ACEDS

Operationalizing Data Privacy in Today’s Landscape
2021-10-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
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With ever-evolving privacy regulations and compliance requirements, this session will explore the technologies available for operationalizing and managing your data privacy program. Join Epiq for a discussion on the similarities and difference between regulations as it relates to compliance obligations; the practical implications for organization’s privacy compliance; and the common workflows and procedures utilized today, including available technology options.
Moderator:
Lauren Fishman, Vice President, MT>3, a division of McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Lauren Fishman is Vice President and a lawyer at MT>3, a division of McCarthy Tétrault LLP. She has over 15 years of e-Discovery experience. Her practice involves providing advice to clients on e-Discovery, litigation management and information governance (“IG”) matters. Lauren is knowledgeable about e-Discovery best practices and technology with experience managing the complete e-Discovery process – from identification, preservation and collection through to analysis of large data sets using technology, complex electronic document reviews and production. Lauren also advises clients on IG best practices and guidelines for managing electronic information, including implementation strategies. She provides advice to clients on data retention requirements, record classification plans and retention schedules, and provides legal advice and opinions regarding digitization and defensible disposition and remediation, with a focus on leveraging technology to implement this advice. Lauren is actively involved in the e-Discovery community. She is an active member of Sedona Canada, a Director at Large of the Toronto ACEDS chapter, and the former Director of the Toronto Chapter of Women in e-Discovery (WiE).
Speaker:
Trena Patton, Solutions Architect, Epiq
Trena consults with corporate and law firm clients in the area of electronic discovery in building and maintaining high-quality and efficient workflows and processes. Trena is a drafting team leader for the Sedona Conference WG1 Commentary on Managing eDiscovery in Small Cases and served as the Charlotte Chapter Director of Women in eDiscovery. Trena holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting & Finance from UNC Greensboro, a Master of Science in Accounting from College of Charleston and a Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University.
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Microsoft Office 365 eDiscovery Session for Corporate Law Depts: Part II
2021-09-29 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
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In Part Two of their Two-Part Series, Jennifer Knox, Rachi Messing and Nick Robinson explore practical use cases for deploying ediscovery and information governance functionality within Microsoft Office 365. The session will build on the foundational elements explored in Part One and provide attendees with guidance and recommended practices to implement workflows for common ediscovery and information governance challenges.
Moderator:
Carolyn Anger, Senior Director, Consilio
Carolyn E Anger is a Senior Director at Consilio and is the Founder and Director of Anger & Associates, based in Toronto, Canada. As a Legal Technologist & eDiscovery Strategist she began her career as a Systems Integrator before specializing in the area of discovery management, court modernization, and litigation technology. She is based in Toronto but has worked across Canada and the United States.
Speakers:
Jennifer Knox, Director, Consilio
Jennifer is a Director in the Consilio Consulting Group. Jennifer’s broad data analytics and eDiscovery industry experience includes technical product and service delivery, largely in the Financial Services space. In these roles, Jennifer worked closely with Legal, Records Management, and Information Security teams to drive Legal and Information Governance technology strategy, while protecting critical enterprise information. In her current role, Jennifer works with Consilio’s enterprise clients on a variety of eDiscovery and data management issues including sensitive data analytics, document categorization, and Office365 cloud functionality. Jennifer frequently speaks on these topics to clients and at industry events. Jennifer previously managed the teams responsible for Consilio’s world-class operational and technology solutions, delivering fast, accurate, secure, and scalable data solutions for clients. Additionally, Jennifer managed Legal Technology application development teams tasked with the delivery of patented technology to Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Audit divisions.
Rachi Messing, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Rachi is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft in the Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs department based out of their Israel office. In his current role he works to promote and manage the usage of advanced technology solutions allowing the eDiscovery team to be efficient and effective in handling their active docket. Formerly part of the Equivio management team, he joined Microsoft through the acquisition in January 2015 where he spent three years working in the Office 365 Information Protection product group managing their eDiscovery, Data Governance and Compliance features. His 20 years in the global Compliance industry have seen him develop technology strategy for both the Service Provider and Software development space.
Nick Robinson, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Nick is a Principal Program manager in the Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance & Management team focused on the eDiscovery solution area. Nick brings experience in product marketing, customer experience and product management to his role helping to define features that will help customers reduce the time and cost associated with common eDiscovery workflows.
Sponsored by: Consilio

Microsoft Office 365 eDiscovery Session for Corporate Law Depts: Part I
2021-09-14 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
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In Part One of their Two-Part Series, Jennifer Knox, Rachi Messing and Nick Robinson will explore ediscovery and information governance functionality available within Microsoft Office 365. Attendees will be provided with a walk through of ediscovery and information governance tools within Microsoft Office 365 that can be used to identify, hold, search and export content.
Moderator:
Carolyn Anger, Senior Director, Consilio
Carolyn E Anger is a Senior Director at Consilio and is the Founder and Director of Anger & Associates, based in Toronto, Canada. As a Legal Technologist & eDiscovery Strategist she began her career as a Systems Integrator before specializing in the area of discovery management, court modernization, and litigation technology. She is based in Toronto but has worked across Canada and the United States.
Speakers:
Jennifer Knox, Director, Consilio
Jennifer is a Director in the Consilio Consulting Group. Jennifer’s broad data analytics and eDiscovery industry experience includes technical product and service delivery, largely in the Financial Services space. In these roles, Jennifer worked closely with Legal, Records Management, and Information Security teams to drive Legal and Information Governance technology strategy, while protecting critical enterprise information. In her current role, Jennifer works with Consilio’s enterprise clients on a variety of eDiscovery and data management issues including sensitive data analytics, document categorization, and Office365 cloud functionality. Jennifer frequently speaks on these topics to clients and at industry events. Jennifer previously managed the teams responsible for Consilio’s world-class operational and technology solutions, delivering fast, accurate, secure, and scalable data solutions for clients. Additionally, Jennifer managed Legal Technology application development teams tasked with the delivery of patented technology to Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Audit divisions.
Rachi Messing, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Rachi is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft in the Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs department based out of their Israel office. In his current role he works to promote and manage the usage of advanced technology solutions allowing the eDiscovery team to be efficient and effective in handling their active docket. Formerly part of the Equivio management team, he joined Microsoft through the acquisition in January 2015 where he spent three years working in the Office 365 Information Protection product group managing their eDiscovery, Data Governance and Compliance features. His 20 years in the global Compliance industry have seen him develop technology strategy for both the Service Provider and Software development space.
Nick Robinson, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Nick is a Principal Program manager in the Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance & Management team focused on the eDiscovery solution area. Nick brings experience in product marketing, customer experience and product management to his role helping to define features that will help customers reduce the time and cost associated with common eDiscovery workflows.
Sponsored by: Consilio

Building a Proactive eDiscovery Plan for Cloud Collaboration Apps
2021-07-14 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
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From communication tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, to collaboration tools like Box, Dropbox, and GSuite, organizations across the globe are relying heavily on cloud applications to get their work done. This is causing enterprise data to grow at an accelerated rate, posing new challenges for legal teams. In this session, we’ll dive into the implications for eDiscovery and how to build a proactive eDiscovery plan in the age of emerging technology.
You’ll learn about:

The importance of a proactive approach to eDiscovery
Data and technology inventories & data hygiene
Best practices for retention and preservation
Legal & IT collaboration

Judicial Treatment of the Sedona Canada Principles Addressing E-Discovery
2021-06-02 12:00 - 13:00 UTC

Future Training Law Students in Canada in 2021 and Beyond
2021-05-06 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Bending the Continuum of the EDRM Timeline
2021-02-18 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS Toronto Chapter for a panel discussion

In any investigation, accessing the facts quickly is critical to effective and timely resolution. All too often, however, the facts are not well developed or are unknown. Without an understanding of what they are looking for, many teams resort to production style relevance review of large volumes of data. This approach can be inefficient and costly.
In this lively panel discussion, the speakers will reveal the secret of using advanced analytics and a targeted investigation team to bend the EDRM continuum and uncover the truth earlier, more efficiently, and at a lower cost.
Moderator:
Joe Kreuz, Regional Manager, eDiscovery, LegalTech & AI at OpenText
Joe has a proven track record of delivering complex solutions to business executives across all verticals. Joe grew up in Western New York and has spent the majority of his career there and in Southern California. He has over ten years of experience in Information Technology with a focus on Data Management solutions like eDiscovery and Data Archiving.
Panelists:
Rachael Jastrzembski, eDiscovery Strategist, Torys
As an eDiscovery Strategist, Rachael Jastrzembski creates tailored plans for document preservation, collection, review and production. She also develops and implements eDiscovery best practices, workflows and guidelines within the litigation department to maximize efficiencies and reduce client costs. Rachael has been working in our litigation law clerk group since 2014 on a variety of employment defence class actions, workplace investigations, data privacy, cyber security and construction matters, and has extensive experience with document intensive files involving intricate corporate/commercial disputes. Her practice also focuses on aiding in training and development, technology utilization and vendor engagement within the litigation department.
Ceyda Tocsoy, Director of eDiscovery Services, Miller Thomson LLP
Ceyda Tocsoy is the Director of eDiscovery services for Miller Thomson LLP. She is a nationally recognized industry expert with extensive background in designing, building and implementing litigation support and eDiscovery services within various organizations. Her industry experience at various law firms combined with her experiences at renown litigation support and eDiscovery service bureaus have contributed to her more than 25 years of experience in the legal industry. Ceyda frequently consults on large complex eDiscovery and forensic collection projects and enjoys providing best practice advice on variety of litigation support issues to lawyers, clients and colleagues
Tracy Drynan, Principal Consultant, OpenText
Tracy Drynan joined OpenText in 2020 as Principal Consultant, where she leads the Recon Investigations team. Tracy brings deep experience assisting leading law firms and their clients in nearly all aspects of the e-discovery lifecycle, and has more than 12 years’ experience providing investigative analysis to clients. Tracy has contributed to and led local, national, and international panels discussing investigation strategies. Before joining OpenText, Tracy served as senior staff attorney for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
Sponsored by: OpenText
