firms and corporations to quickly and accurately reduce vast amounts of electronically stored information into essential and searchable data sets effectively providing a high value product at a low comparative cost. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Advanced Discovery also maintains locations in San Jose, Calif.; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Orange County, Calif.; Chicago; Austin, Texas; and Overland Park, Kan. More information is available at www.advanceddiscovery.com