Five high-profile members of the e-discovery community gathered in a panel on Thursday morning to discuss preservation and proportionality in legal holds from the perspectives of general counsel, litigators, and the judiciary.
The panel, “Four Perspectives on Preservation and Proportionality,” included Magistrate Judge James Francis, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Lynn Dummett, senior vice president and senior counsel at Allianz Global Investors, and former litigation partner at Sidley Austin; William Butterfield, a partner at Hausefeld, who usually represents plaintiffs in antitrust litigation; and Robert Owen, a partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, who advises financial services, energy, and technology companies. (Owen is also a member of LTN ‘s editorial advisory board.)
