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“Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.” – The Internet

“Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.” – The Internet. Four Horsemen of the Digital, Ethical Apocalypse. Alvin F. Lindsay Hogan Lovells Miami, Florida. Blowing the Privilege. Mining for Data. Record Deletion Failure. Misleading Presentations. Blowing the Privilege.

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“Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.” – The Internet

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  1. “Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.” – The Internet

  2. Four Horsemen of the Digital, Ethical Apocalypse Alvin F. Lindsay Hogan Lovells Miami, Florida

  3. Blowing the Privilege Mining for Data Record Deletion Failure Misleading Presentations

  4. Blowing the Privilege

  5. Duty to Protect the Privilege 4-1.6 Confidentiality of Information A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to representation of a client . . . unless the client consents after disclosure to the client.

  6. Blowing The Privilege: Never Been Easier

  7. Recent Headlines

  8. Recent Headlines

  9. Recent Headlines

  10. Recent Headlines

  11. PW protect all devices • Encode critical data • 3. Watch what you Tweet • 4. Sanitize that e-mail • Don’t e-file private data • Be aware of your data

  12. Mining for Data

  13. Metadata: Data About the Data

  14. Embedded Data: Data in the Data

  15. Metadata Mining Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 4-4.4(b) A lawyer who receives a document relating to the representation of the lawyer’s client and knows or reasonably should know that the document was inadvertently sent shall promptly notify the sender.

  16. Don’t look for hidden data • If you find, notify • 3. Sanitize that e-mail

  17. Record Deletion Failure

  18. When Can Data be Deleted? • Governments permit • Internal policies permit • Litigation status permits

  19. Government Document Preservation Requirements International, Federal, State

  20. International Requirements • Privacy laws • EU Data Directive 95/46/EC • Blocking statutes • French Penal Code Law No. 80-538

  21. Federal Requirements • Federal Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101 • policies, decisions, important meetings, agency action, etc. • Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 CFR 825.500 • employer obligations under the act

  22. Federal Requirements • Securities Exchange Act of 1934 § 17(a) • broker-dealers records on customers, purchases and sales, associated persons, complaints, etc. • Sarbanes Oxley §§ 802, 1102 • public companies and accountants to preserve financial records for seven years

  23. State Requirements     (805 ILCS 410/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 60)     Sec. 2. Unless express provision is made by law for the period during which they must be preserved or for the condition upon which they may be destroyed, business records which persons by the laws of this state are required to keep or preserve may be destroyed after the expiration of three years from the making of such records without constituting an offense under such laws. This section does not apply to minute books of corporations nor to records of sales or other transactions involving weapons, explosives, poisons or other dangerous articles or substances capable of use in the commission of crimes. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 123.) Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act.

  24. Typical Healthcare Business Subject To: • Department of Labor (DOL) • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • Veterans Health Administration (VHA) • Nuclear Regulatory Administration (NRA) • State (real estate, pharmacy, accounting)

  25. Know your business • Know international, federal, state law • Define a retention program • Stick to it

  26. Internal Policies Make and Follow Retention Plan

  27. Litigation Preservation Requirement

  28. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC “Litigation Hold” “Monitor Compliance” “Data Policies and Architecture” “Key Players” “Safety of Data” “Spoliation”

  29. Zubulake V “Now that the key issues have been addressed and national standards are developing, parties and their counsel are fully on notice of their responsibility to preserve and produce electronically stored information.”

  30. Establish and monitor litigation hold • Know retention policy • Know computer architecture • 3. Ensure data safety • 4.Take advantage of Rule 26(f) conference • Address e-discovery early • in case

  31. Misleading Presentation

  32. Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 4-3.4 Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel A lawyer shall not:(a) unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence or otherwise unlawfully alter. . . a document or other material that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is relevant to a pending or a reasonably foreseeable proceeding; [or] (b) fabricate evidence,

  33. Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 4-3.3 Candor Toward the Tribunal A lawyer shall not knowingly . . . make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal . . . .

  34. Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 4-3.2 Expediting Litigation A lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to expedite litigation consistent with the interests of a client.

  35. CASELOAD STANDARDS Annual Non-Capital Felony Caseload

  36. “Inappropriate” MCA Felony Mental Health Drug Court JSAP ERU Bond Hearings Training Attorneys Supervising Attorneys

  37. “Appropriate” Division Attorneys MCA Felony Mental Health Drug Court JSAP ERU Bond Hearings Training Attorneys Supervising Attorneys

  38. Always take the high road . . .

  39. Lagniappe TechnologyInLitigation.com

  40. Thank you! Alvin F. Lindsay Alvin.Lindsay@HoganLovells.com

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