— Best Practices to Manage the Risk
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Now available on CD |
in states where teleconferences are accredited.
Metadata is the hidden information or properties automatically embedded in most word processing and spreadsheet files.
When you email any document to a client, opposing counsel or other parties, it may include metadata — revealing information potentially adverse to your firm's or client's interest. Disclosing confidential client information this way can expose you to ethics charges and malpractice liability.
Email is not the only way that metadata is conveyed. Even converting a document from native format to a pdf does not clean a document of its metadata, as Whole Foods learned recently when it revealed strategic company information in an FTC filing that was improperly redacted.
Listen as our authoritative panel offers clear and specific guidance on how you, your firm, or your company can act immediately to understand, control and manage metadata — and avoid related malpractice exposure and ethics violations.
The panel included:
Christopher J. Garvey, Partner, Goodwin Procter, New York. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and the Products Liability and Mass Tort Group, and concentrates his practice in the defense of complex litigation matters.
James Berriman, Chief Executive Officer, Evidox, Boston, Mass. He has been developing litigation technology systems for over 25 years. He was formerly Senior Counsel and Director of Litigation Technology at Goodwin Procter.
Robert Brownstone, Law and Technology Director, Fenwick & West, Mountain View, Calif. He advises clients on electronic discovery, electronic information management and on retention/destruction policies and protocols. He also collaborates with clients as to computer solutions enabling compliance with legal obligations.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What is metadata — where is it located — why is it a threat to all attorneys?
- What are the ethical implications of failing to properly manage metadata?
- How are bar associations, the courts and malpractice insurers treating alleged mishandling of metadata?
- What steps can you take to clean metadata from documents that you share with others?
- What action should you take if an opposing counsel sends you documents with revealing metadata?
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