Metadata Scrubbing and Mining: Legal, Ethical and Practical Implications

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Benefits

Metadata lurks in every electronic document each of us creates and edits. Every computer application and platform we use also generates metadata. The consequences of human error are greatly magnified in the 21st century by the prevalence of electronic communication and the ability of anyone with a web browser to download - for only $0.08 per page - a copy of any document electronically filed in federal court. All attorneys and clients are susceptible to breach of confidentiality and malpractice traps. Learn how you can protect your clients - and your law firm or law department. Avoid the metadata fates that befell the U.N. Secretary General, the British Prime Minister, the Federal Trade Commission, the Social Security Administration, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the N.D. Cal. U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Division, the Democratic National Committee, LawMedia Group, SCO Group and a host of others.

Attend this teleconference and you'll learn from an expert how to do your best to eliminate the malpractice and ethical exposures arising from metadata in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and PDF files. You'll find out how to render your electronic documents metadata-free, when appropriate. You will also discover how to deal with opposing counsel's and adverse parties' metadata that has fallen into your lap, as well as the basics of potential discoverability in litigation of metadata in client-created electronic documents.

This teleconference will not only cover the key legal, ethical and technology issues; but it will also consist in large part of real-time demonstrations of metadata cleaning and analysis software, proper use of tracked changes, and some do's and don'ts of electronic redaction.

This teleconference will be displayed for attendees via GoToWebinar's interactive component, as to which Lorman will provide access and installation instructions in advance.

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