Professional Development Series
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eDiscovery I
With the emerging technology comes new challenges for lawyers as our clients communicate through new means including email, social media, and cloud storage systems. Similarly, new hardware such as smartphones and tablets allow more data to transfer on a regular basis. What complications do these technologies create for lawyers and how are they able to ethically work with these platforms to properly represent their clients? Join this distinguished panel as they discuss the issue.
Faculty:
Honorable Michael Urbanski, District Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, Roanoke
Honorable Pamela Sargent, Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, Big Stone Gap
Honorable C. Randall Lowe, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge, Washington County Circuit Court, Abingdon
John Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Fairfax
Moderated by Thomas Bagby, Esq., Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke
Topics:
4:00 - How Technology Has Changed Law/Data Transport/Video Surveillance
9:25 - Capturing and Preserving Data/Forensic Data
12:49 - Recovering Text Messages on Phones
15:00 - Email Data Recovery
16:35 - Product Suggestions
22:05 - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence with eDiscovery
25:10 - eDiscovery in Small Cases/Federal Case Examples
29:55 - Lawyer's Duties with eDiscovery
32:38 - Ethical Obligations (Duty to Preserve)
42:03 - Admissibility
43:50 - Self-Authentication of Electronic Evidence? (Be Careful)