The ESI Report

What kind of impact has a weakened economy had on jury profiling and juror deliberations? In this edition of the ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack welcomes Dr. Laurie Kuslansky, Senior Jury Consultant for TrialGraphix/Kroll Ontrack and Fred Whitmer, partner at Kilpatrick Stockton, to discuss current juror trends, altered expectations and changing priorities in light of the recent economic downturn. In the Bits & Bytes segment, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, Meridith Socha, takes a look at the facts surrounding the recent discovery order issued in Stengart v. Loving Care Agency.

In this edition of the ESI Report, Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney Gina Jytyla welcomes Tim Morgner, President of Complete Systems Integration and Rich Kessler, Managing Consultant in Kroll Ontrack’s ESI Consulting Group, to discuss how to best bridge the communication gap that can exist between Legal and IT and how these two departments can work together in creating an efficient e-discovery response to investigations or litigation. In the Bits & Bytes segment, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, Kelly Kubacki, will take a look at the discovery order issued in Bray & Gillespie Management LLC v. Lexington Insurance Company.

Want to know more about jury consulting and presentation technology? In this edition of the ESI Report, Gina Jytyla, Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney, kicks the ESI Buzz off with special guests Tessa Eckholm, Design Director for TrialGraphix and Leslie Ellis, Jury Consultant for TrialGraphix, to discuss why

presentation technology is a persuasive part of trial, in addition to the significant benefits of having a jury consultant on your side. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, Kelly Kubacki, will take a look at the discovery order issued in In re Fannie Mae Securities Litigation.

In this special edition of The ESI Report live from LegalTech New York, Joni Shogren, Staff Attorney at Kroll Ontrack and ESI Report special correspondent, will speak with the panel members from one of LegalTech's educational programs titled, "Multilingual Madness: Globalization is Colliding with the Complexity of E-Discovery," This program was one of the most popular at LegalTech this year, coming from the Kroll Ontrack sponsored Hot, Hot, Hot Topics in E-Discovery track. During this discussion, Joni seeks a global perspective on e-discovery and the issues it presents across the globe from the panel of experts, including: Michelle Mahoney, Director for Applied Legal Technology at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Australia, Mark Surguy, Senior Associate with Pinsent Masons LLP in the United Kingdom and Ken Nourse, the Managing Director for Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack in the Asia-Pacific region. You won’t want to miss this exciting show!

Want to know what went on in the world of e-discovery in 2008? Would you like a peek into what's new on the horizon? In this edition of The ESI Report, Gina Jytyla, Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney, opens the ESI Buzz with special guests Andrea Marshall, legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack and Attorney Todd Newton from the Mitchell Williams law firm, as they review 2008’s ESI developments and discuss predictions for the year ahead. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Gina Jytyla and Kroll Ontrack legal correspondent Meridith Socha, focus on the facts surrounding Covad Communications Co. v. Revonet, Inc.

Did you ever wonder what goes into reviewing vast amounts of discoverable electronically stored information? In this edition of The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack, opens the ESI Buzz with experts, Joe White, a System Engineer for Kroll Ontrack and Kara Kirkeby, Manager of Document Review at Kroll Ontrack, to discuss what tools and techniques litigation professionals can use to successfully navigate the document review process. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Gina Jytyla and Kelly Kubacki, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, focus on the facts surrounding Containment Technologies Group Inc. v. American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists.

Did you want to know how corporations can arm themselves with the knowledge and tools to be prepared for dealing with electronic discovery before litigation commences? In this edition of The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack, opens the ESI Buzz with experts, Patrick Oot, Director of Electronic Discovery and Senior Litigation Counsel at Verizon in Washington and Chris Wall, Manager with Kroll Ontrack’s Legal Technologies Consulting Group, to discuss this exciting topic. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Gina Jytyla and Joni Shogren, Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorneys, focus on the facts surrounding Nursing Home Pension Fund v. Oracle Corp. Don’t miss it!

Hospitals and healthcare facilities routinely collect sensitive patient information that if stolen could lead to damaging personal consequences. In this edition of The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack, opens the Buzz with experts, Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer in Kroll's Fraud Solutions division and Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director for Technology Services at Kroll Ontrack, to discuss how health care facilities can strengthen their security to safeguard against data breaches. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Gina Jytyla, Managing Staff Attorney in the Legal Technologies division of Kroll Ontrack, joins Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorney, Aaron Hall, to discuss the defendant's failure to preserve electronic data and resulting sanctions ordered in Keithley v. Homestore.com, Inc.

This edition of The ESI Report, features a member of the federal judiciary and an international computer forensics expert, along with recent e-discovery case law. In the Buzz, Chief Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm discusses adequate keyword searches, inadvertent waivers of privilege and Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe with Special Correspondent Gina Jytyla, Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorney. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Meridith Socha, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, focuses on e-discovery issues examined in In re Intel Corp. Microprocessor Antitrust Litigation. Want to know more about international e-discovery and forensics? In the Spotlight, Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack, talks with Ben Pasco Managing Director of Legal Technologies, Kroll Ontrack in the Asia Pacific region.

Want to know more about data privacy and protection in cross border litigation? In this edition of The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack, opens the Buzz with experts, Tracey Stretton, Legal Consultant with Kroll Ontrack’s UK office and Mark Surguy, a UK solicitor specializing in large scale multiparty litigation, to tackle this hot topic in the e-discovery world. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Kelly Kubacki, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent, will take a look at the text messaging review and production protocol issued in Flagg v. City of Detroit.