Event: The Shield & Sword of E-Discovery - How to Protect Yourself and Your Company While Thwarting Your Opposition

Event Speakers:

James M. Carlson, Esq. - Ungaretti & Harris LLP

David Knutson - Grant Thornton LLP

Tina B. Solis, Esq. - Ungaretti & Harris LLP

Why You and Your Company Need to Care About E-Discovery

Document production is no longer limited to boxes and boxes of paper. In fact, companies are losing high-stakes lawsuits — in some cases paying six-fi gure fines or suffering strict sanctions and adverse rulings—solely because the company and its executives cannot properly produce electronic evidence.

A company’s ability to produce such evidence depends largely on a single factor: whether its executive management team has ensured an effective e-discovery plan is in place before the lawsuit is filed. Are you and your company prepared?

Would You Be Ready for a Lawsuit Filed Tomorrow?

When the opposition demands electronically stored information, will your company be prepared to sift through the millions of files on PCs, servers, backup tapes, voicemails, and Blackberry devices? Will you be able to properly balance legally required document retention with costs? If you cannot answer these questions, your company could be at serious risk in high-stakes litigation.

Why This Program Is For You

Ungaretti & Harris LLP and Grant Thornton LLP are offering a live presentation addressing how executives and general counsel can prepare their companies for correctly managing electronic discovery issues. This program is focused at the strategic level, but it also addresses specifics such as:

• How to create procedures to effectively manage the time, effort and cost of electronic discovery during litigation.
• Guidelines for what electronic information you must save and for how long as well as when to delete old information to prevent runaway costs.
• What your IT department can and cannot do during the electronic discovery process.
• How a properly constructed e-discovery plan can better position your legal and technology teams to fi nd the “smoking gun” during litigation.
• Turning the tables on the opposition by using electronic discovery to your advantage and to paralyze your opposition.
• Mistakes to avoid: how companies have lost lawsuits and paid six-figure sanctions because they were not prepared.

Registration is free. CPE or CLE provided (1.5 Hours)

Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Because of anticipated demand, please limit your reservation to no more than three seats per company.

Attendees will receive an e-discovery reference kit containing program materials, checklists, white papers, and other tools for developing and managing an e-discovery program.