At the inaugural meeting, the discussion focused on collection and the meet-and-confer process. Location: Blackwell Burke P.A. Cross-Section of Participants: In-house: 3M, Cargill, General Mills, Medtronic, Ernst and Young, United Health Group Outside counsel: Faegre, Briggs and Morgan, Dorsey and Whitney LLP State agencies: Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Department of Public Health Judicary: Law clerks for Judge Steven Rau Technologists: Kroll, Merrill, NightOwl, KPMG LLP

1. INTRODUCING…

2. Twin Cities’ Newest
E-Discovery Resource

3. Collaborative
Confidential
Creative

4. The fear of e-discovery is the beginning of wisdom.

5. In the Beginning…

6. Armory v. Delamirie

7. Chimney boy finds jewel
in ring setting.

8. Gets appraisal, but goldsmith never returns jewels.

9. Result?
“…unless the defendant did produce the jewel, and shew it not to be of the finest water, they should presume the strongest case against him, and make the value of the best jewels the measure of their damages…”

10. Lindsay Lohan and e- discovery sanctions.

11. 2010
2011
2012
2007- 2009
Lindsay Lohan Timeline
Drunk driving, partying, trouble with law, DUIs, and rehab.
Kicked off film, drank wearing alcohol-monitoring bracelet, and sent to jail.
Caught on tape stealing
necklace from store.
Accused of hitting
pedestrian and fleeing.

12. I’ve never met a litigator who didn’t think he was winning – right up until the moment the guillotine was dropped. William F. Baxter

13. Collecting haystack
needles

14. State of the art review?

15. We want this:

16. The Pandora model.

17. You want a song that sounds like this:

18. But a keyword search will get you this:
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November Rain (G&R)
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Rainy Night In Georgia (Ray Charles)
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Kentucky Rain (Elvis Presley)
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Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson)
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Singin’ In The Rain (Musical)

19. But how much is it going to cost?

20. Successful communication

21. Fighting for fighting’s sake?

22. What about talking to the other side?

24. Contacts
George Socha Socha Consulting (651) 690-1739 george@sochaconsulting.com
David Yerich UnitedHealth Group david.yerich@uhc.com
Michael McGuire
Littler Mendelson
(612) 313-7612
mmcguire@littler.com
Karl Schieneman Review Less, LLC (412) 486-8606(o) kas@reviewless.com
Brendan Kenny Blackwell Burke P.A. (612) 343-3211 bkenny@blackwellburke.com