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1. Data Mining and E-Data Stonewalling in Electronic Discovery
2. Ethical Traps in the Use of E-Mail
3. Social Media & Professional Networking
4. Ethical Challenges of Attorneys as Employees and Employers
5. Lawyer Advertising Online

1. Data Mining and E-Data Stonewalling in Electronic Discovery
   8:45 - 9:30 and 1:00 - 1:45, Susan M. Glenn
   1. Search, Preservation and Disclosure Obligations
   2. New Responsibilities under the New Federal Rules and to the Bar
   3. “Sneak Peeks” and “Clawback” Agreements
   4. Metadata “Scrubbing”
   5. "Rambo" Tactics and Judicial Sanctions: How the Courts Punish Modern Day Offenders
   6. Referral to Bar Associations
   7. Which Trumps: The Duty of Fairness or the Duty to Represent the Client Zealously?
   8. Know When to Refer the Case to Experts or Other Counsel
2. Ethical Traps in the Use of E-Mail
   9:30 - 10:00 and 1:45 - 2:15, Barbara M. Seymour
   1. Confidentiality & Security: Metadata, Disclaimers, and Inadvertent Disclosure
   2. Incivility and Escalation: Why Lawyers Use Email to Beat Each Other Up
   3. Don't Delete! The Importance of Documenting Your File in the Paperless World
3. Social Media & Professional Networking
   10:15 - 10:45 and 2:30 - 3:00, Barbara M. Seymour
   1. Conflicts of Interest & Confidentiality: Who is in Your Network?
   2. Raising the Bar on Competent Representation: Expanding Discovery and Investigation to the Internet
   3. Privacy and Personal Security in Uncertain Times
4. Ethical Challenges of Attorneys as Employees and Employers
   10:45 - 11:30 and 3:00 - 3:45, Susan M. Glenn
   1. Employer Monitoring of Employee E-Mails and Internet Activity
   2. Protection of Trade Secrets: The Lawyer's Responsibility
   3. Digital Recording: When Can Lawyers do It?
   4. File Sharing and Working from Home
   5. Pitfalls of Interactive Websites
   6. What Types and Forms of Data Must be Preserved
   7. Back-Up and Archiving of ESI
5. Lawyer Advertising Online
   11:30 - 12:00 and 3:45 - 4:15, Barbara M. Seymour
   1. Ethical Framework for Attorney Advertising
   2. Law Firm Domain Names and Websites
   3. Attorney Participation in Chat Rooms, Blogs and Listservs
   4. Application of the Rules to the Ever-Expanding Possibilities of Adware, Spyware and SPAM

SUSAN M. GLENN is a partner in the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, where her practice is devoted primarily to pharmaceutical products liability and commercial litigation. She wrote "Protecting Privileged Information and Work Product Under South Carolina Rule," 26(b)(5), The Defense Line (Summer, 1997). Ms. Glenn earned her B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, her M.A. degree from Memphis State University, her Ph.D. degree from the University of Arizona and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is a member of the Richland County Bar Association, South Carolina Bar and American Bar Association. Ms. Glenn is currently a fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America.

BARBARA M. SEYMOUR is the Deputy Disciplinary Counsel to the Supreme Court of South Carolina, where she investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against lawyers. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law. Ms. Seymour worked as a trial lawyer from 1993 to 2000. She served as an adjunct instructor in the Professional Legal Assistants Program at Converse College and currently teaches as an adjunct professor in the Paralegal Degree Program at Midlands Technical College. Ms. Seymour's courses have included Civil Litigation, Legal Research and Writing; Business Law; Torts; Ethics; and Law Office Management. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Georgia Bar (inactive), the National Organization of Bar Counsel, and the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. Ms. Seymour currently serves on the Law Related Education Committee and the Professional Responsibility Committee at the South Carolina Bar. She was named the 2006 Law Related Education Lawyer of the Year and was a 2006 Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism. Ms. Seymour is the creator and coordinator of the Legal Ethics and Practice Program (LEAPP), the ethics and trust account school sponsored by her office and the South Carolina Bar.

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