Webinar held on January 24, 2008. One hour.

The U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) define procedures for U.S.-based litigation. They date from 1938 but recently have been updated to deal with electronic documents. Email is by far the most important of such documents.

There are 86 rules in all. Rule 26(f)--the Meet and Confer rule--requires the parties in a litigation to meet at an early stage to discuss the information they have and what they will share. Thus, when a subpoena arrives, organizations frequently must launch a highly disruptive emergency response project.

In this webinar, Ferris Senior Analyst David Ferris and Mark Reichenbach, Vice President of Client and Industry Development at MetaLINCS, discuss what 26(f) covers, how organizations should respond, and IT’s role. MetaLINCS CTO Chuck Williams also presents his company’s e-discovery software. The event ends with a Q&A period.

Webinar 749.

Important Questions Addressed by This Webinar Include:

• How should the Meet and Confer process be organized?
• How can it be done in the least disruptive way?
• How can organizations best prepare for future subpoenas to minimize disruptions and costs?
• In what ways is it hardest to comply with 26(f)?
• How can early case analysis tools help the Meet and Confer process?

Speakers

• David Ferris, Senior Analyst, Ferris Research. David has been professionally involved with messaging and collaboration technologies since 1991. He got into computer science research as a graduate student at Stanford University and was one of the first 100 email users. He also wrote the first syndicated column in the computer industry. Since then, David has written hundreds of articles and bulletins on messaging and collaboration, and co-authored three books. A leading messaging and collaboration expert, he is frequently quoted in the technology and business press.
• Mark Reichenbach, Vice President of Client and Industry Development, MetaLINCS. A pioneer in the world of electronic document discovery, Mark most recently served as the Director of Merrill Lynch’s discovery and regulatory response team. He also led the organization’s legal hold and collection initiatives and was accountable for preparing its legal resources for “meet and confers” and Rule 30(b)(6) depositions. Before Merrill Lynch, Mark spent a decade delivering litigation support on electronic evidence matters to leading law firms. He has been a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production since 2002, a faculty member for The Sedona Institute CLE programs, and a member of the Georgetown Law Center’s E-Discovery Advisory Board.
• Chuck Williams, Chief Technology Officer, MetaLINCS. Before joining MetaLINCS, Chuck was president of InQuira, a market and technology leader in the natural language search and self-service space. Prior to that, he was the founder and CEO of Brightware, where he created the first e-CRM packaged offering, pioneered Web self-service, and led the company to the forefront of the email customer service market. He also founded Inference, where he created the first commercial artificial intelligence products and brought the first customer service problem resolution application to market. He received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Southern California and an M.S. in information and computer science from the University of California, Irvine.

Who Is This Webinar Suitable For?

This webinar is suitable for IT support staff and vendor product management staff.