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Press Room Applied Discovery Reaches Milestone with E-Discovery Best Practices Courses Company has educated more than half of the Top 50 law firms at courses offered in 12 cities nationwide November 10, 2005, Seattle, WA — LexisNexis® Applied Discovery®, a leading provider of electronic discovery services to the nation's top law firms and corporations, today announced the celebration of the one-year anniversary of its offering of the company's first E-Discovery Best Practices Course. Since the introduction of the inaugural course at the company's headquarters office in October 2004, the program has been expanded to 12 cities nationwide. "The E-Discovery Best Practices Courses were designed as a vehicle for providing high quality, in-depth training to our clients on the substantive areas of the law and practice of electronic discovery," said Michele Vivona, Chief Operating Officer of Applied Discovery. "We wanted to provide a forum where legal professionals could come together to hear updates on court rules, case law, trends in litigation and other important industry information, while having a place to share ideas and best practices recommendations with others who have electronic discovery experience." To date, more than half of the Top 50 U.S. law firms and a wide variety of corporations and government agencies have turned to Applied Discovery for e-discovery training programs for their lawyers, paralegals and litigation support professionals. More than 400 legal professionals have participated in the courses in the following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Keynote speakers for the programs have included judges from around the country, including: U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa Porter (S.D. Cal.); U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan (N.D. Ill.); U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Waxse (D. Kan.); U.S. Magistrate Judge John J. Hughes (D. N.J.); and Retired Commissioner Richard E. Best (San Francisco). "Electronic discovery is a quickly changing area of law," continued Vivona. "The court rules, case law, technological implications and operational considerations all add up to a new way of practicing for many attorneys. We designed these courses to offer practical, hands-on advice that can be applied to nearly any electronic discovery scenario. Each offering of the program is modified to address the latest electronic discovery issues facing the legal community at that particular time. The program will continue to grow and evolve over the next few years as this area of practice changes." Each E-Discovery Best Practices course is divided into segments based on particular areas of focus. Individual sessions are devoted to: case law updates; civil rules updates; e-discovery planning and litigation preparedness; nuts and bolts of the technical aspects of e-discovery; and strategies for effective electronic document review. Programs are offered in full-day or half-day formats, with continuing legal education credits offered in each state. Course materials include the Applied Discovery "E-Discovery Litigator's Resource Guide," a comprehensive collection of sample documents, deposition and interrogatory outlines, model orders, white papers, fact sheets, court rules summaries, e-discovery newsletters, and other resources dedicated to the practical aspects of electronic discovery. "We built the curriculum for the courses after discussing the concept with our clients," said Scott Nagel, Vice President of Client Services at Applied Discovery. "Many of our clients were coming to us to ask about best practices that were developing as we worked with legal professionals around the country. Packaging those key learnings in one comprehensive program was the most effective way to share our expertise with as many people as possible." Course planning for 2006 is currently underway. Interested parties can review up-to-date information on class schedules and register for future programs in the Client Resources section at www.lexisnexis.com/applieddiscovery. About LexisNexis LexisNexis Applied Discovery® (www.lexisnexis.com/applieddiscovery) promotes client success through proven efficient and effective discovery services. The Company provides a full line of electronic discovery services to the legal industry. Its patent-pending technology displays virtually any electronic document in a fully searchable and secure file without compromising the integrity of the original file format. Applied Discovery is based in Seattle with east coast headquarters in New York City and regional offices in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Minneapolis. LexisNexis acquired Applied Discovery in July 2003. As part of the acquisition, Applied Discovery became part of the North American Legal Markets division of LexisNexis. LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac. |
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