Anthony J Diana

June 12, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

In assessing whether or how to employ e-signatures, particularly in higher risk transactions, organizations should be careful to manage the practical issues and potential legal complexities associated with e-signatures through careful assessment and a robust governance program.

By Anthony J. Diana and David G. Krone

5 minute read

December 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

All companies are under increasing pressure to find ways to cut costs while providing innovative services and products. Not surprisingly, many financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies and other highly regulated companies are considering cloud computing (using hardware or software hosted by a third-party vendor remotely over a computer network) because of the number of advantages that it provides.

By Anthony J. Diana and John W. Chapas

9 minute read

October 07, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Anthony J. Diana, Therese Craparo and Patrick Garbe of Mayer Brown write that the most effective way for financial institutions to confront the challenges of e-discovery is to take control of the process—and to make sure their outside counsel does the same. E-discovery is a business process that has a very real impact on information governance.

By Anthony J. Diana, Therese Craparo and Patrick Garbe

13 minute read

October 01, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Anthony J. Diana, a partner at Mayer Brown, and Gabriela P. Baron, vice president of business development at Xerox Litigation Services, write: In today's global economy, litigants in U.S. courts increasingly need information created abroad in response to discovery requests and subpoenas. Furthermore, with the advent of cloud computing, litigants face additional challenges when accessing data that originated overseas.

By Anthony J. Diana and Gabriela P. Baron

11 minute read

October 04, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Mayer Brown's Anthony J. Diana, Sarah J. Sterken and Norman R. Cerullo write that on its face, the requester-pays presumption in New York state courts appears to favor the responding party by instilling a cost deterrent against overbroad and abusive discovery requests. That deterrent may have been effective as it was applied to traditional, paper discovery. However, the presumption extended to ESI is much more complicated.

By Anthony J. Diana, Sarah J. Sterken and Norman R. Cerullo

18 minute read