Ethical Issues in Electronic Discovery 1 CLE Hour

It is incumbent upon lawyers to follow both the letter and spirit of the ethical rules which govern electronic discovery, as the consequences of a failure to do so can be severe, including disqualification and disciplinary action.  In this program, Albert Barsocchini, a subject matter expert on e-discovery, data privacy, compliance and internal investigations and senior director and assistant general counsel for Guidance Software, provides a review of E-Discovery Rules and cases and offers real-world examples of how E-Discovery ethical problems arise – and how they can be avoided.  Issues addressed include the advisability of the use of outside vendors, (which includes financial conflicts and competence issues), the duty of counsel to maintain tech expertise, the duty to confer early, issues related to billing, the duty of confidentiality, inadvertent disclosure, storage of client data and more.