INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITIGATION
Conference in Detail (Day 1)
Thursday, December 13, 2001
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| 8:30 | Introduction: What Makes IT Litigation Unique? |
Stephen M. Dorvee, Esq., Program Co-Chair Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta, GA John P. Hutchins, Esq., Program Co-Chair Long Aldridge & Norman LLP Atlanta, GA |
| 9:00 | Panel Discussion: IT Agreements and Common Failure Points Problems with vague business objectives, deliverables, performance standards, and scope of use; technical competency; project management; lack of meaningful remedies; lack of exit strategies; ownership of intellectual property; terms limiting liability or damages |
Richard A. Horning, Esq., Moderator Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser LLP Palo Alto, CA Evelyn A. Ashley, Esq. Red Hot Law Group Ashley LLC Atlanta, GA Susan Bain, Esq. E3 Corporation Atlanta, GA W. Michael McCracken, Principal Research Scientist Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
| 10:30 | Break |
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| 10:45 | Legal Theories and Approaches Contract theories; tort theories; computer consultant “malpractice” liability; relevance of AICPA and other professional standards; The role of “third-party” consultants, subcontractors, testers, etc.; cross-claims and third-party practice; strategies for claims against your best supplier; “joint-venture” liability |
Bruce A. Abbott, Esq. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Los Angeles, CA |
| 11:30 | Panel Discussion: Planning the Case Case management tips; supervision of outside counsel; budgets in IT litigation |
David N. Baumann, Esq. Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC Washington, DC Allen Shulman, Esq., Executive Vice President CheckFree Corporation Norcross, GA Jonathan Soll, Esq. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Atlanta, GA |
| 12:30 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:45 | Effective Use of Expert Witnesses |
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| Private experts: selecting an expert; testifying vs. non-testifying; privilege issues; opposing party access to work products of testifying experts; applicability of Daubert (and its progeny) to opinions about technical competency; compliance with performance standards; adequacy of testing |
Richard L. Gabriel, Esq. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP Denver, CO |
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| A litigator’s view of the advantages and disadvantages of court-appointed experts |
Bryan G. Harrison, Esq. Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Atlanta, GA |
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| 3:00 | Break |
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| 3:15 | Pretrial Practice |
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| Jurisdictional issues in the inherently multi-jurisdictional environment of the Internet |
Denis T. Rice, Esq. Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, PC San Francisco, CA |
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| Protective orders; other strategies for dealing with trade secrets and other proprietary information; privacy issues for projects involving personal data | Kenneth K. Dort, Esq. Gordon & Glickson LLC Chicago, IL |
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| 4:45 | Strategies for Proving/Refuting Liability Special evidentiary issues; the “user-error” defense; previous “failures” involving third parties; vendor “admissions” of failure; failure to use parallel systems; vendor “surveys;” other unique aspects of IT litigation |
Stephen Schaetzel Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Atlanta, GA |
| 5:30 | Reception for Faculty and Attendees |
sponsored by Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Long Aldridge & Norman LLP, Red Hot Law Group Ashley LLC |
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