Post on 19-Jan-2016
John Steele, Attorney at Law
Disaggregation
ExamplesCausesEthics & Risk Management
Prognoses
Disaggregated Legal Work
Causes of Disaggregation
Size Class Actions MDL Non-class
aggregate
Causes of Disaggregation
Legal Fees
Causes of Disaggregation
LPO
Ethics: Objectives
Client determines
objectives
Ethics: Tactics
Consult aboutTactics
Causes of Disaggregation
In-sourcing
Causes of Disaggregation
Digitalization
Causes of Disaggregation
E-discovery
Causes of Disaggregation
GeneralCounsel
DuPont Legal Model
Ethics: Scope of Task
Division ofLabor
Types of Risk
Dropped balls Innocent e-discovery snafu looks sinister
Bad resultsDisputes over billings
Managing the problem
•Meticulously document disaggregation•Consider what we can’t delegate•Work papers like accountants?•Getting client buy-in•Opponent who claims spoliation•Cranky judges•Mistakes
Ethics: Scope of Task
Keeping track
Work Papers
Lists of hard drivesLists of employees interviewed
Standard depo prep questions
Ethics: Fees
Keep down fees
Don’t hollow out fees
EDRM: insource vs. outsource
EDRM: insource vs. outsource
Ethics: Supervisory duties
SupervisorsSubordinatesNon-lawyers
Prognoses
Disaggregation
Prognoses
RelationshipManagement
Prognoses
More case law
Prognoses
Porous
Prognoses
Moral responsibility
Disaggregation
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