Michael Bigham, of counsel in Columbia, will speak at the E-Discovery in 2021: Case Law & Technology Tips CLE hosted by the Mecklenburg County Bar of North Carolina. E-discovery has changed over the last several years and even more dramatically in the past decade. This CLE will delve into many of the current nuances facing discovery in 2021 through recent case law updates providing technology tips along the way.

Specific topics likely to include:

• Legal Hold & Preservation Implementation;
• Data Source Disclosures & Data Forensics and Collections;
• ESI Protocols & Form of Production;
• Protective Orders & Production Delivery;
• Attorney-Client Privilege & Privilege Logs & Threading Considerations.

Bigham practices in the areas of electronic discovery, information management, business litigation, antitrust litigation, pharmaceutical litigation, and government investigations. He regularly provides counsel on a variety of electronic discovery and information management issues, including development of defensible strategies for the preservation, collection, and production of electronically stored information;  ESI and Protective Orders; enterprise-level data preservation, search, and retrieval; and management of large-scale document review projects