Corporate E-Discovery Forum Breaks with Industry Convention, Provides Venue for Informal and Confidential Exchange of E-Discovery Strategies and Best Practices.Unique Industry Peer Group Announces Rapid Growth of Membership at One-Year Anniversary Meeting, with 100+ Corporations Now Participating ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Corporate E-Discovery Forum([TM]), an industry peer group of corporate representatives that regularly meets for informal and confidential discussions regarding strategies and emerging issues involving e-discovery, today announced a rapid growth of membership during its one-year anniversary meeting being held June 14-15, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. Crystal City in Arlington, VA. "The Corporate E-Discovery Forum provides an industry unique venue in which corporate representatives can informally and confidentially discuss and learn from their industry peers in a non-commercial environment regarding recommended best practices and strategies for both proactive planning and immediate litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. needs," said Charles Morgan Charles Morgan is the name of:
"The Corporate E-Discovery Forum is not your typical conference in which corporate attendees must navigate through a maze maze, detail of landscape gardening based on the Greek labyrinth, consisting of intricate paths or alleys lined with high hedges and having a center and exit difficult to find. It was a prominent feature in the formal English gardens of the 17th and 18th cent. of vendors and consultants all trying to promote their latest products, services, and technologies," said James Wright James or Jim Wright is the name of:
Topics for members-only sessions during the June meeting will include: * Risk & Cost Reduction Strategies, with discussion of e-discovery planning, tools, and technologies * Practical Approaches for Meet & Confer, with discussion of experiences over the past six months and emphasizing the "Do's & Don'ts" and lessons learned * Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , with discussion of how it works, technologies behind the tools, as well as the benefits and risks to corporations adopting the technology * E-Dialogue with Judges & Law Firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
* E-Dialogue with Law Firms & E-Discovery Consultants, with discussion of the in-house counsel decision-making process for selection of e-discovery counsel as well as regarding coordination efforts with outside entities such as counsel, consultants and vendors * Recent Case Law Impacting Operations, with discussion of how these cases may influence corporate strategies and best practices "We've had a number of members tell us how they've learned important information from the Corporate E-Discovery Forum that they've simply not been able to find any place else despite their participation in some of the industry's top continuing legal education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. courses and conference seminars," said Morgan. "In our June 2007 meeting, we will be hearing from a number of prominent judges and Fortune 500 corporate speakers. No place else can you find the quality and quantity of experts with such extensive and recent experience involving electronic discovery and related issues." For membership inquiries or other information regarding the Corporate E-Discovery Forum, contact Hal Brooks by calling 404-592-1888 or sending email to hbrooks@onss.com. About the Corporate E-Discovery Forum The Corporate E-Discovery Forum was founded in May 2006 and provides a confidential venue for open and candid can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. discussions among its members regarding strategies and emerging issues involving e-discovery. Current membership consists of representatives from 100+ corporations that share a common interest in discussing and learning more about electronic discovery and related topics, such as document retention policies, enterprise content management practices, litigation holds Retaining data that may be used in a legal action. A litigation hold, also called a "preservation order," overrides the normal storage management procedure and ensures that certain data are maintained intact from that point forward. , preservation, collection, processing of electronically-stored information, cost and risk management, and best practices to avoid spoliation Any erasure, interlineation, or other alteration made to Commercial Paper, such as a check or promissory note, by an individual who is not acting pursuant to the consent of the parties who have an interest in such instrument. and sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym. Sanctions involving countries: |
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