Description

Search technology is taken for granted as a necessary tool to deal with the huge volumes of ESI common in discovery practice today.  But are all search tools and methods created equal?  Do they all get the same results?  How do you know if the results are correct and reliable?  Did opposing counsel produce everything to which you are entitled?  The proper search technology and criteria applied at the right points in the discovery process can make an important difference in the quality, quantity, and cost of ESI production.  This webinar will provide lawyers with fundamental, non-tech-speak knowledge about how different search technologies actually work, identify their strengths and weaknesses and equip the legal team to obtain the optimum results in e-discovery.  Key topics include:

• An overview of search fundamentals
• Keyword v. Boolean v. “Concept”  comparisons
• Types of “Concept” search engines – their pros and cons
• Best practices for using search tools in e-discovery
• The TREC (Text Retrieval Conference) Legal Track, background and why it’s important in e-discovery 
  

Duration:  75 minutes (including 15 minutes introductory & closing remarks).

 

About the Speakers

Maura R. Grossman, Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Maura R. Grossman joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as an associate in the Litigation Department in 1999, and was appointed Counsel in 2007.  Ms. Grossman has represented Fortune 100 companies and major financial services institutions in corporate and securities litigation, including civil actions and white collar criminal and regulatory investigations.  She currently focuses her practice on advising lawyers and clients on legal, technical, and strategic issues involving electronic discovery and information management, both domestically and abroad, as well as on matters of legal ethics.

Ms. Grossman speaks and writes frequently on electronic discovery and legal ethics.  She is a member of The Sedona Conference® Working Groups on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production, and on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery, and Disclosure.  She assisted in drafting and editing The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process (May 2009 Public Comment Version), and also serves on the Advisory Board of BNA’s Digital Discovery & e-Evidence Report.

Ms. Grossman is involved in various initiatives to provide training on electronic discovery to state court judges and court-appointed special masters and mediators.  She also is a coordinator of the 2010 Legal Track of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Text REtrieval Conference (“TREC”), a joint government/industry/academic research project studying the application of automated information retrieval technologies to the growing challenge of
e-discovery. 

Ms. Grossman graduated with an A.B., magna cum laude, from Brown University.  She received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical/School Psychology from Adelphi University, and a J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the Georgetown University Law Center.  While at Georgetown, Ms. Grossman served as Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.