October 2020
On October 13, 2020, Jonathan M. Redgrave will moderate a key panel at the Electronic Discovery Institute's 10th Anniversary Leadership Summit. The panel, "Privilege Logs: Episode IV A NEW HOPE," will discuss whether there is any hope for solving the conundrum of the ineffective and overly expensive privilege log. With requesting parties advocating more and more for granular “and perhaps...
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Several BigLaw alums sat in a pub after an Inns of Court meeting, reminiscing and wondering why so much time and money is spent on discovery fights with opposing counsel. "It wasn't always this way," they mused.
One noted that Chief Justice John Roberts said several years ago that the "pretrial process must provide parties with efficient access to what is needed to prove a...
September 2020
On September 17, 2020, David Shonka will speak on the State Regulatory Developments panel during the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 2020 Online Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Conference. The panel will discuss the new wave of state privacy and cybersecurity laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Ohio Data Protection Act, the newly energized Illinois Biometric Privacy...
August 2020
E-discovery demand is likely to bounce back from the current recession, but who meets that demand, and just how contentious and difficult the work is, may be markedly different from pre-COVID days. In the Legaltech News article “Brave New World: 5 Ways COVID-19 is Changing E-Discovery,” Vanessa Barsanti provides insight on the decrease of discovery fights during COVID-19.
E-discovery...
Hon. Nan R. Nolan (ret.) has been appointed to the Racial Justice Diversity Committee (the “Committee”) for the United States District Court - Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The Northern District of Illinois' 11-member Committee includes five retired judges. It aims to identify areas of racial disparity within the Court and will review potential methods that could help it...
On August 5, 2020, David Shonka will moderate the Regulators Panel portion of the 2020 ABA Cross-Border Virtual Institute. The panel will address the emergence of data privacy as a significant concern worldwide, with key European privacy regulators discussing recent legal trends and new themes.
Panelists will include Ralf Sauer, Deputy Head of Unit for International Data Flows in Brussels; Fleur...
Former Kirkland & Ellis of counsel Vanessa Barsanti recently traded in Big Law life for e-discovery boutique Redgrave. In a chat with Legaltech News, she discussed recent court orders cracking down on "petty" discovery issues and how e-discovery can weather COVID-19's societal and financial storm.
By Victoria Hudgins | Legaltech News
Last week, Kirkland & Ellis of counsel Vanessa Barsanti...
July 2020
On July 30, 2020, David C. Shonka will participate on a panel to discuss The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Enforceability in U.S. Courts of Orders and Judgments Entered under GDPR (“Commentary”). The Sedona Conference Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability developed this Commentary to evaluate the enforceability in a United States court of an order or judgment entered...
Redgrave LLP, the premier law firm focusing exclusively on eDiscovery and information law, is proud to announce that Vanessa Barsanti has joined the Firm as a Partner in Los Angeles. Ms. Barsanti most recently served as Of Counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she was a member of the eDiscovery Strategy team.
“Vanessa is highly regarded for her knowledge and experience with discovery in...
Christine Payne will participate in an upcoming Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists ("ACEDS") webinar on July 28, 2020. The webinar will explore the topic "A Proposed TAR Framework," and encourage a candid conversation about the use of technology-assisted review (TAR) in litigation. There are inconsistent TAR standards and practitioners are weaponizing the use of TAR to the...