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eDiscovery in 2012: Social Networking, Cloud Computing, Cross Border Issues, Disclosure & Litigation
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David C. Shonka
Principal Deputy General Counsel
Federal Trade Commission
David C. Shonka is the Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission. He oversees the work of the General Counsel’s Litigation, Legal Counsel, and Policy Studies units, and the work of the agency’s FOIA program, its employment counsel, and its Energy Counsel. He also chairs the agency’s E-Discovery Steering Committee.
Before becoming the Principal Deputy, Mr. Shonka was the FTC’s Assistant General Counsel for Litigation. In his career at the FTC Mr. Shonka has briefed and argued numerous appellate cases in the United States Courts of Appeals, tried and argued antitrust and consumer protection cases in the federal district courts, tried cases in administrative proceedings, and contributed to the government’s briefs in several Supreme Court cases.
Mr. Shonka frequently speaks on e-discovery topics, addressing issues that relate to government investigations, cross-border transfers of data, information management, privacy, data security, cloud computing, and the use of social media in litigation. He has also been an instructor in numerous trial advocacy courses. Besides being an active trial level and appellate litigator, Mr. Shonka advises the Commission and senior managers on legal and policy issues; and has represented the Commission in several international programs. Before joining the FTC as a staff attorney, Mr. Shonka was an associate in a Washington D.C. law firm and a litigator in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Michele C.S. Lange, Esq.
Director, Thought Leadership
Kroll Ontrack
Michele C.S. Lange serves as a director for the Discovery product line for Kroll Ontrack. In this role, Ms. Lange is responsible for the evolution of the company’s legal technology product and service offerings, conducts legal and market research and analysis, and engages in industry relations. From e-document preservation to litigation tactics, she also helps clients integrate electronic discovery into their case strategy.
On the topics of electronic discovery, computer forensics and technology’s role in the law, Ms. Lange is among the nation’s most knowledgeable experts. Most notably, she authored, along with her colleague, Kristin M. Nimsger, the American Bar Association book, titled "Electronic Evidence and Discovery: What Every Lawyer Should Know." Further, her articles have appeared in the National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Law.com and Digital Discovery & E-Evidence, as well as numerous other publications.
Ms. Lange is frequently called upon by journalists to comment on cutting-edge law and technology developments, and she also routinely shares her expertise and knowledge as a guest speaker for legal associations, CLE programs and law school courses.
Ms. Lange graduated from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse with highest honors and the University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude.
Adam Pollitt
Vice President
First Advantage Litigation Consulting
Adam’s broad expertise in electronic discovery and litigation support includes electronic evidence recovery, database design, and the application of technology to complex civil litigation, antitrust and arbitration matters. He has devised custom solutions to accommodate data privacy restrictions and concerns, including establishing and managing custom data centers and directing review teams for projects throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Notably, Adam steered First Advantage’s support of the internal investigation of corporate corruption at Siemens, one of the largest electronic discovery projects in history, involving the search and review of 82 million electronic documents by a team of nearly 1000 reviewers worldwide.
Simon Bayangos
Director of Technical Services
Nuix
Simon Bayangos is Nuix’s Director of Technical Services, overseeing the company’s technical support department, where he has been influential in developing and enhancing technical support and services for customers in litigation support, law firm, corporation, and government sectors on a national level. Simon brings more than 12 years of experience as an eDiscovery customer support and technical services expert, and has previously worked as Client Services Manager for CT Summation, now AccessData Group, and as head of IT for Foley & Bezek, a Southern California law firm. Simon’s responsibilities include creating and sustaining an environment that provides superior service to all of Nuix’s clients. He has been instrumental in gaining additional consumer insight and fostering consumer relationships. Having worked in various engineering, QA and technical support roles since 1994, Simon brings an advanced skill set to his position, as well as unmatched technical knowledge to Nuix.
Edward P. Glynn, CFE
Senior Manager, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services
Ernst & Young LLP
Mr. Glynn is a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young LLP's Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner with over fifteen years of investigative, electronic discovery consulting, forensic computer science, and data analysis experience. He has testified in US federal courts as an expert in forensic computer science and data analysis. He has directed the preservation and review of electronically stored information in a range of matters including independent accounting investigations, litigation and internal inquiries.
Mr. Glynn routinely consults with clients regarding electronic discovery matters, such as helping clients prepare for discovery by assessing sources of ESI and designing preservation and collection protocols. He has also assisted multiple clients in the investigation of stolen trade secrets, intellectual property and proprietary information such as aircraft designs, software code, customer date, etc.
Wayne C. Matus
Partner
Pillsbury
Mr. Matus is the national leader of Pillsbury’s Information Law and Electronic Discovery practice. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, information law, electronic discovery, records management, and privacy and data security. Mr. Matus regularly advises clients on compliance with eDiscovery and document management obligations, laws and regulations. His work includes counseling and management in connection with the preservation, collection, review and production of data in complex cases involving substantial volumes of information, providing advice across corporations and institutions, and directing a national records retention project on behalf of a global service organization.
Mr. Matus also advises clients on designing and maintaining "industry best practices" with respect to security and privacy of customer data and document management, including compliance and liability minimization for instances of misappropriation of nonpublic personal information and identity theft.
eDiscovery in 2012: Social Networking, Cloud Computing, Cross Border Issues, Disclosure & Litigation
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Speaker Firms:
Federal Trade Commission
Kroll Ontrack provides technology-driven services and software to help legal, corporate and government entities as well as consumers manage, recover, search, analyze, produce and present data efficiently and cost-effectively. In addition to its award-winning suite of software, Kroll Ontrack provides data recovery, data destruction, paper and electronic discovery, document review, computer forensics, and ESI Consulting. Kroll Ontrack is the technology services division of Kroll Inc ., the global risk consulting company. Kroll is a subsidiary of Altegrity , an industry-leading provider of information solutions. For more information about Kroll Ontrack and its offerings please visit: www.krollontrack.com.
First Advantage Litigation Consulting provides computer forensics, eDiscovery and managed review services, specializing in multi-language, multi-jurisdictional projects. Their experts work with legal counsel to review discovery requests, identify the unique elements of your case, analyze the data sources and map out a plan to collect, process, search, review, and produce.
They have developed custom solutions for thousands of global investigations, regulatory inquiries and complex litigation matters and can collect, analyze and process data in virtually any format and language.
Through their network of facilities in Europe, Asia, and North America, they support their clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, wherever they do business. For more details about their full range of services, please visit www.FADVlit.com.
Nuix makes the world's fastest and most advanced eDiscovery and electronic investigation software. With revolutionary processing speeds and scalability, Nuix enables litigation support vendors, law firms and corporations to take control of their eDiscovery process, slashing the time and cost and delivering fact-based answers to clients in record time. Nuix has customers in 25 countries including major law firms, corporations, financial institutions, advisory firms, litigation support firms as well as all of the world's leading corporate regulators including the SEC (US), ASIC (Australia), the FSA and SFO (UK) and the JSEC (Japan). See nuix.com for more information.
Dealing with complex issues of fraud, regulatory compliance and business disputes can detract from efforts to achieve your company’s potential. Better management of fraud risk and compliance exposure is a critical business priority – no matter the industry sector. With our more than 1,000 fraud investigation and dispute professionals around the world, we assemble the right multidisciplinary and culturally aligned team to work with you and your legal advisors. And we work to give you the benefit of our broad sector experience, our deep subject matter knowledge and the latest insights from our work worldwide. It’s how Ernst & Young makes a difference.
Pillsbury is a full-service law firm with market-leading strengths in the energy, financial services, real estate and technology sectors. With offices in the world's major financial and technology centers, we counsel clients on all aspects of global transactions and litigation. The firm's Privacy, Data Security & Information Use team is recognized by Chambers Global as one of the world's foremost privacy and information law practices. Our lawyers work with companies of all sizes to address privacy requirements, needs and issues in a way that balances thorough compliance with operational flexibility.
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