Direction(s) from Duke: Are There
e-Discovery Rules Changes Ahead?
Date: June 02, 2010
Duration: 60 minutes
The Honorable David J. Waxse, United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, William (Bill) Butterfield, a partner at Hausfeld LLP and Maura R. Grossman, counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, discuss their thoughts and perspectives on the 2010 Civil Litigation Conference held at the Duke University School of Law on May 10-11, 2010. In a session moderated by Mary Mack, Judge Waxse, Maura and Bill report on the key takeaways from the conference and likely future directions related to access, fairness, cost and delay in federal court civil litigation. Issues likely to be explored include:
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Proportionality
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Limits on discovery
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Developments on preservation, including proposed changes to Federal Rule 37(e)
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Timing and extent of initial disclosures
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Judicial case management and oversight
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Pilot projects
Moderator:
Mary Mack, Esq., Corporate Technology Counsel, Fios, Inc.
Mary Mack, Esq., is Corporate Technology Counsel for Fios, Inc. She has more than 20 years of experience delivering enterprise-wide e-discovery, managed services and software projects with legal and IT departments in publicly held companies. Follow her on Twitter (@mackmary) and on her blog, Sound Evidence, hosted on DiscoveryResources.org (www.discoveryresources.org).
Faculty:
The Honorable David J. Waxse, United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Kansas City, KS
Dave Waxse is a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court in Kansas City, Kansas having been appointed in 1999 and reappointed in 2007. Judge Waxse received his B.A. degree from the University of Kansas and his J.D. degree from Columbia University.
Prior to his appointment as a Magistrate Judge he was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon of Kansas City, Missouri, where his practice was concentrated in employment law and litigation. In addition, he mediated cases for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
William Butterfield, Esq., Partner, Hausfeld, LLP
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Maura R. Grossman, Esq., Counsel, Litigation, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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