Catagory:Speaking Engagements & Publications

April 16-17, 2007
Four Seasons Hotel
Vancouver, B.C.

K&L Gates partner Helen Bergman Moure presented at this recent event, offering valuable insight into the current state of e-discovery in the United States, including the recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the impact of recent notable cases on document retention standards and practices, and current case law developments.

“This conference is designed to help you contain risk linked to electronic records management and bring you up to date on how laws and procedures are changing to deal with this new reality in both a business and litigation context.  Some highlights of this timely event are:

• Planning an eRecords strategy to ensure records meet new legal standards
• Meeting your obligations in regards to privacy and FOIPPA access requests
• Best records management policies and procedures that are also cost efficient
• Emerging US trends that may affect Canadian standards and litigation
• Obtain a checklist of current solutions for data retention policies
• Learn tips from organizations that have implemented eRecord management systems to save time and money and avoid risk
• Essential insights on avoiding spoliation and related sanctions

For more information about the conference, click here.

K&L Gates partner Todd L. Nunn will highlight some of the most common e-discovery blunders that parties and their counsel make, and offer practical guidance on how to avoid these missteps, at the Washington State Bar Association’s upcoming CLE event entitled "DARE TO DISCOVER: How to Employ and Respond to Discovery Tactics."  The program will take place on Thursday, April 5, 2007, from 8:25 a.m. – 4:15 p.m., with check-in and walk-in registration beginning at 7:30 a.m.  The location of the event is:  

Red Lion on Fifth Avenue, Emerald Ballroom I
1415 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Todd’s presentation, "10 Worst E-Discovery Mistakes and How to Avoid Them," begins at 2:45 p.m.

For more information, or to register, click here.

March 27, 2007

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Hotel Monaco Portland
506 Southwest Washington Street
Portland, OR 97204

K&L Gates partner Helen Bergman Moure will be presenting at this practical seminar which will provide invaluable information on Oregon public meetings laws. The panel will discuss how to efficiently request electronically stored records and how to produce those records if you are acting on behalf of a public body. The materials and presentations offered at this seminar will give you a clear understanding of the requirements for government recordkeeping. This highly informative seminar will also focus on a media perspective of public records. Experienced and well-respected professionals will offer valuable and practical insight and opinions on key issues and concepts.

Click here for more information about attending this seminar.

Electronic Records Management Pioneers Share Their Tips on What Works, What’s Practical, and What Not to Do

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
2:00-4:30PM ET

Don’t miss this Special Counsel telecast event featuring K&L Gates’ partner David Cohen, co-chair of the firm’s Document Analysis Technology Group (DATG) and Records Management practice. 

Program Overview: The new E-discovery rules have had tremendous impact on records management. The complexities are more abundant than ever. The challenges confront all litigators, and the costs are huge.

• An October 2006 survey revealed that only 7% of corporate counsel view their companies as prepared for the new federal rules governing discovery of electronically stored information and 50% were not even aware the new rules were being enacted.
• In-house IT personnel are also sounding the alarm as a Dec. 2006 Computer World Survey, 32% of 170 IT managers and staffers surveyed said they aren’t prepared to meet the requirements of the federal edict, 11% said they are somewhat prepared, while 42% said they don’t know the status of their companies’ preparation.
• This special live audio presentation will help you do more to manage your electronic records. We will be presenting ideas and thoughts from an esteemed panel of innovators and pioneers in the electronic record management field.

This program is appropriate for C level executives, in-house counsel, IT staff, records managers, and outside counsel.  Click here to register or for more information.

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) sponsors "E-Discovery for Defense Attorneys" at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center from 8 AM to Noon — November 2, 2006.  Preston DATG partner, Todd Nunn, will present "A Realist’s View of the Impact of E-Discovery on a Defense Firm" and contribute to the CLE’s ethics discussion with John Schedler, Lee Smart Cook, Martin & Patterson, James Macpherson, Kopta & Macpherson and Gregory Shelton, Williams Kastner & Gibbs. 

"Practical Advice for Developing an Effective Discovery Response Plan"

The Preston DATG partners look forward to leading a succession of briefings designed to assist clients in negotiating the perils of electronic discovery with advice for developing actionable plans and tools for navigating through the new federal rules which go into effect December 1, 2006.   Breakfast meetings are scheduled during the next four weeks in five locations:  Spokane–October 24, Seattle–October 31, Orange County–November 8, San Francisco–November 9 and Portland–November 9.

The Washington, DC office of Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP hosts the session during a lunch conference on November 16, 2006.

For further information regarding exact times and locations, please contact David Bowerman at 206.370.6726 or dbowerman@prestongates.com.

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Room 2AB
Seattle, WA

Martha Dawson is speaking at this upcoming Washington State Bar Association event on Ethical Issues in Electronic Discovery.  Other speakers include representatives from PACCAR, Avista Corporation, and the University of Seattle School of Law.  Visit www.wsbacle.org/seminars for more information.

Examine crucial discovery issues facing practitioners today.  Martha Dawson, Program Committee Chair for this WSBA-sponsored CLE, will give an update on the ethical obligations in the complex world of e-discovery on Thursday, October 26, 2006, Seattle Hilton.  Preston partners Helen Bergman Moure and Todd Nunn will moderate separate panels that will explore the ramifications of the new federal rules and the new state rules, both actual and proposed, that relate to litigation and discovery.   Download the event brochure here.

Preston’s Martha Dawson will be a featured speaker at the upcoming In-House Paralegal SuperConference in Philadelphia on October 4-5, 2006.  She will be emphasizing the importance of equiping yourself with the insight and knowledge necessary to implement effective strategies for quickly and efficiently complying with e-discovery requests.  Click here for further conference details.

The Sedona Conference®, a nonprofit law and policy think-tank, will host their first educational event in Chicago on September 15 focusing on e-discovery and the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  The conference will be held on the Nortwestern University School of Law campus.  Hon. Lee Rosenthal, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Texas, will keynote the session.  For more information on the conference or to register, visit www.thesedonaconference.org.