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The new e-discovery rules emphasize cooperation between parties and effectively force litigating attorneys to define the bounds of their discovery process. While the rules address many of the unique challenges of electronic documents, they also create some ethical gray areas.
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provide broad ethical guidance for the discovery process. The Principles of Electronic Discovery proposed by the Sedona Conference offer additional direction. However, a number of issues of legal ethics surrounding e-discovery remain unsettled.
Failure to exercise sound ethical judgment during the e-discovery process may result in case disqualification, lost fees, disciplinary action or damage to professional reputation.
Listen as our panel of attorneys examines the legal ethics issues that commonly arise during the e-discovery process and strategies for dealing with them.
The panel included:
David R. Cohen, Partner, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh. He co-chairs the firm's E-Discovery Analysis and Technology Group and concentrates in e-discovery issues. He frequently writes and presents on e-discovery and litigation tactics.
David K. Isom, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Denver. He co-chairs the firm's National E-Discovery and E-Retention Practice Group and consults throughout the country on electronic discovery and electronic document retention.
Allison O. Van Laningham, Partner, Smith Moore, Greensboro, N.C. She focuses on complex civil litigation and appeals in the areas of commercial law, products liability and legal malpractice defense. She practices extensively in both state and federal courts.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What are the ethical obligations of parties that inadvertently produce or receive privileged information?
- What ethical issues arise from the use of third-party document management vendors?
- What is an attorney's ethical obligation when electronic documents are inadvertently corrupted?
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