New York (NY) Discovery CLE Course Catalog

Fighting lawyers, fighting witnesses (literally), threats, put downs and other improper behavior – these are just a few of the deposition disasters that have been caught on camera, including infamous celebrity deponents Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne. In this entertaining program, veteran litigator Peter Afrasiabi chronicles some of the worst deposition disasters and the lessons that can be gleaned from the improper behavior of the lawyers and witnesses involved. This program will be useful for litigators of all levels and highly entertaining for lawyers of every stripe.

[This course is in spanish.] La mayoria de los abogados saben que la informaci?n relevante almacenada electronicamente (ESI) debe preservarse y presentarse en un litigio. Sin embargo, m?s all? de esas obligaciones basicas, es posible que muchos abogados no conozcan el marco que imponen las Normas Federales de Procedimiento Civil (FRCP) sobre el descubrimiento de ESI. Este programa ofrece una descripcion general de las disposiciones clave del FRCP que dirigen el proceso de descubrimiento en un tribunal federal y delinea pautas y mejores practicas para manejar esos requisitos.

Okta's 2023 Businesses at Work report reveals that companies with 2,000 employees now deploy an average of 211 apps, marking a 24-app increase from last year. Even smaller companies tend to use over 90 apps. While not all of these apps will contain relevant information for eDiscovery, they do point to a growing concern for in-house teams, law firms, and service providers: how to handle the ever-increasing amount of content, collaboration, and chat data. Legal teams must adapt to this trend and learn the best practices for managing the systems powering their business, whether it's emoji-laden messages in Slack or Teams, Confluence wiki pages, or Zoom meeting recordings.

Join this session as our experts outline the most prominent cases dominating 2023, how they will impact the law going forward and big cases that are likely to hit the docket soon.

At every conference someone asks, “what is AI?” and “how does it apply in eDiscovery”? Our panelists have the answers, and they’ll share them with you – not by trotting out some dry academic definition but via example. By the time this session is done, you too will be able to answer those questions with confidence.

eDiscovery technology went big in 2022, delivering ever more extensive capabilities in eDiscovery and stretching out to other areas such as compliance, cyber, continual monitoring, and more. Hear how our speakers use AI and legal tech to push to and past traditional eDiscovery boundaries – while delivering new solutions that solve old problems more effectively, efficiently, and affordably than ever.

A growing challenge is how to manage chat discussions, both in eDiscovery and Information Governance. In this moderated panel session, our experts will delve into issues of ingestion, retention, permissions, and collaboratively discuss the solution paths to the question of what to do with chat in eDiscovery and Information Governance.

Corporate legal and eDiscovery teams are frequently asked to produce information in response to a regulatory inquiry, making it imperative for in-house and outside counsel to understand the perspectives of regulatory agencies around the world. While these projects are challenging – for global organizations the complexity and challenges can quickly escalate given the unique needs and requirements of each regulatory agency.

To better understand key issues and best practices for these global regulators - particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic - Ari Kaplan Advisors interviewed 31 regulators responsible for securities, financial services, and competition in 18 countries to discuss their best practices, technology protocols, agency enforcement strategies, and data sharing preferences.

Whether you’re working for a regulator, a highly regulated corporation, or a legal or advisory firm that gets called in to help.

Join this session as our veteran practitioners discuss why your team should create ESI protocols; some of the common pitfalls that occur around this process; and how to prevent common discovery disputes stemming from electronic data.