In e-discovery, human and machine glitches, malfunctions and errors are inevitable. However, not efficiently dealing with problems as they arise could lead to a tarnished reputation, loss of business for vendors, and in some instances even ethical violations and sanctions, according to a panel on e-discovery ethics held last Friday at Proskauer Rose’s 11 Times Square office in New York.

The panel, “Ethical Forks in the Yellow Brick Road: Lions, Tigers, Bears and the Search for E-Discovery Wizards,” was part of the ABA’s “8th Annual National Institute on E-Discovery” and moderated by John Barkett, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. “We’ve all had [e-discovery] cases that have gone south on us,” said panelist Cecil Lynn, director of e-discovery and technology at eBay Inc.

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