With all of the changes surrounding social media and email, it’s critical to get up to speed on the latest rules, procedures and case law. Wooden McLaughlin partner James M. Boyers will present “What to Look for, Where to Find it, and What to do with it: Email, Social Media, Texts and Video” during the National Business Institute one-day seminar, “How to Get Your Social Media, Email and Text Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out).”

Scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 in Indianapolis, this full-day, cutting-edge course will walk you through state processes, procedures and the latest case law while equipping you with handy how-to’s, sample screen shots, real-world examples and shortcuts along the way. Expert attorney faculty who know the ins and outs of these groundbreaking new forms of evidence, will provide the practical tech advice that you can actually understand and start using right away. From email to Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, to YouTube, Pinterest and video surveillance, this comprehensive ESI guide will give you invaluable insight into proven ways for identifying, preserving, producing, admitting, and blocking ESI.

This intermediate level program is designed for attorneys and paralegals may also benefit.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Recognize key social media, email and text evidence and traverse obstacles to ensure relevancy, authenticity and that the best evidence rule is satisfied.
• Examine the latest rules, case law and procedures regarding the admission of email evidence.
• Identify common spoliation pitfalls, sanctions and defensible legal hold hurdles.
• Find out critical mistakes attorneys make when collecting Facebook and LinkedIn evidence.
• gain an in-depth understanding of metadata, how to scrub it, remove it from documents and produce responsive, non-privileged ESI with appropriate metadata and OCR.
• Skillfully obtain ESI from smartphones, third parties, flash drives and external hard drives.
• Learn how to effectively work with social media companies to obtain deleted information.
• Apply business record and excited utterance exceptions to email, text messages and more.
• Learn proven methods for testing ESI, including comparison, hash tags, encryption and metadata.

For more information or to register, call NBI at 866-240-1890 or visit https://www.nbi-sems.com/ProductDetails/How-to-Get-Your-Social-Media-Email-and-Text-Evidence-Admitted-and-Keep-Theirs-Out/Seminar/82052ER_INCLEET1100000?st=IN&crdt=IN%20CLE