February 2024 - MALSP Meeting - Trends in Discovery and Technology Case Law

SYNOPSIS:

Please join us for our annual overview of trends in discovery and technology case law, legislation & regulatory action.  This year’s presentation features an array of noteworthy metrics from 2023 case law, a brief survey of several cases about a range of issues and ideas about the year ahead.  You will walk away with key take aways you can apply to your daily work right away to address various data sources, technologies and innovations.

Presenter:

Thomas M. Barce, Managing Director , FTI

Tom Barce brings over 26 years of advisory experience in directing and managing innovations across the spectrum of digital risk, especially in information governance, data privacy, electronic discovery and litigation support. Mr. Barce delivers strategic vision, consultative services and project management expertise, with extensive experience in helping corporations and law firms manage their data-driven risks and objectives. He has assisted clients across a wide range of industries in the U.S. and internationally with implementing information governance programs, addressing data breaches, acting as an expert witness, responding to complex e-discovery demands, selecting and implementing strategic technology; leveraging AI, machine learning and predictive analytics; evaluating and overseeing third-party service providers; and conducting large and complex data migrations from disparate systems.  He now leads FTI Technology’s New Solutions Program, which is dedicated to delivering innovations that meet client’s most critical needs.

Mr. Barce has frequently written articles, conducted educational courses and spoken at conferences related to his areas of expertise. He has a particular passion for thought leadership, development of innovative solutions to help clients glean more value and predictability from their data, mitigate risks, bring efficiencies to the discovery process, simplify complex problems and identify critical issues early. He is intimately familiar with all phases of the information governance and electronic discovery lifecycles from content creation, use and storage, records retention and disposition and identification of potentially relevant data through data collection, analysis, processing, review, quality control and production. He also holds many years of experience in leveraging workflows and data analytics technologies such as predictive coding, statistical sampling, concept clustering, concept search and other technology-enabled solutions to enhance data analysis and electronic discovery.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Barce held leadership positions for major international law firms and consulting organizations. He also participated on steering committees for the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and the East Coast Association of Litigation Support Managers (ECALSM).

 Lunch Sponsored By: FTI Consulting