Location:
The Langham
Hong Kong
A meeting of Working Group 6 will be held on 19 June 2019, at The Langham in Hong Kong. The meeting’s main focus will be on new drafts and brainstorming group outlines in need of WG6 member review and comment, including the following topics:
An agenda and confirmed dialogue leaders can be found below.
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Littler Mendelson, P.C. New York, NY, USA |
IBM Armonk, NY, USA |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP New York, NY, USA |
Kellerhals Carrard Basel, Switzerland |
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Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP New York, NY, USA |
Kellerhals Carrard Basel, Switzerland |
Swiss Re Armonk, NY, USA |
Pathway Compliance Shanghai, China |
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International Arbitrator, Ambos Lawyers Brussels, Belgium |
Multimedia University Melaka, Malaysia |
New York City Housing Authority New York, NY, USA |
A panel of WG6 drafting team members will lead a dialogue with all members in attendance on the draft Primer on eDiscovery in the APAC Region. The Primer provides a survey of eDiscovery regimes throughout the region, and is intended to serve as a useful reference guide to practitioners across the globe.
The panel will lead a dialogue with all members in attendance on the brainstorming group’s latest outline on the topic. The brainstorming group has been exploring whether, and in what form, a standalone publication on international legal holds would help move the law forward in a reasoned and just way by supplementing existing publications, including The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds (prepared by The Sedona Conference Working Group 1).
A panel of WG6 drafting team members will lead a dialogue with all members in attendance on a draft Commentary intended to address the tension between (a) the positive role of ephemeral data in complying with international data protection mandates and information governance best practices to minimize data and (b) meeting U.S. law enforcement and regulatory requirements to capture communications, and litigation obligations to preserve data.
A panel of WG6 drafting team members will lead a dialogue with all members in attendance on the first working draft of a Commentary to provide guidance to practitioners and arbitrators on best practices regarding cross-border discovery and disclosures in international arbitration matters.
