30 November 2009 For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way:  Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to Monsanto company patents.  Ninety-three percent of soybeans. Eighty percent of corn. The seeds represent “probably the most [...]

Exploring creative and effective ways to protect privileges while saving time and money Date:  Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM (EST)/10:00 AM (PST) Hon. John Facciola (U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District of Columbia) and Jonathan Redgrave (partner at Nixon Peabody LLP) will discuss their recently published law review article addressing the process for claiming and [...]

19 November 2009 Reporting for The Posse List:  Gregory Bufithis, Scott Madsen and Alex Hania Last week Georgetown Law CLE, in cooperation with the Sedona Conference, presented its 6th Annual Advanced E-Discovery Institute.  It was one of the best conferences we’ve attended on e-discovery and that is based on the content covered, the experts/luminaries in the e-discovery field that [...]

LDM Global (for more about the company click here) is an international information management/litigation support solutions provider.  It specializes in data recovery, computer forensics, large scale electronic and paper based discovery services and international projects. We had the opportunity to meet Scott Merrick, International Marketing Director of LDM Global, at a “Managing Cross-border Discovery” panel during the International Legal [...]

             We recently attended the first in a series of CLE corporate briefing seminars jointly sponsored by Sheppard Mullin and eTERA Consulting.  The seminars focus on emerging legal issues under the Obama Administration.   The focus of the first session was on understanding and managing cartel investigations in the U.S. and abroad. The panel of experts, [...]

  15 November 2009 In June 2009 the Sedona Conference held it’s program Cross-Border eDiscovery and Data Privacy.  The Posse List was there and covered the event (click here). The Georgetown panel was composed of several Sedona participants: James Daley, Kenneth Rashbaum, Lisa Sotto, Alexander Blumrosen and Christian Zeunert. The technology and cultural challenges posed by cross-border [...]

15 November 2009 When it comes to the flow of litigation information, law firms and clients often feel trapped in a cyclone of data that supersedes substantive issues of a case, both in cost and attention from the court.   Ron Hedges  led the panel and discussed the “flow of litigation” and how active case management (by judges [...]

   15 November 2009 The presentation was made by David Shonka (Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission), Miriam Smolen (associate general counsel in Fannie Mae’s litigation department, and in this role she manages complex commercial litigations and government investigations) and moderated by Andrew Goldsmith (First Assistant Chief in the Department of Justice). [...]

15 November 2009 The presentation on Advanced Search and Retrieval Technology was made by Jason R. Baron, Maura Grossman and Ralph Losey, all powerhouses in the e-discovery world. Baron and Losey started off with their multimedia PowerPoint presentation (to the tune of Darude’s Sandstorm which we had just seen at the Capital One Future of [...]