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Join Chief United States Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm, together with Washington, D.C. and Maryland-based attorneys Leslie Wharton and Michael D. Berman, to discuss the evolving use and meaning of Rule 26(g) under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In this informative live webinar, the presenters will address ethics and obligations in light of the recent Qualcomm decision, including:
- Application of Rule 26(g) and what it means to sign a disclosure, discovery request or response
- The respective responsibilities of and conflicts between in-house and outside counsel
- The scope of the duty to preserve and its relationship to Rule 26(g)
- Rule 26(g) sanctions – statistics & patterns
- Existing standards governing counsel’s obligations
- Parallels to the RICO statutes and Rule 11
- When Rule 26(g) does not apply, and what is the “inherent authority of the court?”
A question and answer period will follow the speakers’ presentation.
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About Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm
The Honorable Paul W. Grimm is the Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He was appointed to the court in February 1997. Judge Grimm received an A.B. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Davis, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Judge Grimm retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. He has written numerous books and articles on evidence, procedure, and trial practice, and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Baltimore and University of Maryland Schools of Law. Judge Grimm has published a number of opinions on electronically stored information.
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