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On-Demand Webinar:
eDiscovery Convergence: Using Traditional Principles to Address New Technologies
Today’s world of eDiscovery presents constant challenges to the status quo. Technology - such as social media and cloud computing – forces a continual reassessment of existing legal practices.
Hear former United States Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges and Scarab Consulting General Counsel Julie Grantham lead a discussion on how to apply existing legal principles to address the eDiscovery complexities introduced by new technology. The discussion includes:
- Recent case law and developments concerning eDiscovery and technology
- How to address eDiscovery challenges posed by cloud computing and social media
- How to use traditional legal principles to address new technology challenges
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Ronald J. Hedges
Ron Hedges is the principal of Ronald J. Hedges LLC. Ron serves as a special master, mediator and arbitrator and consults on electronic discovery and records management. He sat as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey from 1986 to 2007. Among other things, Ron is a member of the adjunct faculty of Georgetown University Law Center and Rutgers School of Law (Newark), where he teaches an introduction to electronic discovery and evidence, and of the advisory boards of Georgetown’s Advanced E-Discovery Institute and The Sedona Conference. He is also a Visiting Research Collaborator at the Center for Information Technology at Princeton University.
Julie Grantham, Esq.
Julie Grantham, General Counsel for Scarab Consulting, has more than 10 years of experience in electronic discovery consulting and corporate litigation readiness and data collection. She is responsible for all legal matters involving Scarab and provides leadership for a team of consultants on process and legal review. Julie is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law. Her course on eDiscovery is one of the first on the subject to be developed and taught at a university.