I got back from San Francisco this afternoon after nearly two weeks away. Mary Ann (Mrs D) and I went first to the excellent Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat a new venture organised by Chris La Cour.
The star turn there was US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, both as a keynote speaker on the subject of predictive coding and as an informed and informative panellist, to say nothing of his useful interventions from the floor. Also on the panel was US Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte, increasingly a voice to be heard on the balance which is called proportionality. Back in San Francisco, she showed us her court, an interesting supplement to my knowledge of the US judicial system.
There were other excellent sessions and plenty of interesting people to talk to. My reports will come out over the next few days, together with some comments received on an earlier post and my reaction to them. It seems likely that Chris La Cour will repeat the show next year. If he does, I recommend that you go, for the atmosphere as much as for the learning. Read the rest of this entry »
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