March 3rd in Richmond, VA: Symposium – “Electronic Discovery in a World of Cloud Computing, Data Hoarding, and Social Networking”

On Thursday, March 3, from 1-5pm, the University of Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (JOLT) will host a symposium, “Electronic Discovery in a World of Cloud Computing, Data Hoarding, and Social Networking,” in the law school’s moot court room. Approved for 3.5 CLE credits, the symposium is free and open to the public. Held in conjunction with the publication of JOLT’s Annual Survey, the symposium will feature the survey’s contributors speaking on the latest legal issues in technology and of the application of e-discovery law.

Presenters include keynote speaker Chief Magistrate Judge Paul Grimm for the U.S. District Court of Maryland, who has published some of the most important opinions on e-discovery during the past five years. Grimm will speak about the implications of Federal Rule of Evidence 502 on e-discovery.

Other speakers include:

• Jason R. Baron, director of litigation for the National Archives, presenting his article exploring trends in e-discovery search.
• Bennett Borden, co-chair of the Williams Mullen e-discovery section, presenting his article summarizing 2010 developments in e-discovery law.
• Anthony J. Diana, partner at Mayer-Brown, presenting an article he co-authored on e-discovery in social media.
• Maura Grossman, counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, presenting an article she co-authored on the proficiency of technology-assisted e-discovery review.  
• Leslie Haley, senior assistant ethics counsel, Virginia State Bar, presenting on the ethical hazards posed by the digital age.

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