Electronic discovery has fundamentally altered both the corporate and legal worlds. Today, preparing for the courtroom and e-discovery in the same manner as your company does in the boardroom is a critical business necessity. The question is no longer whether a company's records management policies and e-discovery response procedures will be tested by a litigation adversary, but when. Despite this inevitability, many companies continue to struggle with challenges associated with, and fail to prepare for, e-discovery. As a result, a company’s records management practices and IT infrastructure fall within a litigation adversary’s sights. In this session, presented by two experienced trial attorneys and thought leaders on records management and e-discovery, Timothy Carroll and Bruce Radke of Vedder Price P.C., attendees can observe how skilled litigators depose a company's IT corporate representative to exploit a company's:

• Failure to adopt or comply with records management policies and procedures
• Failure to prepare for e-discovery by identifying and mapping potential sources of discoverable ESI
• Use of disaster recovery systems/back-tapes for business purposes
• Failure to implement a litigation hold procedure to ensure that potentially discoverable ESI is preserved

Those attending this session will have an opportunity to obtain practical, proven recommendations on how their companies can begin to prepare for the increasing complex e-discovery challenges.