PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE: Women's University Club, 1105 Sixth Avenue, Seattle

Email and other computer generated documents have fundamentally changed the way people communicate, but they also pose major challenges for document retention and production.  Arthur Andersen, Morgan Stanley, Zubulake, and other recent state and federal cases show that failure to properly retain and produce electronic documents can lead to catastrophic litigation results.  These cases, as well as amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure currently in the works, demonstrate that if you litigate, ignoring the “electronic” aspect of computer generated documents is no longer an option. This joint program of the King County Bar and Federal Bar Association will penetrate the technological fog surrounding electronic evidence and provide practical advice on a broad range of topics.

This program is intended for all litigators, in-house counsel, and legal assistants who handle electronic documents before and during litigation, as well as IT professionals and records managers who want to better under-stand the downstream context in which their operational decisions play out:

• essentials for an effective electronic document retention program how to
• implement effective “litigation holds” when suit is threatened
• how and when to work with consultants and technology vendors
• safe harbors, cost shifting, and other issues in the new federal rules
• how judges and jurors respond to electronic evidence issues

6.00 General & .50 Ethics CLE Credits Approved