The Masters Conference || For Legal Professionals || October 13th and 14th 2009

2008 Masters Conference Presentations

FCPA -What is it and is it something worth talking about?
BY BRYAN BLANY

FCPA - A hypothetical to encourage talking
BY BRYAN BLANEY

FCPA - What to do when there‚Äôs a problem
BY BRYAN BLANEY

Lay-Person‚Äôs Guide to FCPA, USDOJ
Contributed by BRYAN BLANEY

Preservation in the Absence of Formal Discovery Requests:
The Quest for Certainty
BY THOMAS Y. ALLMAN

Surveys

Cross-Border Investigations
Effectively Meeting the Challenge
ADVISORY - 2007
By KPMG FORENSIC
At a time when money and intellectual property can be digitally flashed in a matter of seconds across continents in the course of global trade, the difficulty of preventing, detecting, and responding to international cross-border fraud, corruption, and misconduct is hard to overstate.

Cases

Cooperative Discovery
In the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Glenda Mancia vs. Mayflower

2008 Memorandum Opinion - Requesting party must make tailored request while the producing party must supply specific responses as to why a request is overbroad, inaccessible or burdensome.

Whitepapers

Visual Review: The Newest Advancement in Litigation Technology
DIGITAL DISCOVERY & E-EVIDENCE
March 1, 2008
BY KEVIN CARR
Visual strategies in discovery search and review are among the newest technology advancements capturing the attention of litigators.

Articles

Risk for Changing Times
October 2009
By Trent Livingston
Principal
LECG
The effects of new technology on legal obligations.

Using "Special e-Discovery Counsel" To Gain A Litigation Edge
METROPOLITAN CORPORATE COUNSEL
September 2007
BY DAVID R. COHEN
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Preston Gates Ellis LLP
e-Discovery is complex and beyond the scope of many litigators. Special e-Discovery counsel can add necessary expertise that makes a difference in case outcomes.

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