Here’s a FREE one-day educational conference coming up next week: the OPES Virtual On-Line Bench-Bar Leadership Conference!

The Rabiej Litigation Law Center will be conducting an online virtual bench-bar leadership conference addressing the Optimum Proportionality eDiscovery Standard (OPES) on Thursday, March 28th. There is no registration fee for the conference, although a $100 administrative fee will be charged for those seeking CLE credit. The state of New Jersey approved the conference for six (6.0) CLE credits.

The purpose of the conference is to examine the four main OPES proposals, which are, as follows:

1. It limits discovery to ESI that is important in resolving the issues, the so-called “marginal-utility” test.
2. It promotes standard best practices encouraging cooperation and collaboration between the parties to arrive at a “meeting of the minds” on the importance of documents in resolving the issues.
3. It proposes an enhanced validation process, including disclosure of all documents in a random sampling of nonresponsive documents.
4. It proposes a judicial in camera examination of documents that the defendant withholds from the random sampling of nonresponsive documents.

You can download the 27-page OPES document here.

As for the conference itself, there are four panels discussing various topics related to proportionality in eDiscovery, with the conference beginning at 10:15am ET and ending at 4:25pm ET. Panelists include eight current or former judges, as well as several other eDiscovery thought leaders. And the Materials tab provides links to over twenty resources providing context to the discussion!

To register for the OPES Virtual On-Line Bench-Bar Leadership Conference, go to the Registration tab on the site, where you can choose a regular complimentary registration or a CLE credit registration for $100 (which will require a credit card). It should be an interesting day for eDiscovery education and discussion regarding proportionality issues and proposed solutions!

So, what do you think? Is your organization struggling with proportionality issues in discovery? If so, consider attending the conference!  And please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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