NACUA Virtual Seminar on ESI and Electronic Discovery

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Please note the following online seminar on E-Discovery scheduled for
next week.  You might want to check with your campus legal counsel to
see if they are already registered to attend and ask if you can join
them.  

Please excuse the cross-posts.

Rodney Petersen
Government Relations Officer
EDUCAUSE



NACUA Virtual Seminar  |  In cooperation with EDUCAUSE

ESI and Electronic Discovery: Forget the Needle, We're Just Trying to
Find the Haystacks!
 
Friday, March 27, 2009
12 pm - 2 pm ET / 9 am - 11 am PT

Register Today! Learn How and When to Preserve Electronic Files!

Join colleagues for professional education, networking and discussion
without leaving your office.

This virtual seminar will cover the key issues involved in responding to
e-discovery requests including:

*       Federal Rules, Local Rules and Case Law addressing how to
determine the scope of a litigation hold and when the duty to preserve
is triggered 

*       Case Study: Analysis of issues and problems in electronic
discovery requests

*       Model Policies and Practical Issues

*       Outside Vendors and Other E-Discovery "Tools"

To learn more about the speakers click here:
http://www.nacua.org/meetings/VirtualSeminars/march2009/speakers.html .
        
Program Description:

Once upon a time, attorneys spent hours poring over documents in
response to discovery requests. Now, discovery requests often focus on
electronically stored information or "ESI." According to information
experts, as much as 90 percent of all documents are created and
maintained in electronic formats. When faced with a discovery request,
counsel must now determine not only what information is relevant, but
where that information is located and how and when to preserve the
information. This is even more challenging in the decentralized setting
of a college or university. Recent case law makes clear the failure to
preserve, protect and produce information can lead to stringent
sanctions. 

Please join us in discussing this important topic with NACUA members
Beth Cate, Associate General Counsel of Indiana University, Amy Foerster
of Saul Ewing LLP and Dana Lesemann of Stroz Friedberg LLC.

Program Speakers:

Beth Cate 
Associate General Counsel
Indiana University

Amy Foerster
Associate, Litigation Department
Saul Ewing, LLP
Dana Lesemann
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Stroz Friedberg, LLC

View Program Schedule:
http://www.nacua.org/meetings/VirtualSeminars/march2009/schedule.html

Register Today! at
http://www.nacua.org/meetings/VirtualSeminars/march2009/register.html

This seminar will cost $265 per site location up to one week prior to
the date of the seminar. Registration fees are per location.

Who should attend this Workshop? 

This program will be of interest to college and university counsel
representing the institution in litigation or with responsibility for
the oversight of litigation. The presenters will assume registrants have
a basic understanding of the litigation procedures and the discovery
process. Campus administrators who may benefit from the program include
information technology personnel, academic and business administrators,
human resource administrators and risk managers. After reviewing the
program schedule, members may wish to consider inviting these or other
administrators on their campus to join them for the program.