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ESI Production Risks & Complexities in Large eDiscovery Cases: What Should Corporate Counsel Do?

The timely and accurate production of responsive, non-privileged ESI is one of the most critical parts of the electronic discovery process, and recent cases indicate that there are significant risks to companies that don’t “get it right.”  Cases that involve large numbers of custodians and huge amounts of data such as Securities, Antitrust, M&A, IP, and Products Liability present particular special challenges.

This web seminar will explore some of the current issues involving the appropriate role of corporate counsel, the importance of considering ESI production at the start of a case, and the need for corporations to have their own eDiscovery framework and processes in place, to be used by all of their service providers, rather than relying on the different processes of its various outside counsel.  The panel will also consider best practices in eDiscovery project management and the use of rules-based technologies, to mitigate production risks and ensure that corporations, their outside counsel and their eDiscovery service providers get it right the first time, every time.

 Who Should Attend?

• Chief Legal Officers
• Corporate Counsel
• Litigation attorneys
• Litigation Support Managers
• eDiscovery Managers

Featured Speakers:

Christopher W. O'Neill, Associate General Counsel, Corporate Litigation, IBM

Christopher W. O'Neill is based in White Plains, New York.  He specializes in e-Discovery issues for IBM.  Prior to his present position, O'Neill held a variety of legal positions in IBM's software, servers and sales business units.  He received his law degree from NYU School of Law in 1987 and is a member of the New York bar.  Prior, to joining IBM, O'Neill was a litigator at Rogers & Wells in New York City.

Jeffrey Jacobs, Esq., Senior Consultant, Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc.

Jeffrey Jacobs, a Senior Consultant with Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. (“EED”), advises clients on electronic discovery, litigation readiness, and records management and retention issues. Prior to EED, Jacobs held the positions of Special Counsel in the litigation group of the Washington, DC office of Sullivan & Cromwell, and Associate Litigation Counsel at MCI WorldCom.  Following the Verizon-MCI merger in 2006, Mr. Jacobs joined the Washington, DC office of DLA Piper as a Special Counsel in the litigation group.  Mr. Jacobs is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Chicago Law School.