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The Ontario e-Discovery Institute Conference: e-Discovery for All Cases and All Laywers

CCCT-CCTJ — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:45:09 +0000

“This unique one-day program is the only e-discovery conference organized jointly by The Sedona Conference®, Sedona Canada and the Ontario e-Discovery Implementation Committee, and co-sponsored by the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association, The Advocates’ Society and The Canadian Centre for Court Technology.”

Access the flyer or register here.

“The Honourable Warren Winkler, Chief Justice of Ontario, and Her Honour, Judge Shira Scheindlin, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, will deliver keynote addresses. The format of the conference will be interactive, and the focus will be on practical solutions and cost containment in the e-discovery field.”

Attend the event at the University of Toronto Residence, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, or via live webcast, on September 19th, 2011.

Virtualization, Cloud Computing (Outsourcing), etc

Clearinghouse IWG — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:32:47 +0000

SLAW post on Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Benefits and E-Discovery Implications is a mini primer on these new technologies and highlights considerations for this environment.

“Some questions that you can consider are:

What types of data will you store in the cloud?

Will you be encrypting the data?

What will the cloud provider give you in regards to data protection, access, retention, security and logging?

Where will the data be stored and can you specify the geographic location?

Who can access the data?

How will the data be returned and in what format? How long will it take and is there any charge?

How does the provider deal with metadata and is it preserved?”

Technology Related Issues: Legal Challenges

Clearinghouse IWG — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:22:26 +0000

US Supreme Court watching on issues related to technology:

Review of cases since October 2010 as monitored by Wired;
Warrantless GPS monitoring as reported by EFF;
EFF involvement in cases related to copyright issues before the Supreme Court – sale of first right and foreign authored public domain works.

And from other US court levels and international jurisdictions, EFF provides the following news items:

Using work computers for personal use;
Ban on publishing distressing images;
ISP filtering in Australia.

Conferences of Interest

Clearinghouse IWG — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:44:59 +0000

Looking for a summer learning event? Check out the August offerings with the NIEM national conference (for a session on Application of NIEM Standards to Pennsylvania Criminal Justice System) in Philadelphia, or head off to Singapore for the International Conference on Electronic Litigation (e.g. social media, court room of the future, e-discovery).

e-Discovery a Reading List

Clearinghouse IWG — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:04:27 +0000

Peg Duncan has recently updated her e-discovery reading list on practicePRO . This comprehensive selection of readings covers practical topics selecting a vendor, the rules guiding e-discovery in various jurisdiction and records management guides. This is an excellent starting point on all things related to e-discovery.

Ontario Model E-Discovery and E-trial Precedents

Clearinghouse IWG — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:36:08 +0000

Ontario Model E-Discovery and E-trial Precedents has been developed by the Ontario E-Discovery Implementation Committee (EIC) and the materials are available on the OBA website. Materials include checklists, guide to managing costs, model orders and agreements. Comments are welcome and they can be sent to Chair of the EIC, David Outerbridge (douterbridge@torys.com) or by fax: 416.865.7380.

Book Review: Digital Evidence in Criminal Law

Clearinghouse IWG — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:32:50 +0000

Digital Evidence in Criminal Law, authored by D.M. Scanlan and published by Canada Law Book. The book was reviewed by Slaw blogger Nils Jensen.