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1. Free Legal Research and Government Resources
2. Finding Information about Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses
3. Protecting Yourself and Your Firm
4. Finding Information on Corporate Entities
5. Advanced Search Efficiency Tips

1. Free Legal Research and Government Resources
   9:00 - 10:15, Steven Nixon
1. Free Portals: General Legal, Associations, Academic, Special Subjects
2. Keeping Up with the News with Web (RSS) Feeds
3. Local Regulations, Ordinances, Legal Resources
4. Current and Proposed State and Federal Statutes
5. Uniform and International Laws
6. Government Agencies and Programs
7. Finding the Latest Relevant Case Law
8. Court Rules and Dockets
9. Sample Forms, Contracts, Legal Briefs, Settlement Motions, Complaints, etc.
2. Finding Information about Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses
   10:30 - 12:00, Steven Nixon
1. Planning the Search
2. Personal Background Information
1. Demographics, Contact Information and Family History
2. Criminal and Civil Litigation History
3. Assets and Liabilities/Negative Events
4. Attitudes, Biases – Blogs, Forum Comments, Social Networking Sites, etc.
3. Experts
1. Expert Directories, Professional Licenses and Affiliations
2. Current/Previous Employment and Published Works
3. Previous Experience as a Witness
4. Verifying the Authenticity of Obtained Data for Court Use
4. Other Legally Significant Information
5. Information Through Subpoena/Discover
3. Protecting Yourself and Your Firm
   1:00 - 2:00, Mark H. Lyon
1. Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus Packages
2. Phishing and Pharming Schemes
3. File Sharing and Working from Home
4. How Safe are Wireless Networks?
5. Privileged Communications over Portable Electronic Devices
4. Finding Information on Corporate Entities
   2:00 - 2:30 and 2:45 - 3:15, Mark H. Lyon
1. Researching Industry Standards and Regulation
2. Corporate Records Filings
3. What Info Was Removed from the Company Website? – The Use of the Wayback Machine in Litigation
4. Employee Use of the Internet
5. Step Lightly When Searching Online – Most Corporate Websites “Look Back”
1. Cookies
2. Environment Variables
6. Verifying the Authenticity of Obtained Data for Court Use
5. Advanced Search Efficiency Tips
   3:15 - 4:30, Mark H. Lyon
1. Boolean Logic in Search Engines
2. Narrowing the Search Scope
3. Searching the Deep Web
4. Useful Shortcuts
5. Navigation within Websites – Common Site Mapping Formats
6. Recommended Reference Resources

MARK H. LYON is an associate with Huron Consulting Group, where he specializes in eDiscovery and litigation support. Mr. Lyon is a former associate and law clerk at Ringer Law Firm in Florence, Mississippi. He is a member of The Mississippi Bar and licensed in Washington D.C. and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Lyon is responsible for daily management and oversight of time sensitive, large scale document review, redaction, and privilege log projects in New York and Delhi, India. His assignments frequently involve teams of 60-80 reviewers completing populations exceeding one million documents. Mr. Lyon is experienced in usage and administration of most major review platforms (including Amici/Xerox XLS, Attenex, Concordance, iCONECT, Introspect and Relativity). He assists in design, development and testing of database and review tools. Mr. Lyon was promoted to a permanent position following temporary employment in a contract document review position. In that role, he performed first-level privilege, and quality control review for various financial, maritime, corporate and educational endowment matters. My Lyon earned his B.S. degree from Mississippi College and his J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law.

STEVEN NIXON is a partner with the law offices of Milner & Nixon, PLLC, where his main areas of practice are family law and real property litigation. Mr. Nixon is a former adjunct professor at Mississippi College School of Law, where he taught legal writing. He is a municipal court judge for Clinton, Mississippi. Mr. Nixon earned his B.A. degree from Louisiana Tech University and his J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law. He is a member of The Mississippi Bar, Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

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