The stakes are high for the lawyers, paralegals and technologists at ALM Media's annual gathering in New York, especially when it comes to the privacy and protection of mobile data.

As DLA Piper partner—and former U.S. Department of Justice cybercrime coordinator—Ed McAndrew observed, "The best evidence is now held in mobile devices and the apps, social networks and cloud services we utilize with those devices. Any investigator or litigator who ignores that evidence may be committing malpractice in many instances."

To address the vital data privacy and data protection issues of the day, Relativity organized three programs at Legalweek New York on Feb. 5: "The Data Privacy and Data Protection Update," "Mobile Data: Issues in Data Privacy and Data Protection" and "Your Career in Data Discovery, Data Privacy, and Data Protection." Below are some highlights from a few of the panels:

Discovery v. Privacy Smackdown

Sometimes educational programs are fueled by excellent audience questions, and such was the case with the Data Privacy and Data Protection Update panel.