Catagory:Speaking Engagements & Publications

March 15-16, 2005
Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel, San Francisco
Produced by American Conferences

Preston Gates’ Helen Moure will be co-presenting a session on Strategic Considerations for Document Storage and Retrieval with Robert E. Norton, Senior Counsel, Daimler-Chrysler Corporation

This conference will focus on providing strategic guidance on creating document retention policies as well as tools and techniques for limiting the scope and cost of e-discovery. Faculty will include representatives from Cargill, ExxonMobil, General Motors, Pfizer and Tyco, as well as a suite of federal court judges.

Legal Tech New York is the world’s largest technology tradeshow and conference in the legal industry [7,500+ attendees.] January 31 – February 2, 2005. Hilton New York, New York City.

November 19, 2004, San Francisco
December 17, 2004, New York City

This bi-coastal program, developed through a joint effort between Preston Gates, Microsoft��and the Practising Law Institute (PLI,) is designed specifically for in-house counsel and other attorneys involved in advising organizations on electronic discovery and document retention issues. Backup tapes, evolving case law, computer forensics, and ethics rules in email are just a portion of the subjects to be covered by a daylong series of speakers and interactive panels.

Key focus areas include:

• Formulating retention/destruction policies and implementing the duty to preserve
• New discovery frontiers: instant messaging and voicemail
• Computer forensics: When you need it; when you don’t
• Update on newly revised E-Discovery court rules
• Creating defensible privilege claims
• Ethics: Resolving conflicts related to email

December 9-10, 2004
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Preston’s Martha Dawson will be participating as a panelist. The conference will focus on a number of key electronic discovery issues, including:

• Spoliation
• Disclosure and discovery of digital evidence
• Finding and collecting electronic information
• Effective records management
• Selecting an e-discovery vendor
• Updates on e-discovery law

For more information on the conference, click here.

Best Practices for Corporate Counsel
Park Central Hotel, New York City
November 10-12, 2004

Key themes: Minimizing costs associated with e-discovery, best practices for managing and preserving electronic information, developing effective litigation response strategies, tips and traps for records management and litigation strategy. Presented by Marcus Evans.

October 15-16, 2004
Royal Palms
Phoenix, Arizona

Preston’s Helen Moure will be participating as a member of the Working Group.