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Wednesday LTNY 2019 Sessions: eDiscovery Trends

As noted yesterday, Legaltech® New York (LTNY) is happening this week and, for the ninth(!) year in a row, eDiscovery Daily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show.  There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the New York area with a number of sessions available and over 160 exhibitors providing information on their products and services, including our company, CloudNine at booth #310-312.

In addition to that, yesterday and today, CloudNine is launching its new NineForum Discovery Education Series where prominent and highly respected eDiscovery and litigation support experts will deliver 9 TED-style talks, 20 minutes each, covering important topics impacting the legal community.  We’ve got a great list of eDiscovery thought leaders lined up for our first NineForum, so if you are at the show, come check it out.  The schedule for the topics and speakers is available here.  We had five great sessions yesterday, and have four more today to check out!

Not only that, but today from 4pm to 6pm is the 3rd annual Drinks with Doug (as in me!) and Mary (as in Mary Mack!), sponsored by ACEDS, CloudNine and Compliance Discovery Solutions.  You MAY still be able to register here.  We have a ton of people who have already registered and, trust me, you don’t want to be left out.  We’re going to take over Ruth’s Chris Steak house.  Seriously.

There are plenty of interesting sessions today.  Sessions in the main conference tracks include:

10:30am – 11:30am:

The International Legal Cloud 2019: Discovery, Security, and Business Considerations

Every time you pick up your phone, you’re using the cloud, and legal teams are no exception. In 2019, the cloud is fait accompli, a ubiquitous part of life for just about everyone. What does it mean for your legal team? This session will examine important considerations as your legal team and business move to the cloud, including security advantages, cross-border e-discovery strategies, and data privacy and protection issues from the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the California Consumer Privacy Act and other legal and regulatory considerations.

Moderator: Chris Dale, Editor – eDisclosure Information Project; Speakers: Dera Nevin, Senior Associate, IPTech, Information Governance and eDiscovery, Baker McKenzie LLP, Sean Pike, Program Vice President, Security Products – IDC, David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel & Legal Education Director – Relativity, Heidi Stenberg, Principal and Americas and Global Leader, Discovery Services, EY, Mark Anderson, Senior Project Consultant – Complete Discovery Source – London.

Why Lawyers Are Adopting AI Faster Than You: Law Firm Leaders Share Technology Strategies

Predictive coding paved the way for a new era of AI-enhanced law firms. Where do we go next? Automated document summaries, claims extraction, multifaceted chronologies, sentiment analysis, and more are on the horizon. Law firm leaders are looking to these technologies to grow their competitive edge and realize new client service enhancements. In this breakout, panelists will share their insights on the problems and pain points faced in their practice, their innovation journey towards developing technological solutions, and the new AI-enhanced technologies that they are actively pioneering with software developers right now.

Moderator: Adam Kuhn, Director of Product Marketing – OpenText; Speakers: David Lapresi, CEDS, e-Discovery and Litigation Support Manager – Phillips Lytle LLP, David Stanton, Litigation & eDiscovery Partner, Information Law & Electronic Discovery Team Leader – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Alexis Mitchell, Principal Data Scientist – Opus 2 International, Andrea D’Ambra, Partner & Head of eDiscovery & Information Governance for the United States – Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP.

How Litigation and Regulatory Teams Can Effectuate Change and Drive Value by Leveraging Technology and Defining Business Objectives Across a Global Corporate Enterprise

As the pressure to manage the cost of litigation continues to rise, companies must continually evaluate the legal department and look for ways to operate more efficiently and cost effectively. By preparing for the future today, litigation and regulatory teams will be better apt to predict and control costs, mitigate risk, and increase speed to revenue. In this session, we will discuss how the legal department can function more like a business and how better managing everything from data, evidence gathering, and litigation support, to budgeting and metrics can affect long-term company performance.

Key takeaways include:

  • How to value your eDiscovery team beyond rates?
  • What critical business objectives can the litigation team impact?
  • What are the typical legal issues that need to be considered when responding to litigation or regulatory demands?
  • How can litigation teams effectuate change and drive value?
  • How do we measure the readiness for change?
  • How to operate pro-actively?

Speakers: Christine Hasiotis, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel – UnitedLex, Seth Eichenholtz, Head of eDiscovery, Security Monitoring and Response – Mastercard, Kathleen Turland, Executive Counsel, Compliance, Litigation, Investigations & Privacy – Current, powered by GE, Kiriaki Tourikis, VP, Assistant General Counsel, Data and Privacy Legal – JPMorgan Chase.

1:30pm – 2:30pm:

The State of the e-Discovery Union: a Roundtable on the Industry and the Profession

How should you plan for your career and the future of your business or law firm when the e-discovery industry and the legal profession are in a period of rapid change? Where is the industry going, and what does the future hold for the legal professionals who make up the e-discovery profession? Join us for this session where leading journalists, industry analysts, and legal experts will examine the current state of e-discovery, the market, and legal forces affecting the industry, your firm or company, and your career. In addition, our panel of industry leaders will be making predictions on what the future holds for all of us.

Moderator: David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel & Legal Education Director – Relativity;  Speakers: Bob Ambrogi, Attorney and Founder – LawSites,  Ari Kaplan, Principal – Ari Kaplan Advisors,  Mary Mack, Executive Director – Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS),  Zach Warren, Editor-in-Chief – Legaltech News, Kelly Twigger, Principal – ESI Attorneys, Ryan O’Leary, Senior Research Analyst, Legal, Risk, & Compliance – IDC.

What’s in Your Smartphone? Mobile Device and Email Investigation Strategies and Stories

Your email and internet search history may be used against you in a court of law. Join a panel of forensic and eDiscovery experts to learn about the strategies and tactics they use to collect, investigate, and present digital evidence from the very device you are reading this on. Panelists will focus in on the special challenge of email and cell phones (policy, hardware, and software). Join this session to see just how much information we can pull off your devices and better understand the tools, techniques, and strategies available to modern investigators.

Moderator: Adam Kuhn, Director of Product Marketing – OpenText;  Speakers: Anna Clark, Partner – Phillips Lytle LLP,  Brian Morrison, Principal eDiscovery Analyst – Liberty Mutual,  Warren Singh, Supervisor of Practice Technology Consulting – Latham & Watkins, Laura Roman, Litigation Operations and E-Discovery Specialist Regulation – New York Stock Exchange.

3:00pm – 4:00pm:

3rd Annual Corporate Legal Operations Survey Results: Key Metrics, Trends, and Expectations

Each year, Ari Kaplan and OpenText partner to survey corporate legal professionals and gather their opinions on a range of eDiscovery, InfoGov, and technology questions. What metrics are you tracking? How is your caseload changing? What new security precautions are you taking? How have your responsibilities changed? Are robots taking your job?

In this breakout we’ll share survey data covering these questions and, joined by law firm and corporate legal guest speakers, engage in an interactive discussion on the state of the industry with diverse perspectives from consultants, vendors, outside counsel and corporate legal. Some of the survey highlights show significant increases in:

  • Efforts to centralize eDiscovery hosting
  • Outside counsel technology audits
  • Adoption of AI for legal ops
  • Cross-department collaboration
  • And more!

Moderator: Adam Kuhn, Director of Product Marketing – OpenText; Speakers: Ari Kaplan, Principal – Ari Kaplan Advisors; Brent Holmes, eDiscovery Program Director & Head of Legal Technology – Siemens, Kristin Comer Belyew, Assistant General Counsel: Legal Strategy, Technology, and Risk Management – GlaxoSmithKline.

In addition to these, there are other sessions today that may interest you.  For a complete description for all sessions today (and for the entire show, since they’re all on one page), click here.

So, what do you think?  Are you here at LTNY this year?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

Welcome to Legaltech New York 2019!: eDiscovery Trends

Today is the start of Legaltech® New York (LTNY), and, for the ninth(!) year in a row, eDiscovery Daily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show.  Over the next three days, we will provide a description each day of some of the sessions related to eDiscovery to give you a sense of the topics being covered.  If you’re in the New York area, I encourage you to check out the show – there are a number of sessions available and over 160 exhibitors providing information on their products and services, including our company, CloudNine at booth #310-312.

In addition to that, today and tomorrow, CloudNine will launch its new NineForum Discovery Education Series where prominent and highly respected eDiscovery and litigation support experts will deliver 9 TED-style talks, 20 minutes each, covering important topics impacting the legal community.  We’ve got a great list of eDiscovery thought leaders lined up for our first NineForum, so if you are at the show, come check it out.  The schedule for the topics and speakers is available here.  We have five sessions today to check out!

Not only that, but tomorrow from 4pm to 6pm is the 3rd annual Drinks with Doug (as in me!) and Mary (as in Mary Mack!), sponsored by ACEDS, CloudNine and Compliance Discovery Solutions.  You MAY still be able to register here.  We have a ton of people who have already registered and, trust me, you don’t want to be left out.  We’re going to take over Ruth’s Chris Steak house.  Seriously.

There are several interesting sessions today.  Sessions in the main conference tracks include:

1:00pm – 2:00pm:

The Government Reference Model

Businesses facing government investigations require specialized and experienced support. The Government Investigations Reference Model (GIRM) roadmaps how to manage an investigation from start to finish for regulators and their subjects. During this session, practitioners will learn where, when and how they can identify, contain, interrogate and disclose relevant data for optimal representation through the course of an investigation.

Moderator: David Greenwald, Partner – Jenner Block; Speakers: Scott A. Milner, Partner – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Allison C. Stanton, Director of E-Discovery, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice – Civil Division, Glenn Melcher, Special Counsel for eDiscovery – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Everything I Learned About Legal Ops I Learned in eDiscovery

A decade ago, most lawyers would have struggled to describe the responsibilities of a legal operations manager, let alone considered it a hot career path. Now an increasing number of law departments are hiring operations professionals and consider their operations teams as indispensable. Many of the professionals in legal operations started out as attorneys or eDiscovery professionals. In this session, you will hear from corporate counsels and eDiscovery professionals on how they have successfully transitioned into the legal ops roles by utilizing their experience in eDiscovery and law. Whether you are new to legal operations or a season veterans this session will provide tips and tricks on strategic planning and areas where you as a legal ops professional can make the most impact.

Moderator: Steven O’Donnell, Director, Product Marketing – MITRATECH; Speakers: Jim Michalowicz, Senior Manager – Legal Operations – TE Connectivity, Jack Thompson, Sr. Manager – eDiscovery & Legal Operations – Sanofi US, Melissa DeHonney, Corporate Counsel – Information Governance – Novo Nordisk, Inc., Eric Lieber, Director of Legal Operations & Litigation Support – Toyota Legal One c/o Toyota Motor North America Inc.

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Data Management in an Investigation: Staying Ahead of the Curve from Forensics to Production

Effectively managing the volume of company retained data is key to controlling budgets related to risks and investigations. Our session will explore best practices of data management and issues relating to document retention, records management, litigation hold policies, legal preservation, data privacy, and discovery management.

Moderator: Denise Talbert, Partner and Co-Chair – DDS, Shook, Hardy & Bacon; Speakers: Tess Blair, Partner – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Francine French, Assistant Manager, eDiscovery – GSK, Daniel Lee, eDiscovery Program Manager – Experian, Constance Mockaitis, Associate Director of IG & eDiscovery Operations – Abbvie, Florence Yee, Director, Corporate Counsel, Enterprise Litigation Group – The Prudential Insurance Company of America.

Rethinking Your eDiscovery Approach for In-House Counsel

How are in-house counsels navigating eDiscovery’s technology driven sector to protect their companies from litigation threats? Our session will discuss the innovative ways in-house counsel are managing eDiscovery and litigation risks.

  • In-sourcing vs. out-sourcing
  • Single source provider vs. preferred provider programs
  • Custodian spoliation of electronic information

Moderator: Jon Kerry-Tyerman, VP – Business Development & Intelligence, Everlaw; Speakers: Tara S. Lawler, Partner – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Tom Morrissey, Sr. Director, Legal Operations & eDiscovery – Purdue Pharma LP, Brian Corbin, Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel – JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dawson Horn, III, Associate General Counsel – AIG.

Leveraging Data Analytics: Getting More Done, without Doing More

Data analytics use is on the rise in legal operations. The information derived from data analytics can lead to improved operational efficiency, cost reductions and reduced risk. In this session we will showcase real life examples of how legal operations in corporations and law firms are using data analytics to manage risk and drive results. We will cover the following areas:

  • Legal strategies
  • Data governance
  • Contract review
  • Synergy with outside counsel

Moderator: Brian McGovern, Executive Director, Strategic Programs – MITRATECH, Speakers: John Albright, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary – HUB International, Ltd.,  Javier Robles, SVP & Group Chief Compliance Officer – News Corp, Lisa Girmscheid, Manager, Legal Operations – Rockwell Automation, Inc.

4:00pm – 5:00pm:

Cross-Border Investigations: Protecting the Privilege and Meeting Privacy Expectations

GDPR went into effect May 2018. Globally, new enforcement authorities stepped forward, while companies worked to incorporate new guidance and enforcement priorities into their corporate compliance programs. In this session, we will discuss considerations and provide real life scenarios for companies when dealing with international investigations.

  • Challenges in collecting, reviewing and understanding data scattered across multiple jurisdictions
  • Ethical and cultural considerations in global investigations
  • Legal privilege in global investigations: preserving the privilege in jurisdictions where it is not recognized
  • Data privacy in global investigations: compliance with local law, including GDPR in Europe

Moderator: Adam Shoshtari, Staff Attorney – Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP;  Speakers: Linda Johnson, Lead eDiscovery Manager – GSK, Jack Thompson, Sr. Manager, eDiscovery & Legal Operations – Sanofi US, Michael Russell, Lean Leader – Legal Operations – Ingersoll Rand.

Mobile Workforce: Operational Efficiency, Productivity, and Security

Service departments and organizations often search for solutions to maximize efficiency. As enterprises shift towards a decentralized model, more and more companies have increased their mobile workforces. Increased mobile workforces need a mobile workforce management system. This session will analyze the advantages, challenges and best practices of mobile workflow management.

  • Under the advantages of a mobile workforce
  • Challenges and risk (i.e. BYOD and security)
  • Case studies with best practices, ROI benefits and efficiencies achieved

Moderator: Steven O’Donnell, Director, Product Marketing – MITRATECH; Speakers: Kevin Fumai, Senior Managing Counsel – Oracle, Suresh Pillai, Senior Corporate Counsel, IP – Astellas, Julie Richer, Legal Operations & Discovery Manager – American Electric Power.

AI Collaborations between Legal Departments, Law Firms, and Solutions Providers

Like many types of legal technology, we know that AI solutions are not “push-button” and require a significant investment of time and human capital in addition to financial resources. Attend this ILTA session to hear from a panel of experts designing and managing successful AI projects in corporate legal departments and law firms. The panel will share case studies covering the lifecycle of an AI solution, from assessing contractual risk issues to upstream/downstream customization of the tools to developing internal champions who will ensure adoption. The session will conclude with a future-focused discussion on other ways AI may gain ground in the legal field.

Moderator: Amy Sellars, Associate General Counsel & Legal Discovery Operations Group Lead – Walmart; Speakers: Huu Nguyen, Partner – Squire Patton Boggs, Scott Bailey, Global Director of Research Services – Squire Patton Boggs, Lara Trujillo Webb, Manager, Forensic Data Solutions – PwC, Adam Nguyen, Co-Founder & President/COO – eBrevia.

In addition to these, there are other sessions today that may interest you.  For a complete description for all sessions today (and for the entire show, since they’re all on one page), click here.

So, what do you think?  Are you planning to attend LTNY this year?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

The Forecast at Legaltech is Always (Word) Cloudy: eDiscovery Trends

Legalweek starts today, with Legaltech® starting in earnest tomorrow.  The past couple of years, I have run the agenda through our CloudNine review software to generate a word cloud, but I didn’t really get a chance to do it up right this year.  Fortunately, InsideLegal has done theirs again – for the ninth year in a row!  Let’s take a look.

As you can see in the image above, there are a lot of words and phrases (you could almost call it a “phrase cloud” as well).  Not surprisingly, words like “legal” and “technology” (because it’s Legaltech, duh!) are the biggest in the word cloud.  We’ll also discount other words like “panel”, “session” and “new”.  Some other notable other words and phrases:

  • The word “analytics” appears a lot in the agenda (I have it as the seventh most often used word when running a straight word count using the agenda minus the list of speakers), so that seems to reflect the trend towards the use of analytics in legal technology;
  • The word “privacy” appears a lot too – at least 18 times by my count. Add in hits for “General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)” and, not surprisingly, data privacy is a big topic this year, given all of the developments with regard to data privacy trends last year.  And, we just had our first big GDPR fine!
  • Of course, the terms “eDiscovery” and “discovery” hit a lot too. But, this year’s show just doesn’t feel as eDiscovery focused as in years past.  Maybe it’s just my perception – what do you think?
  • The term “risk” has a lot of hits as well. This is a term I expect to see more of in the coming years – along with “compliance” and “investigations”.  If you’re wondering why, come to my NineForum session on Tuesday!
  • And, of course, terms like “Artificial Intelligence” (or “AI”), “cloud”, “mobile devices”, “information governance” and even “Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs)” register on the word cloud.

As always, the word cloud reflects some interesting trends at the show.  Looks like fun!  Here is a link to all of the word clouds Inside Legal has done over the last nine years.

Regardless, one thing that’s happening at the show for sure is that CloudNine will be at the show in a big way!  Of course, we will have a booth in the exhibit hall (booth #310), but that’s not all.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, CloudNine will launch its new NineForum Discovery Education Series where prominent and highly respected eDiscovery and litigation support experts will deliver 9 TED-style talks, 20 minutes each, covering important topics impacting the legal community.  We’ve got a great list of eDiscovery thought leaders lined up for our first NineForum, so if you are at the show, come check it out.  The schedule for the topics and speakers is available here.

Not only that, but on Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm is the 3rd annual Drinks with Doug (as in me!) and Mary (as in Mary Mack!), sponsored by ACEDS, CloudNine and Compliance Discovery Solutions.  Believe it or not, you can still register here.  We have a ton of people who have already registered and, trust me, you don’t want to be left out.  We’re going to take over Ruth’s Chris Steak house.  Seriously.

So, what do you think?  Are you going to Legaltech this week?  It starts tomorrow!  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

Legaltech 2019 Preview Edition: eDiscovery Trends

OK, everybody gets hung up on Legalweek vs. Legaltech®.  Technically, Legaltech is part of Legalweek and it starts in earnest on Tuesday.  So, what’s happening this year?  Let’s take a look.

One thing that’s happening is that CloudNine will be at the show in a big way!  Of course, we will have a booth in the exhibit hall (booth #310), but that’s not all.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, CloudNine will launch its new NineForum Discovery Education Series where prominent and highly respected eDiscovery and litigation support experts will deliver 9 TED-style talks, 20 minutes each, covering important topics impacting the legal community.  We’ve got a great list of eDiscovery thought leaders lined up for our first NineForum, so if you are at the show, come check it out.  The schedule for the topics and speakers is available here.

Not only that, but on Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm is the 3rd annual Drinks with Doug (as in me!) and Mary (as in Mary Mack!), sponsored by ACEDS, CloudNine and Compliance Discovery Solutions.  Believe it or not, you can still register here.  We have a ton of people who have already registered and, trust me, you don’t want to be left out.  We’re going to take over Ruth’s Chris Steak house.  Seriously.

Anyway, as always, there are some interesting sessions happening at the show this year.  Here are some of the highlights.  Next week during the show, I’ll cover the sessions each day that relate to eDiscovery, Information Governance, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy to give you a complete sense of options.  In the meantime, here are some notable sessions to check out at the show:

Tuesday, January 29:

1:00pm – 2:00pm:

Everything I Learned About Legal Ops I Learned in eDiscovery

A decade ago, most lawyers would have struggled to describe the responsibilities of a legal operations manager, let alone considered it a hot career path. Now an increasing number of law departments are hiring operations professionals and consider their operations teams as indispensable. Many of the professionals in legal operations started out as attorneys or eDiscovery professionals. In this session, you will hear from corporate counsels and eDiscovery professionals on how they have successfully transitioned into the legal ops roles by utilizing their experience in eDiscovery and law. Whether you are new to legal operations or a season veterans this session will provide tips and tricks on strategic planning and areas where you as a legal ops professional can make the most impact.

Moderator: Steven O’Donnell, Director, Product Marketing – MITRATECH; Speakers: Jim Michalowicz, Senior Manager – Legal Operations – TE Connectivity, Jack Thompson, Sr. Manager – eDiscovery & Legal Operations – Sanofi US, Melissa DeHonney, Corporate Counsel – Information Governance – Novo Nordisk, Inc., Eric Lieber, Director of Legal Operations & Litigation Support – Toyota Legal One c/o Toyota Motor North America Inc.

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Rethinking Your eDiscovery Approach for In-House Counsel

How are in-house counsels navigating eDiscovery’s technology driven sector to protect their companies from litigation threats? Our session will discuss the innovative ways in-house counsel are managing eDiscovery and litigation risks.

  • In-sourcing vs. out-sourcing
  • Single source provider vs. preferred provider programs
  • Custodian spoliation of electronic information

Moderator: Jon Kerry-Tyerman, VP – Business Development & Intelligence, Everlaw; Speakers: Tara S. Lawler, Partner – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Tom Morrissey, Sr. Director, Legal Operations & eDiscovery – Purdue Pharma LP, Brian Corbin, Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel – JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dawson Horn, III, Associate General Counsel – AIG.

4:00pm – 5:00pm:

AI Collaborations between Legal Departments, Law Firms, and Solutions Providers

Like many types of legal technology, we know that AI solutions are not “push-button” and require a significant investment of time and human capital in addition to financial resources. Attend this ILTA session to hear from a panel of experts designing and managing successful AI projects in corporate legal departments and law firms. The panel will share case studies covering the lifecycle of an AI solution, from assessing contractual risk issues to upstream/downstream customization of the tools to developing internal champions who will ensure adoption. The session will conclude with a future-focused discussion on other ways AI may gain ground in the legal field.

Moderator: Amy Sellars, Associate General Counsel & Legal Discovery Operations Group Lead – Walmart; Speakers: Huu Nguyen, Partner – Squire Patton Boggs, Scott Bailey, Global Director of Research Services – Squire Patton Boggs, Lara Trujillo Webb, Manager, Forensic Data Solutions – PwC, Adam Nguyen, Co-Founder & President/COO – eBrevia.

Wednesday, January 30:

10:30am – 11:30am:

The International Legal Cloud 2019: Discovery, Security, and Business Considerations

Every time you pick up your phone, you’re using the cloud, and legal teams are no exception. In 2019, the cloud is fait accompli, a ubiquitous part of life for just about everyone. What does it mean for your legal team? This session will examine important considerations as your legal team and business move to the cloud, including security advantages, cross-border e-discovery strategies, and data privacy and protection issues from the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the California Consumer Privacy Act and other legal and regulatory considerations.

Moderator: Chris Dale, Editor – eDisclosure Information Project; Speakers: Dera Nevin, Senior Associate, IPTech, Information Governance and eDiscovery, Baker McKenzie LLP, Sean Pike, Program Vice President, Security Products – IDC, David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel & Legal Education Director – Relativity, Heidi Stenberg, Principal and Americas and Global Leader, Discovery Services, EY, Mark Anderson, Senior Project Consultant – Complete Discovery Source – London.

1:30pm – 2:30pm:

The State of the e-Discovery Union: A Roundtable on the Industry and the Profession

How should you plan for your career and the future of your business or law firm when the e-discovery industry and the legal profession are in a period of rapid change? Where is the industry going, and what does the future hold for the legal professionals who make up the e-discovery profession? Join us for this session where leading journalists, industry analysts, and legal experts will examine the current state of e-discovery, the market, and legal forces affecting the industry, your firm or company, and your career. In addition, our panel of industry leaders will be making predictions on what the future holds for all of us.

Moderator: David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel & Legal Education Director – Relativity;  Speakers: Bob Ambrogi, Attorney and Founder – LawSites,  Ari Kaplan, Principal – Ari Kaplan Advisors,  Mary Mack, Executive Director – Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS),  Zach Warren, Editor-in-Chief – Legaltech News, Kelly Twigger, Principal – ESI Attorneys, Ryan O’Leary, Senior Research Analyst, Legal, Risk, & Compliance – IDC.

Thursday, January 31, 2019:

9:30am – 10:30am:

The State of Data Breach Litigation: What You Need to Know and How to Protect Yourself

The number of records compromised in data breaches since the start of 2017 has increased at an astounding rate. This huge uptick has led to numerous data breach litigations in the civil and regulatory contexts. In this session, highly experienced lawyers and technologists will discuss the major cases and trends from 2018 and will address practical measures organizations can take to try to reduce their risks of breaches and resultant legal liability.

Moderator: Robert Brownstone, Chair, Electronic Information Management (EIM) Group, Technology & eDiscovery Counsel, Litigation, Fenwick & West LLP; Speakers: Douglas H. Meal, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP, Christopher Sitter, Information Security Director, Forensic Technology, Juniper Networks, Matthew Todd, Ph.D., CISM, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, GCED, Isis Miranda, Associate, London Fischer, Roberta Anderson Sutton, Esq. – RAS Enterprise Risk Management.

1:30pm – 2:30pm:

GDPR 8 Months Later: Trends in Litigation and Regulation

Europe’s data protection law went into effect on May 25, 2018 and technology giants such as Facebook and Google immediately started facing regulatory proceedings and multi-billion dollar lawsuits alleging lack of compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our panelists will analyze the most recent enforcement proceedings and lawsuits and also discuss the GDPR and Privacy Shield compliance and litigation trends they foresee for 2019.

Moderator: Robert Brownstone, Chair, Electronic Information Management (EIM) Group, Technology & eDiscovery Counsel, Litigation, Fenwick & West LLP; Speakers: Kenneth N. Rashbaum, Partner – Barton LLP, Amie Taal – Stratagem Tech Solutions Limited, Rich Vestuto, Managing Director – Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory.

That’s just a sampling of the sessions at Legaltech next week.  If you’re there, look me up at the CloudNine booth, especially during the NineForum sessions!  Hope to see you there!

So, what do you think?  Are you going to Legaltech next week?  It’s just four days away!  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

Court Declines to Order Plaintiff to Produce Cell Phone in Employment Discrimination Case: eDiscovery Case Law

In Santana v. MKA2 Enterprises, Inc., No. 18-2094-DDC-TJJ (D. Kan. Jan. 8, 2019), Magistrate Judge Teresa J. James denied the defendant’s Motion to Compel regarding the defendant’s request for the plaintiff to produce all of his cellphones for inspection and copying.  Judge James did order the plaintiff to “produce complete copies of all responsive text messages to the extent they have not already been produced.”

Case Background

In this employment discrimination case where the plaintiff alleged he was discriminated against, retaliated against, and terminated because of his race, the parties were unable to resolve their disputes as to Request for Production No. 21, which stated:

“Produce all cellular telephones used by you from the date your employment with Defendant started to the present for purposes of inspection and copying.”

The plaintiff objected, stating that “this request seeks irrelevant information and is not proportional to the needs of this case. The request is unduly burdensome and invasive in light of the nature of the case—Defendant has shown no need for the production of Plaintiff’s cell phone.”

Although not the subject of the motion to compel, the defendant also requested that the plaintiff “produce a full and complete copy of all text messages between (Plaintiff) and Defendant and between (Plaintiff) and current or former employees of Defendant.”  The plaintiff objected to that request as well, stating that the request “seeks irrelevant information”.

Judge’s Ruling

Judge James stated that “Defendant’s RFP No. 21 is broad in scope, requesting production of all Plaintiff’s cell phones for inspection and copying, without any limitation on the data ultimately to be produced from the copy or image of the phone(s)” and observed that “Defendant sets out no protocol or process through which the data it deems responsive would be culled from the copy or image of the phone(s) and any unresponsive and/or privileged data removed or protected.”

Judge James referenced Advisory Committee Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a):[8], which stated (in part): “Inspection or testing of certain types of electronically stored information or of a responding party’s electronic information system may raise issues of confidentiality or privacy… Courts should guard against undue intrusiveness resulting from inspecting or testing such systems.”

Judge James also noted that “Defendant cites no cases involving the imaging of a cell phone and only one case in which a computer inspection and imaging was ordered” and (unlike that case), the plaintiff hadn’t shown any history of providing incomplete and inconsistent responses to production requests.  As a result, Judge James stated:

“The Court finds that Defendant’s RFP No. 21 is overly broad, unduly burdensome and not proportional to the needs and issues of this case. Defendant’s separate request for the narrowed scope of text messages also illustrates that Defendant has the ability to obtain relevant cell phone data through less invasive means. In accordance with Rule 34(a), the Court must guard against the undue intrusiveness that would result from the requested inspection and copying of Plaintiff’s cell phone(s). The Court will therefore sustain Plaintiff’s objections to RFP No. 21.”

Judge James did direct the plaintiff to “supplement his response to Request for Production No. 41 and produce complete copies of all responsive text messages to the extent they have not already been produced.”

So, what do you think?  Was the judge right or should she have compelled production of the cell phone?  Could the defendant have handled the situation differently?  Please let us know if any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Case opinion link courtesy of eDiscovery Assistant.

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We Finally Have Our First Big GDPR Fine: Data Privacy Trends

OK, we’ve been waiting for that first big fine for failing to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation and now we have one.  So, guess who it was?  OK, guess again.  You can probably guess within three guesses.

As covered in Fortune (France Fines Google $57 Million For GDPR Violations, written by Emily Price), France’s data protection regulator, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), has issued a €50 million fine (about $56.8 million) fine to Google for failing to comply with GDPR. The fine marks the first time a major tech company has been penalized under the new privacy law.

As part of the regulation, companies are required to get a user’s “genuine consent” before collecting information about them.  That consent needs to happen in the form of that user explicitly opting in to share their data. They also need to provide a way for users to delete that data.

Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook penned an op-ed in Time where he suggested similar privacy laws be instated in the United States.

CNIL issued the fine because Google did not meet the country’s standards for providing information to consumers about how their data is being used, nor did it provide enough information about its data consent policies.

That fine of nearly $57 million is large, but not as large as it could be.  With a maximum fine of 4% of a company’s annual global turnover and Google’s market capitalization standing at about $745 billion as of last night, the fine could have been as much as $29.8 billion.  That considerably dwarfs the actual fine that Google received.

Thanks to Sharon Nelson and John Simek for the heads up during our podcast interview yesterday (more on that soon!) and to my boss, Brad Jenkins for the link to the Fortune article.

To all of the people who had Facebook in their office pools as the first company to receive a hefty GDPR fine, it’s time to pay up… :o)

So, what do you think?  Is this just the beginning?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

Here’s a Story Where Picking the Right Font Was Never More Important: eDiscovery Trends

This is a story that a word geek like me can really appreciate.  We talk a lot on this blog about the importance of metadata to provide additional useful information in discovery productions and help minimize the risk of fraud.  You wouldn’t think that the font you use on a document could expose it as a fake document, but in this case, it did.

In Newser (Alleged Fraudster Made a Really Poor Font Choice, written by Arden Dier), the choice of fonts apparently exposed a an alleged fraud scheme in Canada, where Gerald McGoey’s company, Look Communications, went bankrupt at the end of 2017. Ordered to repay $5.6 million to creditors, the former CEO sought to protect two properties—an Ontario farm purchased for $635,000 in 2003, and a cottage bought for $700,000 in 1994—with signed declarations claiming they were held in trust by his wife and three children, and therefore safe from the courts.

Here’s the problem: the farm declaration, dated 2004, was written in Calibri, while the cottage declaration, dated 1995, was written in Cambria. Per Ars Technica, Cambria was designed no earlier than 2004, while Calibri was designed between 2002 and 2004; both only became widely available in 2007.

This according to the expert report of Thomas Phinney, who has a Master of Science in graphic arts from Rochester Institute of Technology School of Printing, specializing in design and typography and over 20 years of experience in the font industry!  I guess there’s an expert for everything!  Anyway, Phinney told the court that no one but a Microsoft employee or contractor could’ve had access to Calibri in March 2004, as it wasn’t widely released until Microsoft’s Office 2007, per the National Post.

Anyway, while McGoey’s lawyers suggested the family was only mistaken about the dates the documents were signed, Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Penny wrote in a decision earlier this month that “the conclusion that the … trusts are shams is unavoidable”.

According to the National Post, “had McGoey used Times New Roman, a popular default Microsoft font prior to 2007, it’s possible his ruse would never have been discovered.”  Whoops.

I guess if you’re going to forge a document, you’d better be up on your font history.  Or just stick with Times New Roman.

So, what do you think?  Have you ever had a case with forged documents that were identified by an unusual method?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

Here’s Something Unique at Legaltech Next Week from CloudNine: eDiscovery Best Practices

Hard to believe that Legalweek begins one week from today and Legaltech (the primary conference within Legalweek) begins the next day.  Legaltech always has a lot to offer every year, between interesting sessions and a busy exhibit hall, but the exhibit hall will be a little busier this year, due to something unique that we have put together at CloudNine – TED-style talk sessions right from our booth with our inaugural NineForum series!

Next Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30, prominent and highly respected eDiscovery and litigation support experts will deliver 9 TED-style talks, 20 minutes each, covering important topics impacting legal professionals at CloudNine’s Legaltech booth (#310-312).

Here is a list of the speakers and sessions we have put together for our first ever NineForum:

Tuesday, January 29
Session 1:  10:30-10:50am
Speaker:  Kelly Twigger, ESI Attorneys & eDiscovery Assistant
Topic:  Five Most Significant eDiscovery Cases of 2018:  Their Impact on 2019 and Beyond

Session 2:  10:50-11:10am
Speakers:  Janice Jaco, Keesal Young & Logan and Amy Sellars, Walmart
Topic: 2019 State of the eDiscovery Union Address:  Issues Facing Large Law Departments and Strategies for Law Firms’ Response

Session 3:  2:00-2:20pm
Speaker: Craig Ball, Craig Ball, P.C.
Topic:  Mobile to the Mainstream:  Meeting Today’s Mobile Device Discovery Challenges

Session 4:  2:20-2:40pm
Speaker: Mike Quartararo, eDPM Advisory Services
Topic:  Recent eDiscovery Disasters and How to Avoid Them:  Don’t Let This Happen to You!

Session 5:  3:30-3:50pm
Speaker:  Doug Austin, CloudNine
Topic:  Discovery Isn’t Just for Litigation Anymore: Why Waiting Until the Case is Filed May Now be Too Late

Wednesday, January 30
Session 6:  9:40-10:00am
Speaker: Trent Livingston, ESI Analyst
Topic:  Connecting the Dots in Investigations:  Empowering your ESI Technology Investment with Metadata Analysis

Session 7:  10:00-10:20am
Speaker:  Brandon Law, Oasis Discovery
Topic:  eDiscovery Today from a Service Provider Point of View

Session 8:  2:30-2:50pm
Speaker:  Mary Mack, ACEDS
Topic:  Bold eDiscovery Predictions for 2019:  What to Expect and How to Prepare for It

Session 9:  2:50-3:10pm
Speaker:  Tom O’Connor, Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center
Topic:  The State of eDiscovery Education Today:  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

All of these sessions will be free-of-charge to all show attendees.  So, if you have at least an Exhibits Plus Pass (only $30 through this Thursday, January 24th), you can check them all out.  How cool is that?!?

Anyway, I want to thank all of the speakers for agreeing to participate and I’m very excited to add NineForum to the educational efforts from CloudNine that include this blog and our monthly webcasts (including our upcoming webcast on Wednesday)!

More tomorrow about what to look forward at Legaltech!

So, what do you think?  Are you attending Legaltech next week?  If so, please check out our NineForum session series!  And, as always, please let me know your thoughts or if you have a topic that you’d like to suggest.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

It’s 2019, So it Must Be Time for Another Redaction Flub: eDiscovery Best Practices

I should probably put in a disclaimer that this is not a political post – I would write about this regarding which political party this involved.  It just so happens that the latest high-profile redaction flub happens to be tied to the Russia investigation and Paul Manafort.  Regardless, it leaves me asking the question: when will they ever learn?

As covered on Sharon Nelson’s terrific Ride the Lightning blog (here and here), defense lawyers for Paul Manafort used court papers that were made public last week to say that prosecutors were overblowing a text message exchange cited as proof that Manafort tried to mislead investigators probing Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.  Unfortunately for them, that portion of the filing that had been submitted under seal was improperly redacted in the public version, allowing the text to be lifted from the document with a few keystrokes.

Oops.

Surely, you can’t be serious! (I am serious and don’t call me Shirley!)

Yep, it’s the dreaded redaction flub.  As Sharon pointed out in her blog (and as we’ve pointed out before), all you have to do is to highlight the portion that is redacted, copy it to the clipboard and then paste it to a blank document anywhere.  Voila!  There’s your redacted text.

It doesn’t take a technical genius (much less a rocket scientist) to figure it out.  As Sharon points out, Adobe provides instructions on how to remove sensitive content from PDF files here.  That’s one of many ways to address the problem – there are others, especially if the document is contained within a litigation review platform where you can leverage the review tool to ensure a proper redaction of the file (i.e., any export burns the redaction into the resulting image, eliminating the ability to copy the redacted text).

Regardless, it seems like we see a high-profile redaction flub every 12 to 18 months. If Manafort’s lawyers want to feel a little better, the last redaction flub we covered was committed by the Department of Justice.  So it seems to happen to lawyers all over the place.  Maybe someday, we will have a redaction flub that is SO high-profile, that every lawyer will be familiar with it and know what to do to avoid it.  Or maybe law schools will start teaching how to avoid it.  One may happen – someday.

If you’re curious, Sharon’s blog post does provide a link to the document with the faulty redactions.  You can check it out for yourself.

Speaking of Sharon, she and her husband John Simek have a wonderful podcast called Digital Detectives.  I’m excited to say that I will be a guest on their podcast for the second time!  Sharon and John will be interviewing me next week and the podcast is targeted to be posted on January 28!  I’ll publish a link when it’s available!

So, what do you think?  Will we have redaction flub stories to cover until the end of time?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.

Mobile to the Mainstream All in One Place: eDiscovery Best Practices

Craig Ball has had a lot to say about mobile device discovery, including various posts on his excellent Ball in Your Court blog (we’ve covered several of those, including this one and this one).  Now, he has assembled all of that good information in a single guide for reviewing all at once!

Mobile to the Mainstream: Preservation and Extraction of iOS Content for E-Discovery is a 24-page PDF guide that is comprised of two sections:

  • Section I (pp. 3-8 and Appendices 1-3) addresses simple, scalable preservation of iPhone and iPad content, enabling litigants to meet the duty to preserve data in anticipation of civil litigation. It informs attorneys who aren’t tech-savvy how to handle iOS-device preservation and explains why there’s little burden or cost attendant to preserving iPhones and iPads. Unlike in other scenarios, Craig points out here the benefits of custodian-directed collection (like the fact that the custodian doesn’t have to give up their phone) and the tamper-proof nature of the iPhone backup process to provide a step-by-step process to perform the backup.
  • Section II (pp. 17 et seq. and Appendix 4) looks at simple, low-cost approaches to extracting relevant mobile data to a standard e-discovery workflow and offers a Mobile Evidence Scorecard to promote consensus as to what forms of mobile content should be routinely collected and reviewed in e-discovery, giving due consideration to need, speed and expense. The Scorecard itself is terrific as it provides a simple handy reference guide regarding the different types of mobile data and the ease of collection, ease of review, potential relevance and whether you should expect to routinely collect that mobile data type.  Craig also identifies several iPhone Backup Data Extraction Tools that are worth checking out, as well.

In the introduction to the guide, Craig sums up the need for these guidelines and tips, as follows:

“Chances are you’re reading this on your phone or tablet. If not, I’ll bet your phone or tablet are at hand. Few of us separate from our mobile devices for more than minutes a day. On average, cell users spend four hours a day looking at that little screen. On average. If your usage is much less, someone else’s is much more.

It took 30 years for e-mail to displace paper as our primary target in discovery. It’s taken barely 10 for mobile data to unseat e-mail as the Holy Grail of probative electronic evidence. Mobile is where evidence lives now; yet, mobile data remains “off the table” in discovery. It’s infrequently preserved, searched or produced.”

Craig will also be presenting regarding mobile devices at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference in March.  As I noted yesterday, early bird registration is open for $49 for both in person or livestream until January 31st!  That’s 75% off the in-person price!  You can register here to attend, either in person or via livestream.  Do it quickly and save!

Craig will also be presenting as part of our NineForum educational presentations CloudNine is conducting at Legaltech.  More on that program to come in the next few days – it’s very exciting!

So, what do you think?  Do you routinely deal with mobile devices in discovery or is it still rare?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Sponsor: This blog is sponsored by CloudNine, which is a data and legal discovery technology company with proven expertise in simplifying and automating the discovery of data for audits, investigations, and litigation. Used by legal and business customers worldwide including more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms and many of the world’s leading corporations, CloudNine’s eDiscovery automation software and services help customers gain insight and intelligence on electronic data.

Disclaimer: The views represented herein are exclusively the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views held by CloudNine. eDiscovery Daily is made available by CloudNine solely for educational purposes to provide general information about general eDiscovery principles and not to provide specific legal advice applicable to any particular circumstance. eDiscovery Daily should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a lawyer you have retained and who has agreed to represent you.