This panel will discuss best practices in class action strategy and discovery, including how to effectively manage class action cases and sort through the complex discovery issues that often arise in the class action setting. After attending this panel, participants will be able to:

• Understand how litigation strategies have evolved based on recent Supreme Court and appellate class action rulings.
• Build off “lessons learned” by lawyers prosecuting and defending major class actions over the last few years.
• Assess considerations of discovery proportionality of in class action cases, including how litigants and Courts approach the issue of proportionality
• Negotiate discovery protocols, including ESI, expert stipulations, privilege protocols and protective orders.
• Develop strategies for discovery from cell phones, social media, and other nontraditional sources.
• Better work with opposing counsel, third parties, and experts regarding the collection and analysis of transactional and other data.
• Evaluate the interplay between discovery and engaging in the efficient and productive settlement and mediation of class action cases.

Speakers:
Ryan T. Becker, Partner, Fox Rothschild
Deborah A. Elman, Partner, Garwin Gerstein & Fisher
Michael J. Hartman, Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke
Meegan Hollywood, Partner, Shinder Cantor Lerner
Sharon Robertson, Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers &Toll

Please note there is a cost to attend. CLE credits available.