Recent Developments in Document Retention: Legal, Ethical & Practical Advice in the Context of Criminal, Regulatory & Civil Litigation

 Originally held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 

Program Co-Chair Gillian Groake Burns Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Program Co-Chair
Jose A. Fernandez
Law Clerk to the Hon. Eileen Bransten, Commercial Division
New York Supreme Court

  • This program will provide practical advice and ethical guidance for in-house and outside counsel confronted with document retention issues in the context of criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as civil litigation. Experts will discuss the proper design and implementation of document retention policies, the legal requirements that arise in the context of investigations and litigation, and penalties and other sanctions that have been imposed for document retention failures. The panel will address the particular challenges that arise with respect to preservation of electronic documents and will include perspectives of the private practitioner, the government official, and the in-house lawyer.

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    Materials Only (No CLE Credit): $99 Member| $129 Nonmember 

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  • Michael Ferdinand                                                                            
    Vice President of Client Services
    Deutsche Bank

    Marc Gilman                                                                  
    Executive Director  
    Legal and Compliance Division 
    Morgan Stanley

    Peter Isajiw                                                                
    King & Spalding LLP

    Jay Speers                                                                  
    Counsel to Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
    Office of the Attorney General of New York State

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  • 6:00 pm – 6:10 pm

    Introduction & Overview

    • legal requirements relating to document retention in criminal, civil and regulatory cases
    • current status of applicable state and federal law

    Panelists

    6:10 pm – 6:30 pm

    Establishing a Document Retention Policy & Procedure

    • the essential elements of any policy
    • best practices
    • examination of the range of materials covered

     Panelists
    6:30 pm – 6:50 pm

    Anticipating and Responding to Document Requests and Inquiries

    • from the Government
    • from private litigants
    • by the Government

    Panelists
    6:50 pm – 7:00 pm Break
    7:00 pm – 7:50 pm

    Discarding Documents and Other Ethical Considerations

    • advising clients – ethical considerations
    • review of attorneys’ professional duties and spoliation sanctions
    • review of NY & ABA Rules of Professional Conduct (e.g., ABA Rule 4)

    Panelists
    7:50 pm – 8:00 pm

    Questions and Answers

    Panelists

     

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  • This program provides 2.0 credits total: 1.0 in professional practice & 1.0 in ethics for the New York & New Jersey MCLE requirements. California & Pennsylvania credit differs as it is based on a 60-minute credit hour. The live program provided transitional credit to newly admitted attorneys; the recording does not provide transitional credit.

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  • Sponsoring Association Committee:
    Litigation | Cary B. Samowitz, Chair

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    Maricela Alfonso, Membership and CLE Relations Associate | (212) 382-6608 | MAlfonso@nycbar.org 
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