Thursday, November 17, 2022
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET
Location:
In Person and Virtual
Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Washington D.C.
999 9th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20015
Georgetown Law presents the 19th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute that explored cutting-edge content in technology, eDiscovery, privacy, cross-border discovery and data protection, and cybersecurity. The event took place at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington D.C. and included thought leaders from Am Law 100 firms, Fortune 500 corporations, high-profile plaintiffs’ law firms, and federal and state judges experienced in dealing with technology issues in both civil and criminal cases.
Among these participants was Warner attorney Jay Yelton. Yelton shared his expertise on “Topics in eDiscovery.” Yelton and his fellow panelists touched on matters such as privacy as a proportionality factor, eDiscovery issues pertaining to the Metaverse and cryptocurrency, and more. See the full agenda below.
AGENDA
7:30 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
8:15 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
8:30 a.m.
Keynote: Proportionality Under Rule 26 Revisited by Its Architects
Honorable David G. Campbell, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Honorable Paul Grimm, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
9:40 a.m.
Case Law Update: Practical Takeaways from Recent eDiscovery Decisions
Scott Milner, Lewis & Brockius LLP, Moderator
Honorable J. Michelle Childs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Honorable Gary R. Jones, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Honorable Katherine H. Parker, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
11:10 a.m.
Networking Break
11:30 a.m.
Topics in eDiscovery
Honorable Zia M. Faruqui, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Phil Favro, Innovative Driven
Jeanne Somma, Lineal
Kelly Twigger, ESI Attorneys
B. Jay Yelton III, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
2:00 p.m. — Concurrent Sessions
A. Should It Stay or Should It Go? The Art of Defensible Data Disposition
Kenya Parrish-Dixon, Empire Technologies Risk Management Group, Moderator
Rishi Chhatwal, Coinbase
Matt Gardner, Meta Platforms, Inc.
Constance E. Mockaitis, AbbVie Inc.
Honorable Elizabeth A. Stafford, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
B. Teams, Slack and More: Tracking Today’s Collaboration Tools through the eDiscovery Workflow
Honorable Noelle C. Collins, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Mira Vayda Edelman, DISH Legal
Tara S. Emory, Redgrave Data
Chris Haley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Martha K. Louks, McDermott Will & Emery
Paul H. McVoy, Meta-E Discovery LLC
3:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m. — Concurrent Sessions
A. 2R + TAR: Advanced Techniques for Addressing 2nd Requests & more
Andrea L. D’Ambra, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Moderator
Burke Kappler, Federal Trade Commission
Christian J. Mahoney, Steen & Hamilton LLP
Pamela J. Schieffelin, Qualcomm
Rebecca Valentine, Defense, Industrials, and Aerospace Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
B. Privacy Case Law Summary
Robert D. Keeling, Sidley Austin LLP, Moderator
Stephanie Mitchell, Siemens Corporation
Sean A. Petterson, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Honorable Karen Wells Roby, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
David Kessler, Norton Rose Fulbright
4:15 p.m.
Networking Break
4:30 p.m.
Virtual Discovery Motions: How to be a Better Advocate Over Zoom
Rebecca J. Schwartz, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Rhani Lott Choi, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Alanna G. Clair, Dentons US LLP
Honorable Mark Drummond, New York University School of Law; Law Office of Mark A. Drummond
Carol Sowers
5:45 p.m.
Off-Site Cocktail Reception at Cuba Libre
The full agenda can be viewed here.
