October 26th

October 27th

  • 7:30a - 8:30a Breakfast In The Exhibit Hall
  • 8:30a - 12:00p Lectures and Workshops
  • 12:00p - 1:30p Lunch
  • 1:30p - 5:00p Lectures and Workshops
  • 5:00p - 8:00p Party Featuring Queen Cover Band sponsored by and

October 28th

  • 7:30a - 8:30a Breakfast In The Exhibit Hall
  • 8:30a - 12:00p Lectures and Workshops
  • 12:00p - 1:30p Lunch
  • 1:30p - 5:00p Lectures and Workshops
  • 5:00p - 8:00p Halloween Costume Party Sponsored by

October 29th

  • 7:30a - 8:30a Breakfast In The Exhibit Hall
  • 8:30a - 12:00p Lectures and Workshops
  • 12:00p - 1:30p Lunch
  • 1:30p - 5:00p Lectures and Workshops
  • 5:00p - 8:00p Closing Party

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Saturday, October 29th - Lecture Tracks

Big Document Discovery -- Lessons Learned from a $20 Million Dollar Product Liability Settlement -- How we Sifted Through Millions of Pages of Documents to Find the Truth

Benjamin Cloward ยท Ian Estrada

Participants will Learn the Following:

  • How we found other similar incidents when the Defendant wasn't being honest
  • How to use a document retention 30(b)(6) depo to establish what exists and where
  • How we framed the issues for the Judge to allow a forensic search of Defendant's electronic systems
  • Traps and defenses used by the Defendant for other similar incidents
  • How we used AI assisted tools to narrow over 50 million emails to obtain the "Smoking Gun" Emails
  • How we found the best experts to assist in the searches - and mistakes we made along the way
  • Why obtaining the native files/metadata is so critical
  • Why it's critical to obtain the transcript for every hearing to expose the Defendants
  • How we put it all together to obtain significant sanctions
  • Why a simple phone call led to other significant sanctions