Browsing by Subject "Early case management"

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    Discovery and Evidence: A Paralegal's Guide
    (2016-10-26) Hook, Sara Anne
    Are you up to date with the latest changes impacting discovery and evidence? Are you utilizing all the current best practices in discovery requests, discovery production, evidence handling, authentication, preparation and more? Don't miss this opportunity for up-to-date, street-smart strategies for gathering, analyzing and managing evidence. Brush up on the newest FRCP and FRE rule changes, their implications and applications in practice. Draft better discovery requests and responses and obtain practical tips for production and review. Learn current best practices for handling and storing evidence to prevent spoliation. Pick up pointers on exhibit and evidence presentation. Work effectively with experts and learn how to best manage expert reports.
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    Discovery Under the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
    (2016) Hook, Sara Anne
    The amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have brought significant changes to e-discovery and litigation strategy. Are you taking full advantage of these changes? Learn how to apply the proportionality standard, new guidelines on spoliation and more to the next case. Presenters will explain how to adapt current e-discovery process to make the new FRCP changes work in daily law practice. Recognize how the amended rules speed up early stage litigation. Learn to interpret the new scope of discovery under Rule 26(b). Prepare for the practical impact of proportionality on your case. Master new preservation standards and upgrade your use of litigation holds. Get tips for drafting specific discovery requests and shifting discovery costs. Avoid ethical pitfalls when collecting and reviewing social media evidence.
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    Game On: Ethics and eDiscovery
    (2016-11-11) Cohen, David; Kenney, Jeannine; Stafford, Elizabeth; Hook, Sara Anne
    You will be presented with a hypothetical case involving a series of ethical decisions related to the discovery process. On each decision you will be asked to vote on whether counsel acted ethically or unethically. You vote by marking your game board AND using the red and green colored cards at your place. Following each vote, we will provide you with our interpretation of the correct answer, and the basis for that interpretation. In labeling conduct ethical vs. unethical, we are referring to the ethical rules and guidelines applicable to U.S. licensed attorneys and their delegates – not necessarily what might be considered ethical or unethical in a non-legal context. Just because conduct may not comply with “best practices,” that alone does not make it “unethical” for present purposes For this game, conduct will be considered unethical if it: Violates one or more applicable ethical rules; and/or Violates one or more legal ethics opinions; and/or Would leave a party or its counsel at substantial risk of being sanctioned based on existing rules or case law