The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Midyear Meeting 2025

Time  Session  Panelists
(All times MDT) Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (*=moderator)
5:30 — 7:30 p.m. Welcome reception  
  Thursday, April 24, 2025  
7:30 — 8:45 a.m. Breakfast & sign-in  
8:45 — 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Announcements  
9:00 — 10:15 a.m. [Session 1]  ESI Case Law Session 1: Recent Key Case Law Decisions and Their Impact on Discovery Practice  
     
10:15 — 10:45 a.m. Morning Break  
10:45 — 12 noon [Session 2]  In Search of Effective Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Conferences  
     
12 noon — 12:30 p.m. [Session 3]  Ongoing WG1 Drafting Team Updates: Managing, Modifying, and Lifting Legal Holds; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Discovery; Sufficiency of Rule 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures; Discovery Sanctions  
     
12:30 — 1:45 p.m. Lunch (provided)  
1:45 — 2:45 p.m. [Session 4]  Navigating Unique Privileges Involving the Federal Government  
     
2:45 — 3:45 p.m. [Session 5]  Gen AI -- How Is It Being Used and What Comes Next?  
     
3:45 — 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Break  
4:00 — 5:00 p.m. [Session 6]  What Professionalism and Civility Look Like in High-Stakes Litigation  
     
5:00 — 7:00 p.m. Reception (guests invited)  
  Friday, April 25, 2025  
7:30 — 8:45 a.m. Breakfast & sign-in  
8:45 — 10:015 a.m. [Session7]  Voices from the Bench: The Judicial Perspective for 2025 and Beyond
 

 

 
10:15 — 10:45 a.m. Break  
10:45 — 11:45 a.m. [Session 8]  ESI Case Law Session 2: Recent Key Case Law Decisions and Their Impact on Discovery Practice (continued)  
     
11:45 — 12:45 p.m. [Session 9]  Ethics Session: The Duty of Competence in a Complex eDiscovery World  
     
12:45 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. Closing remarks and wrap-up  
1:00 p.m. Adjournment & Grab-and-go lunch (provided)  
Date: 
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 8:30am to Friday, April 25, 2025 - 1:00pm