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LEGALTECH® WEST COAST 2008 - June 26 - 27, 2008

June 27

Exhibit Floor 10am - 5pm
Tracks
LO
Legal Outsourcing: Trends, Best Practices, and Emerging Markets

RM: 501A

ED
Electronic Discovery Issues in Litigation

RM: 502A

KM
Knowledge Management

RM: 502B

FL
Law Technology News Presents FutureLaw

RM: 503

ET
Emerging Technology

RM: 506

Sponsors
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote Presentation:
From a Judicial Perspective: Selected Issues Regarding the Federal Amended E-Discovery Rules

Elizabeth D. Laporte, US District Court, Northern District of California Magistrate Judge

RM: 502A

Sponsored by:
10:00 Exhibit Hall Opens
10:30 - 12:00
LO1:

Selecting Your Outsourcing Provider

Moderator:
GANESH NATARAJAN
President & CEO
Mindcrest Inc.
Chicago, IL

Panelists:
MATTHEW FAWCETT
General Counsel
JDS Uniphase Corporation
Milpitas, CA

JAMES K.WAGNER JR.
Co-Founder
DiscoverReady LLC
New York, NY

LLOYD RICHARDSON
Partner
McGuire Woods LLP
McLean, VA

ED1:

The Match Game: Searching and Sampling ESI

Moderator:
PATRICK OOT
Director of Electronic Discovery & Senior Litigation Counsel
Verizon Legal Department
Arlington, VA

Panelists:
JOE UTSLER
Product Manager
LexisNexis Litigation Services
Los Angeles, CA

RALPH LOSEY
Co-Chair of the Akerman Senterfitt's E-Discovery Team
Akerman Senterfitt
Orlando, FL

KM1:

Creating A Successful Enterprise Search System

Speakers:
ALI SHAHIDI
Director of Knowledge Management
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Santa Monica, CA

AMY HALVERSON
Manager of Litigation Knowledge Management
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Palo Alto, CA

FL1:

Sell Your Tech

Speakers:
DOUG CADDELL
CIO
Foley & Lardner LLP
Chicago, IL

ROB KAHN
Director, Business Development
Fenwick & West LLP
Mountain View, CA

ROBIN SOLOMON
Firmwide Knowledge Manager
Heller Ehrman
Los Angeles, CA

ET1:
11:45 - 12:30

eDiscovery Supply Chain Best Practices

12:00 - 1:30 Exhibit Hall Break
1:30 - 3:00
LO2:

Outsourcing and Offshoring Document Review

Moderator:
TEJU DESHPANDE
Vice President, Client Services
Mindcrest Inc.
Chicago, IL

Panelists:
MACYL BURKE
Director of Marketing
ACT Litigation Services
Valencia, CA

GANESH NATARAJAN
President & CEO
Mindcrest Inc.
Chicago, IL

ED2:

E-Discovery Jeopardy

Moderator:
CRAIG BALL
Attorney and Technologist
Computer Forensic Examiner
Austin, TX

Panelists:
PATRICK YOUNG
Director, Sales
Discovery Services
LexisNexis
Overland Park, KS

HEATHER STEWART
Database Administrator
Snell & Wilmer, LLP
Phoenix, AZ

LISA ROSEN
President
Rosen Technology Resources
Chicago, IL

KM2:

Social Computing and Collaboration – Wiki, Blogs, and Tags and RSS

Speakers:
THOMAS W. BALDWIN
Chief Knowledge Officer
Reed Smith LLP
Los Angeles, CA

MARY PANETTA
Director of Knowledge Management
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
Los Angeles, CA

FL2:

Green Law

Speakers:
ANTHONY HOKE
Global Technology Purchasing/Asset Manager
Morrison & Foerster LLP
San Francisco, CAA

BRUCE LYMBURN
Partner
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP
Oakland, CA

ALVIDAS JASIN
Director of Business Development
Thompson Hine LLP
Cleveland, OH

3:00 - 3:30 Exhibit Hall Break
3:30 - 5:00
LO3:

Recent Trends in Legal Outsourcing

Moderator:
LLOYD RICHARDSON
Partner
McGuire Woods LLP
McLean, VA

Panelists:
MOHIT DASWANI
Principal
JMI Equity
San Diego, CA

GANESH NATARAJAN
President & CEO
Mindcrest Inc.
Chicago, IL

AJOY VACCHER
Managing Director
The Astor Group
New York, NY

ED3:

The Price is Right: Using a combination of staffing options, outsourcing and technology to control cost

Speakers:
RALPH LOSEY
Co-Chair of the Akerman Senterfitt's E-Discovery Team
Akerman Senterfitt
Orlando, FL

RICK HAUSER
Operation Manager
Senior Corporate Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
Farmers Group, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

KM3:

Email – Friend or Foe to Knowledge Management?

Speakers:
AYELETTE ROBINSON
Practice Resources Attorney
Morrison Foerster
Palo Alto, CA

CRAIG CARPENTER
Vice President of Marketing
Recommind
San Francisco, CA

FL3:

TomorrowLand

Speakers:
J. CRAIG WILLIAMS
Partner
The Williams Lindberg Law Firm (Tech & Law in
MultiJurisdictional Practices)
Newport Beach, CA

CRAIG BALL
Attorney and Technologist (Crystal Ball: Future of E-Discovery)
Certified Computer Forensic Examiner
Austin, TX

DOUGLAS CADDELL
CIO
Foley & Lardner (Next Generation – Systems & People*)
Chicago, IL

PETER HSIAO
Head, Land Use & Environmental Law Group
Morrison & Foerster LLP (CleanTech)
Los Angeles, CA

THOMAS W. BALDWIN
Chief Knowledge Officer
Reed Smith LLP (Relationship Capital)
Los Angeles, CA

JUDITH FLOURNOY
CIO
Loeb & Loeb LLP (Leadership)
Los Angeles, CA



LO: Legal Outsourcing: Trends, Best Practices, and Emerging Markets [Top]
Law firms and corporations outsource for a variety of reasons, including reduction of operating costs. The industry is growing domestically and internationally. Forrester Research projects that the industry may grow to $4 billion dollars in India alone by 2015. Join us for a discussion on where the industry is been and where it is headed.

  • LO1: Selecting Your Outsourcing Provider [Top]
    What should in-house counsel or law firms keep in mind when selecting the right outsourcing provider? Which model of engagement works best for you? This panel will dissect issues such as vendor management, change of control, quality of work product, blended service models and the critical role of "process" in legal process outsourcing.

  • LO2: Outsourcing and Offshoring Document Review [Top]
    Learn how technology-assisted state-of-the art process management techniques have taken offshore legal document review well past the proof of the concept stage. This panel will share industry best practices on how to successfully structure and manage offshore document review projects. The focus of this session will be on project planning, eDiscovery tools and developing quality metrics that are key to streamlining and monitoring large scale offshore document review work.

  • LO3: Recent Trends in Legal Outsourcing [Top]
    Thought leaders on this panel share their unique perspectives on present and future trends in legal outsourcing. Get valuable strategic insights from corporations, law firms and venture capitalists on where this dynamically evolving industry is headed. A special focus will be on emergent eDiscovery technologies and India as the preferred destination for offshore legal outsourcing.

ED: Electronic Discovery Issues in Litigation: Winning E-Discovery [Top]
Electronic discovery is no game, but To Tell the Truth, whether litigating a Family Feud or one of the latest corporate Blockbusters, lawyers and litigation support professionals unschooled in the technical and legal aspects of this challenging area can be the Weakest Link in a case. E-discovery requires Concentration on effective search and sampling strategies calculated to get to the Truth or Consequences can be severe. The $64,000 Question is, can you Beat the Clock and not Break the Bank or Press your Luck? Let's Make a Deal: attend this track and see how our panelists make learning about e-discovery entertaining and informative. Deal or No Deal?

  • ED1: The Match Game: Searching and Sampling ESI [Top]
    Searching and sampling ESI are complex sciences that powerfully drive volume and cost in e-discovery. Yet, we too often approach both unscientifically, little appreciating how small improvements reap big savings in cost and performance. This panel will discuss avoidable errors and share sensible ways to improve the precision and recall of search and the scope and reliability of sampling.

  • ED2: E-Discovery Jeopardy! [Top]
    Who says learning can't be fun? Come play along as volunteers from the audience vie for great prizes using their e-discovery savvy in the classic Jeopardy format. Our own "Alex Trebek," joined by a top-notch judges panel, will insure this session is both educational and entertaining. Be sure to answer in the form of a question!

  • ED3: The Price is Right: Using a combination of staffing options, outsourcing and technology to control cost [Top]
    The panel will discuss how to optimize searches using new concept search or review technologies, the benefits to be gained by refining the size and shape of your review team, and how entering into constructive dialogue can reduce electronic discovery costs. Concepts which will be discussed include:

    • the use of discovery categories, agreed keywords and negotiating the scope of discovery;
    • the value of attending meet and confer conferences and setting parameters;
    • the use of effective keyword searching and search tools to assist in culling electronically stored information;
    • the role of, and considerations when using vendors;
    • staffing options for legal review teams;
    • how to optimize your legal review environment; and
    • the cost benefits when reviewing and producing in a native format.

KM: Knowledge Management [Top]
Legal knowledge managers have made impressive strides in recent years, bringing innovative tools to the KM market as well as proving that KM resources are required for law firms to remain competitive in the 21st century. But with progress comes challenges, including ensuring reliable security, weaving KM into legal practice, and designing proper use of Web 2.0 tools in business environments. The sessions in this track will address these and other common KM issues facing knowledge managers, in the context of three of the hottest KM topics surfacing today: enterprise search, social computing, and email management.

  • KM1: Creating A Successful Enterprise Search System [Top]
    With the "Google generation" entering the workforce and even the most senior partners now online, firms are realizing that search is today's must have technology. But a Google-style search box is not enough for the complexities of the legal environment. Innovative firms are utilizing complex technology to provide powerful yet simple results. This talk will discuss the issues of implementation and adoption of enterprise search within the firm.

    • Why not just use Google?
    • What information can and should be searched?
    • How are ethical walls handled, is search really secure?
    • In addition to saving time, can search also be used to produce revenue?

  • KM2: Social Computing and Collaboration – Wiki, Blogs, and Tags and RSS [Top]
    Collaborating, networking, improving collective knowledge, managing spam… all sound like great ideas, right? So why have law firms been slow to adopt the social computing tools so popular and effective in the non-legal market? This talk will highlight those tools best suited to legal practice and support and will provide insights for garnering management buy-in and increasing user adoption of those tools to help you reap the benefits such tools can bring to your organization.

  • KM3: Email – Friend or Foe to Knowledge Management? [Top]
    With the proliferation of email based communication, Knowledge Management is at risk of losing track of valuable information once again being stored away in discrete silos (i.e. each user's inbox). However, new information management technologies are emerging to address this intersection of knowledge management with email management. This talk will discuss the issues KM managers are faced with when managing email-based information to turn this potential foe into a KM friend.

    • What are the challenges firms face when managing email-based information?
    • What are the implications for losing track of information?
    • What infrastructure is available to effectively manage email-based information?
    • Can email-based information be securely and effectively shared across the firm for collaboration?

FL: Law Technology News Presents FutureLaw [Top]
The legal profession is undergoing a dramatic change as firms face a future where clients expect "better, faster, cheaper" legal services, and demand use of technology, and require accountability. No longer can law firms be run behind closed doors,managed like private clubs. Today's firms must compete to win—and retain—business, and are expected to demonstrate the same priorities as their clients: for quality work, diversity, cost management, and responsiveness. This track will explore how firms and clients are responding to these challenges. LTN Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay will moderate all panels.

  • FL1: Sell Your Tech [Top]
    It's no longer enough for firms to win business based on legal skills alone. Today's savvy firms realize that they must offer topline technology to win and keep clients. Our panelists will share how their firms have integrated technology tools, such as extranets and wikis, to increase collaboration and better serve their clients' expectations.

  • FL2: Green Law [Top]
    It's Not Easy Going Green.... Or is It? Using technology tools to create a "green"workplace can not only lower your energy consumption, it can increase productivity,morale, profits, improve lifestyles and health, cut costs, and help you get, and keep, new clients. How your organization can establish a program, from leadership needed to concrete programs that work.

  • FL3: Tomorrowland [Top]
    Where is the legal community headed, and what challenges does it face, as technology becomes embedded in every facet of our lives? From delivering the best possible legal services to our clients; to providing opportunities to excel in the workplace and at home; to confronting the challenges of competing interests in a global economy; it's a heady challenge to move forward. Each of our six leaders will forecast what lies ahead—and where opportunities may abound: Tech & Law in MultiJurisdictional Practices - J. CraigWilliams, Partner, TheWilliams Lindberg Law Firm; Crystal Ball: Future of E-Discovery - Craig Ball, Consultant/Attorney; Next Generation – Systems & People - Douglas Caddell, CIO, Foley & Lardner; CleanTech - Peter Hsaio, Head, Land Use & Environmental law Group, Morrison & Foerster; Relationship Capital - Tom Baldwin, Chief Knowledge Officer, Reed Smith; Leadership - Judith Flournoy, CIO, Loeb & Loeb.

ET: Emerging Technology [Top]

  • ET1: eDiscovery Supply Chain Best Practices [Top]
    Over the past 20 years, companies have automated and optimized nearly all internal processes with the exception of legal. As companies realize the full cost impact of mandated eDiscovery requirements, general counsel and law firms have started to move from repetitive vendor reviews or build-it-yourself mentality to using centralized, on-demand eDiscovery software solutions. This approach allows companies to transform from a reactive to a proactive approach, effectively optimizing their eDiscovery supply chain and creating a process management methodology for maximum efficiency and control of risk and cost.

    Find out how innovative companies and their leading law firms benefit from using a centralized, on-demand eDiscovery software platform and proven processes across all matters, enabling them to efficiently and defensibly respond to today's legal and compliance challenges, consistently, accurately and faster. These companies enjoy innovative features and benefits such as user-level performance analytics across all matters, while delivering overall savings of 30-60 percent and increasing earnings per share (EPS) by up to 1.1 percent.

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