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Want to Learn More About the Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media? Check Out this Video: eDiscovery Best Practices

As we discussed earlier this month, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) and its Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1) have announced the publication of the Public Comment Version of The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition.  Want to learn more about it without reading the 58 page PDF file?  Check out this video.

On the blog Techno Gumbo which is maintained by my buddy and colleague Tom O’Connor and the Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center – “gumbo”, from New Orleans, get it? – Tom has just posted a video chat between his wife Gayle O’Connor and noted thought leader Craig Ball regarding the Primer, downloadable here.  Both Gayle and Craig have informed perspectives on the topic – Gayle, because of her experience in providing marketing assistance (including social media marketing) to attorneys and legal vendors and Craig, because of his experience as an attorney and Special Master focusing on eDiscovery issues.

Interestingly, both Craig and Gayle had high praise for the Primer.  Craig noted that he was “pleasantly surprised” and stated that it was a “very high-quality document”, “carefully thought out”, “very current”, “useful in its structure” and “tremendously balanced for the most part in terms of the interests of requesting parties and producing parties”.  Gayle noted that she was “very, very impressed in how they included everything that’s going on these days”, including updates (from the 2012 edition) to reflect the new Federal rules, the ABA guidelines regarding technical competence for attorneys and even the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  Both Craig and Gayle also particularly noted coverage of messaging and messaging apps in addition to the traditional sources of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram and they discussed the challenges and considerations associated with social media in eDiscovery in general.

I won’t be “that guy” and spoil the whole conversation; instead, feel free to check out the discussion here.  Gayle has also written an article about the Primer on the ACEDS site, which you can check out here.

TSC has scheduled a webinar on the public comment version of the Primer for Wednesday, August 8, at 1 pm EDT.  You can register for the webinar here – it’s free of charge to judges, court staff, all other full-time government employees, and to accredited law schools and a minimal charge (no more than $99) for regular folks.  As for the public comment period, it’s open for public comment through September 10, 2018. Questions and comments regarding the Primer may be sent to comments@sedonaconference.org.

So, what do you think?  Do you have challenges in handling social media in litigation?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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