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The Data Law Year in Review


Level: Advanced
Runtime: 60 minutes
Recorded Date: March 10, 2022
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Agenda

Year in Review: Remote Practice
        - In the News
        - Judicial Perspective
        - Legal Issues
Year in Review: eDiscovery
        - In the News
        - Sanctions 
        - Legal Issues
Year in Review: Access to Justice & Technology
        - In the News
        - Initiatives
        - Attorney-Client Privilege

Runtime: 1 hour
Recorded: March 10, 2022

For NY - Difficulty Level: For exprienced attorneys only (non-transitional)
For NY - Difficulty Level: Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)

Description

Join us as we look back at the year in data law and what it means for the year ahead. We’ll discuss some of the important data law news developments of the year with Zach Warren, editor-in chief of ALM’s Legaltech News, and provide in-depth legal analysis from the bar and bench on these topics with practitioner and judicial perspectives on issues where electronic data are involved, such as access to justice and the attorney-client privilege, sanctions in e-discovery with a default judgment in the Sandy Hook cases, legal and practical considerations in remote legal proceedings, and more.

This program was recorded as part of ALM's Legalweek Conference on March 10th, 2022.

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Panelists

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Kelly Twigger

CEO
eDiscovery Assistant

Kelly Twigger is a practicing attorney, software developer, consultant, writer, and speaker on issues in electronic discovery, the development and implementation of legal technology, and how to effectively use data in planning for and during litigation.

She is a co-author of Electronic Discovery and Records and Information Management and host of Case of the Week at eDiscovery Assistant. As Principal at ESI Attorneys, Kelly manages the boutique eDiscovery and information law firm that acts as operational business partners with its clients to advise law firms, corporations, and municipalities on all areas of electronic information including eDiscovery, privacy, cybersecurity, and information governance.

Kelly is also the CEO of eDiscovery Assistant — a SaaS-based practical resource for litigators handling eDiscovery — that curates discovery decisions, rules, and additional content. She is developing an online academy to provide on-demand education for lawyers and legal support professionals to stay abreast of changes in the law and technology that affect litigation and clients’ obligations to respond.

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Zach Warren

Technology and Innovation Insights Lead
Thomson Reuters Institute

Zach Warren leads technology and innovation content and research for the Thomson Reuters Institute. Zach has been writing and speaking on tech and innovation for more than a decade, and charts the future of professional services industries, including legal, tax, and risk & fraud, through writing, podcasts, speaking engagements, and more. With the Institute, Zach has helmed multiple research projects on technology in professional services, including a series of Generative AI reports for the legal and tax industries, the Digital Strategy Report for law firms, and others. Before TRI, Zach was the editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News and regularly featured on Law.com, The American Lawyer and ALM events such as Legalweek.

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David Horrigan

Discovery Counsel & Legal Education Director
Relativity

David Horrigan is Relativity’s discovery counsel and legal content director. An attorney, law school guest lecturer, e-discovery industry analyst, and award-winning journalist, David has served as counsel at the Entertainment Software Association, reporter and assistant editor at The National Law Journal, and analyst and counsel at 451 Research. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Legaltech News and the Data Law Board of Advisors at the Yeshiva University Cardozo Law School.

David holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida, and he studied international law at Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.

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Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy

Associate Justice, Appellate Division
New York State Supreme Court

Honorable Tanya R. Kennedy is Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, New York Supreme Court. Before being elevated to the appellate bench, Justice Kennedy served as Justice of the Supreme Court, New York County, as well as in Criminal Court, Civil Court, and Family Court.

Prior to her judicial service, Justice Kennedy served in the New York City Law Department and in the Bronx Tort Division, where she served as Assistant Deputy Chief. Justice Kennedy has served as President of the National Association of Women Judges, and she was selected by Penn State University’s Board of Trustees to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2020.

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Hon. Ronald J. Hedges

Senior Counsel
Dentons

Ronald is a member of Dentons' Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He has extensive experience in e-discovery and in the management of complex litigation and has served as a special master, arbitrator and mediator. He also consults on management and discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”).

Ron Hedges was a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. While a magistrate judge, he was the Compliance Judge for the Court Mediation Program, a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee, and both a member of, and reporter for, the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee. From 2001 to 2005 he was a member of the Advisory Group of Magistrate Judges.

Ron was an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School, where he taught mediation skills. He was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and remains an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law—Newark. He taught courses on electronic discovery and evidence at both these schools. Ron was a Fellow at the Center for Information Technology of Princeton University for 2010-11 and 2011-12. He is also a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.


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