Georgetown Law’s 16th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute to Feature New Privacy Law Focus

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, November 21, and Friday, November 22, Georgetown Law’s Office of Executive and Continuing Legal Education will host a two-day conference, the 16th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel.

WHAT

Georgetown Law’s 16th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute will feature a large array of federal judges and eDiscovery thought leaders, as well as an increased focus on privacy issues. New York Times Deputy General Counsel David E. McGraw will deliver a Thursday morning keynote titled: “On the Digital Beat: How the Law, Leaks and New Reporting Tools are Shaping Coverage of Big Data’s Biggest Stories.” Other highlights will include FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and experts from the Senate, Walmart and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) discussing the latest developments in privacy legislation; sessions focusing on the cross-border impact and enforcement of the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other global data privacy requirements; and panels on self-destructing messaging apps, mobile forensics, government investigations and the new eDiscovery ethics challenges related to emerging technology.

Full agenda here.

WHO

Keynote: David E. McCraw, Deputy General Counsel of The New York Times

Panelists include top-ranked eDiscovery litigators, counsel for several federal agencies, and the following federal judges: Hon. J. Michelle Childs, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina; Hon. Daniel J. Crothers, Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court; Hon. Lauri Damrell, Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento; Hon. John M. Facciola, Magistrate Judge (Ret.), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Hon. Sherry Fallon, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware; Hon. James C. Francis IV, Magistrate Judge (Ret.), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Hon. George C. Hanks, Jr., District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; Hon. Andrew J. Peck, Magistrate Judge (Ret.), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Senior Counsel, DLA Piper; Hon. Anthony E. Porcelli, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida;Hon. Karen Wells Roby, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; Hon. Elizabeth A. Stafford, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; Hon. Nina Y. Wang, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

WHEN

Thursday, November 21
8:30am – 5:00pm
Reception to follow

Friday, November 22
8:15am – 3:00pm

WHERE

Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel
999 9th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

RSVP

Media wishing to attend should RSVP via one email to both: mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu and cle@law.georgetown.edu.