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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