Although other legal and regulatory issues, ranging from financial reform to executive compensation, have firmly grabbed the spotlight, the stealth issue for 2010 may well be data security and privacy. Indeed, a broad class of businesses will face an array of new privacy obligations as a result of new requirements adopted on both the federal [...]

   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). [...]

  With two major conferences back-to-back, The Masters Conference (click here) and the ACC Annual Meeting (click here) we have been a bit pressed for time to write up our thoughts on both plus all the interviews we conducted at each. We agree with Brett Burney’s observation:  vendors at the Masters Conference seemed to emphasize a general [...]

Upcoming webinars, and a seminar for those of you in D.C.: WEBINAR: Socha-Gelbmann Update: LegalTech New York, EDRM & e-Discovery Trends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST (Duration: 1 hour) Link:  http://tinyurl.com/bg2xqt WEBINAR:  Best Practices Webinar: Kazeon hosts eDiscovery Panel Discussion with United States District Judge James M. Rosenbaum and Magistrate  Judge [...]