Publications

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Executive Summary: Patent Damages and Remedies & Patent Litigation Best Practices

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Antitrust

Complex Litigation

Data Security & Privacy

The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging
July 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Quantifying Violations under U.S. Privacy Laws
July 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Quantifying Violations under U.S. Privacy Laws, Public Comment Version
April 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on a Reasonable Security Test
February 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Enforceability in U.S. Courts of Orders and Judgments Entered under GDPR
January 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging, Public Comment Version
January 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on a Reasonable Security Test, Public Comment Version
September 2020
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines
August 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Enforceability in U.S. Courts of Orders and Judgments Entered under GDPR, Public Comment Version
July 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Law Firm Data Security
July 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Law Firm Data Security, Public Comment Version
April 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary and Principles on Jurisdictional Conflicts over Transfers of Personal Data Across Borders
April 2020
The Sedona Conference Incident Response Guide
January 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Application of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection to Documents and Communications Generated in the Cybersecurity Context
November 2019
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines, Public Comment Version
October 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary and Principles on Jurisdictional Conflicts over Transfers of Personal Data Across Borders, Public Comment Version
June 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Data Privacy and Security Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions Practice
May 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Application of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection to Documents and Communications Generated in the Cybersecurity Context, Public Comment Version
April 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Data Privacy and Security Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, Public Comment Version
May 2018
The Sedona Conference Incident Response Guide, Public Comment Version
March 2018
The Sedona Conference Data Privacy Primer
January 2018
The Sedona Conference Data Privacy Primer, Public Comment Version
January 2017

eDiscovery

The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition (April 2022 Supplement)
April 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Need for Guidance and Uniformity in Filing ESI and Records Under Seal
February 2022
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition
January 2022
The Sedona Conference Primer on Crafting eDiscovery Requests with "Reasonable Particularity"
January 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Need for Guidance and Uniformity in Filing ESI and Records Under Seal, Public Comment Version
December 2021
The Sedona Conference Primer on Crafting eDiscovery Requests with "Reasonable Particularity," Public Comment Version
November 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Cross-Border Privilege Issues, Public Comment Version
October 2021
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Discovery of Social Media
September 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Effective Use of Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) Orders
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging
July 2021
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Discovery of Social Media, Public Comment Version
June 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Effective Use of Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) Orders, Public Comment Version
June 2021
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition, Public Comment Version
April 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging, Public Comment Version
January 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 45 Subpoenas to Non-Parties, Second Edition
October 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility, Second Edition
October 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 45 Subpoenas to Non-Parties, Second Edition, Second Public Comment Version
August 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility, Second Edition, Public Comment Version
July 2020
The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition
June 2020
The Sedona Conference Glossary: eDiscovery & Digital Information Management, Fifth Edition
February 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 45 Subpoenas to Non-Parties, Second Edition, Public Comment Version
January 2020
Les Principes de Sedona Canada concernant l’administration de la preuve électronique, deuxième édition
January 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds, Second Edition: The Trigger & The Process
June 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Information Governance, Second Edition
April 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Defensible Disposition
April 2019
The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition
February 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds, Second Edition: The Trigger & The Process, Public Comment Version
December 2018
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Information Governance, Second Edition, Public Comment Version
October 2018
The Sedona Conference Principles and Commentary on Defensible Disposition, Public Comment Version
August 2018
The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition, Public Comment Version
July 2018
The Sedona Conference Commentary on BYOD: Principles and Guidance for Developing Policies and Meeting Discovery Obligations
May 2018
The Sedona Conference International Investigations Principles
May 2018
The Sedona Conference Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2) Primer: Practice Pointers for Responding to Discovery Requests
March 2018
The Sedona Conference Commentary on BYOD: Principles and Guidance for Developing Policies and Meeting Discovery Obligations, Public Comment Version
January 2018
The Sedona Principles, Third Edition Cover Letter
October 2017
The Sedona Principles, Third Edition
October 2017
The Sedona Conference Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 Primer, Public Comment Version
September 2017
The Sedona Conference International Investigations Principles, Public Comment Version
May 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
May 2017
The Sedona Conference Guidance for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Providers
April 2017
The Sedona Principles, Third Edition, Public Comment Version
March 2017
The Sedona Conference TAR Case Law Primer
January 2017
The Sedona Conference International Litigation Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection in Civil Litigation (Transitional Edition)
January 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery, Public Comment Version
November 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Defense of Process, Public Comment Version
September 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 34 and Rule 45 “Possession, Custody, or Control”
August 2016
The Sedona Conference TAR Case Law Primer, Public Comment Version
August 2016
The Sedona Conference Practical In-House Approaches for Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection
June 2016
The Sedona Conference "Jumpstart Outline" by Tadler et al
March 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Protection of Privileged ESI
December 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Privacy and Information Security
November 2015
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery: Second Edition
November 2015
The "Burdens" of Applying Proportionality by Hon. Craig B. Shaffer
October 2015
The 2015 Civil Rules Package as Transmitted to Congress by Thomas Y. Allman
October 2015
The Sedona Conference Practical In-House Approaches for Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection, Public Comment Version
September 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Privacy and Information Security, Public Comment Version
July 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 34 and Rule 45 “Possession, Custody, or Control,” Public Comment Version
April 2015
The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary
December 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Protection of Privileged ESI, Public Comment Version
November 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Information Governance
October 2014
The Sedona Conference Database Principles
September 2014
The Sedona Conference Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management, Fourth Edition
April 2014
The Sedona Conference Best Practices Commentary on the Use of Search and Information Retrieval Methods in E-Discovery
December 2013
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process
December 2013
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ethics & Metadata
August 2013
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
January 2013
The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media
October 2012
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ethics & Metadata, Public Comment Version
March 2012
The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation: Resources for the Judiciary
November 2011
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Practical Approaches for Cost Containment
April 2011
The Sedona Conference Cooperation Guidance for Litigators & In-House Counsel
March 2011
The Sedona Conference "Jumpstart Outline"
March 2011
The Sedona Conference Database Principles, Public Comment Version
March 2011
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Disclosure and Discovery
October 2010
The Sedona Conference Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management, Third Edition
September 2010
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
August 2010
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds: The Trigger & The Process
August 2010
Comment of The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 to Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Working Document 1/2009 ("WP 158")
October 2009
The Sedona Conference International Overview of Discovery Data Privacy and Disclosure Requirements
September 2009
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Inactive Information Sources
July 2009
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process
May 2009
The Sedona Conference Framework for Analysis of Cross-Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Competing Currents of International Data Privacy & e-Discovery
August 2008
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Preservation, Management and Identification of Sources of Information that are Not Reasonably Accessible
August 2008
The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation
July 2008
The Sedona Conference "Jumpstart Outline"
May 2008
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Non-Party Production & Rule 45 Subpoenas
April 2008
The Sedona Conference Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility
March 2008
Les Principes De Sedona Canada: L'administration de la preuve électronique
January 2008
The Sedona Conference Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management, Second Edition
December 2007
The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practice Guidelines & Commentary for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age
November 2007
The Sedona Principles after the Federal Amendments
August 2007
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Email Management
August 2007
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds, Public Comment Version
August 2007
The Sedona Conference Best Practices Commentary on the Use of Search and Information Retrieval Methods in E-Discovery, Public Comment Version
August 2007
The Sedona Principles, Second Edition
June 2007
Navigating the Vendor Proposal Process: Best Practices for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Vendors
June 2007
Sedona Canada: La Production des Documents Electroniques (Mai 2007 Version Publique Pour Commentaires)
May 2007
Overview of Changes in the 2005 Version of The Sedona Guidelines on the Management of Electronic Information
September 2005
The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practice Guidelines & Commentary for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age
September 2005
The Sedona Principles 2005
July 2005
Navigating the Vendor Proposal Process: Best Practices for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Vendors
July 2005
The Sedona Conference Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management
May 2005
Overview of Changes to The Sedona Principles in 2004
January 2005
The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practice Guidelines & Commentary for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age, Public Comment Version
September 2004
The Sedona Principles 2004
January 2004
The Sedona Principles: Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production, Public Comment Version
March 2003

Intellectual Property

The Sedona Conference Commentary on Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation, Public Comment Version
May 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Governance and Management of Trade Secrets, Public Comment Version
April 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation
March 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation About Them
March 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets Throughout The Employment Life Cycle
March 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Unique Aspects of Biopharma Litigation Chapter, Public Comment Version
October 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation About Them, Public Comment Version
June 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets Throughout the Employment Life Cycle, Public Comment Version
June 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation, Public Comment Version
May 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Cross-Border Discovery in US Patent and Trade Secret Cases, Public Comment Version
May 2021
Framework for Analysis on Trade Secret Issues Across International Borders: Extraterritorial Reach, Public Comment Version
March 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Proper Identification of Asserted Trade Secrets in Misappropriation Cases
October 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Willful Infringement Chapter, Public Comment Version
July 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Proper Identification of Asserted Trade Secrets in Misappropriation Cases, Public Comment Version
April 2020
The Sedona Conference Framework for Analysis of Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) and Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) Licensing and Royalty Issues (Stage Two), Public Comment Version
November 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: International Trade Commission Section 337 Investigations Chapter
May 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: ITC Section 337 Investigations Chapter, Public Comment Version
February 2018
The Sedona Conference Framework for Analysis of Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) and Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (Frand) Licensing and Royalty Issues (Stage One), Public Comment Version
February 2018
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Pleading Standards Under Iqbal-Twombly Chapter
October 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Parallel USPTO Proceedings Chapter ("Stage Two")
July 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Case Management of Patent Damages and Remedies Issues: Proposed Model Local Rule for Damages Contentions
June 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Case Management of Patent Damages and Remedies Issues: Section on Patent Damages Hearings, Public Comment Version
May 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Patent Mediation Chapter
April 2017
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Reasonable Royalty Determinations
December 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Parallel USPTO Proceedings Chapter ("Stage One")
October 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Section on Exceptional Case Determinations, Public Comment Version
October 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Chapter on Section 101 Motions on Patentable Subject Matter, Public Comment Version
September 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Heightened Pleading Standards Chapter, Public Comment Version
May 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Patent Mediation Chapter, Public Comment Version
April 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Case Management of Patent Damages and Remedies Issues: Proposed Model Local Rule for Damages Contentions, Public Comment Version
April 2016
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Case Management Issues from the Judicial Perspective Chapter
December 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Discovery Chapter
December 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Use of Experts Chapter
December 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Summary Judgment Chapter
October 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Introductory Chapter
July 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Case Management Issues from the Judicial Perspective Chapter, Public Comment Version
February 2015
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Use of Experts Chapter, Public Comment Version
October 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Discovery Chapter, Public Comment Version
October 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Parallel USPTO Proceedings Chapter, Public Comment Version
October 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Summary Judgment Chapter, Public Comment Version
August 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Litigation Best Practices: Introductory Chapter, Public Comment Version
August 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Damages and Remedies, Public Comment Version
June 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Finding the Hidden ROI in Information Assets
February 2011
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Intersection of Patent & Antitrust Laws
December 2010
The Sedona Conference Report on the Markman Process
November 2010
The Sedona Conference Introduction to the IP-Antitrust Interface
August 2007
The Sedona Conference Report on the Markman Process, Public Comment Version
June 2006

International

The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition
January 2022
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Cross-Border Privilege Issues, Public Comment Version
October 2021
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Discovery of Social Media
September 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging
July 2021
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Discovery of Social Media, Public Comment Version
June 2021
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Third Edition, Public Comment Version
April 2021
Framework for Analysis on Trade Secret Issues Across International Borders: Extraterritorial Reach, Public Comment Version
March 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Enforceability in U.S. Courts of Orders and Judgments Entered under GDPR
January 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging, Public Comment Version
January 2021
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines
August 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Enforceability in U.S. Courts of Orders and Judgments Entered under GDPR, Public Comment Version
July 2020
The Sedona Conference Commentary and Principles on Jurisdictional Conflicts over Transfers of Personal Data Across Borders
April 2020
Les Principes de Sedona Canada concernant l’administration de la preuve électronique, deuxième édition
January 2020
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines, Public Comment Version
October 2019
The Sedona Conference Commentary and Principles on Jurisdictional Conflicts over Transfers of Personal Data Across Borders, Public Comment Version
June 2019
The Sedona Conference International Investigations Principles
May 2018
The Sedona Conference International Investigations Principles, Public Comment Version
May 2017
The Sedona Conference International Litigation Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection in Civil Litigation (Transitional Edition)
January 2017
The Sedona Conference Practical In-House Approaches for Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection
June 2016
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery: Second Edition
November 2015
The Sedona Conference Practical In-House Approaches for Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection, Public Comment Version
September 2015
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery: Second Edition, Public Comment Version
February 2015
The Sedona Conference International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection
December 2011
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Enforcing Letters Rogatory Issued By an American Court in Canada: Best Practices & Key Points to Consider
June 2011
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Practical Approaches for Cost Containment
April 2011
The Sedona Canada Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Disclosure and Discovery
October 2010
Comment of The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 to Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Working Document 1/2009 ("WP 158")
October 2009
The Sedona Conference International Overview of Discovery Data Privacy and Disclosure Requirements
September 2009
The Sedona Conference Framework for Analysis of Cross-Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Competing Currents of International Data Privacy & e-Discovery
August 2008
Les Principes De Sedona Canada: L'administration de la preuve électronique
January 2008
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery
January 2008
Sedona Canada: La Production des Documents Electroniques (Mai 2007 Version Publique Pour Commentaires)
May 2007
The Sedona Canada Principles Addressing Electronic Discovery, Public Comment Version
February 2007

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The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 22

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 22
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 45 Subpoenas to Non-Parties, Second Edition
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility, Second Edition
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Proper Identification of Asserted Trade Secrets in Misappropriation Cases
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Enforceability in U.S. Courts of Orders and Judgments Entered Under GDPR
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on a Reasonable Security Test
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging
August 2021
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Quantifying Violations under U.S. Privacy Laws.
August 2021
From the KKK to George Floyd: Three Judges Explore Qualified Immunity
August 2021
Implicit Bias: The Science, Influence, and Impact on Justice
August 2021

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 21

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 20

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 19 Number Two

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 19 Number Two
July 2018
Trade Secret "Triggers": What Facts Warrant Litigation?
July 2018
Disputed Issues in Awarding Unjust Enrichment Damages in Trade Secret Cases
July 2018
Recent Changes to Federal Rules of Evidence: Will They Make It Easier to Authenticate ESI?
July 2018
Meta-Discovery: Allegations of an Incomplete Document Production
July 2018
The Sedona Conference Commentary on BYOD: Principles and Guidance for Developing Policies and Meeting Discovery Obligations
May 2018
The Sedona Conference International Principles for Addressing Data Protection in Cross-Border Government & Internal Investigations: Principles, Commentary & Best Practices
May 2018
The Sedona Conference Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2) Primer: Practice Pointers for Responding to Discovery Requests
March 2018
The Sedona Conference Data Privacy Primer
January 2018

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 19 Number One

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 18

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 17 Number Two

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 17 Number One

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 16

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 16
October 2015
Ensuring Long-Term Availability, Usability, and Trustworthiness of Digital Information
October 2015
The Impact of Emerging Asia-Pacific Data Protection and Data Residency Requirements on Transnational Information Governance and Cross-Border Discovery
October 2015
Discovery, Disclosure, and Data Transfer in Asia: China and Hong Kong
October 2015
The Conflict Between United States Discovery Rules and the Laws of China: The Risks Have Become Realities
October 2015
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principles, Extraterritoriality and Comity
October 2015
The Citizen and the Litigant--Balancing Interests in the Digital Age
October 2015
The 2015 Civil Rules Package as Transmitted to Congress
October 2015
The "Burdens" of Applying Proportionality
October 2015
Damages Theories in Data Breach Litigation
October 2015
High Octane: The New Landscape for Exceptional Case Determinations
October 2015

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 15

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 15
November 2014
In Memoriam: Richard G. Braman
November 2014
Responding to the Government's Civil Investigations
November 2014
What's the Problem with Google?
November 2014
Technology-Assisted Review: The Judicial Pioneers
November 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Information Governance
October 2014
The Sedona Conference Database Principles Addressing the Preservation & Production of Databases & Database Information in Civil Litigation
September 2014
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Patent Damages & Remedies
June 2014
The Sedona Conference Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management (Fourth Edition)
April 2014
The Sedona Conference Best Practices Commentary on the Use of Search & Information Retrieval Methods in E-Discovery
December 2013
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process
December 2013

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 14

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 14
September 2013
Controlling Government Contractors: Can the False Claims Act be More Effective?
September 2013
Compelling a Corporation to Produce Privileged Documents in Individual Prosecutions: A Critique of the Emerging Compromise
September 2013
The Future of Off-Label Promotion Enforcement in the Wake of Caronia - Toward a First Amendment Safe Harbor
September 2013
The Attorney-Client Privilege & Discovery of an Infringer's Intent in Patent Cases
September 2013
Retooling Patent Damages Law for NPE Cases
September 2013
Counsel Courts Keep: Judicial Reliance on Special Masters, Court-Appointed Experts, & Technical Advisors in Patent Cases
September 2013
District Court Patent Case Management Post-AIA
September 2013
An Outsider Looks at a Criminal Antitrust Trial
September 2013
Administrative Trials at the Federal Trade Commission in Competition Cases
September 2013
Antitrust Judgments in Bench Trials as Evidence: The Unintended Consequences of Section 5(A)
September 2013
Changing the Way We Try Merger Cases
September 2013
Legislating for Litigation: Reforms to International Antitrust Litigation Gather Pace
September 2013
Navigating the Gauntlet: A Survey of Data Privacy Laws in Three Key Latin American Countries
September 2013
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Ethics and Metadata
June 2013
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
January 2013
The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media
October 2012

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 13

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 13
September 2012
The Past Year in Review: Supreme Court & Federal Circuit Case Law Update
September 2012
America Invents Act: The 5 New Post-Issuance Procedures
September 2012
The Complicated Relationship between Multiple Party Patent Infringement Liability & Common Law Principles
September 2012
Case Management Issues in Patent Infringement Litigation
September 2012
Patent Law & Antitrust Law: Neither Friend Nor Foe, But Business Partners
September 2012
The Role of Antitrust in Evaluating the Competitive Impact of Patient Pooling Arrangements
September 2012
The Search for Clarity in Federal Pleading Standards: Are We Close to Limiting the Intended (and Unintended) Consequences of Twombly & Iqbal?
September 2012
Thy Kingdom Come: The Rise of Private Damages Actions in the United Kingdom
September 2012
Walking the Tightrope: Judicial Management of the Challenges Posed by Coordination of Discovery Between Simultaneous Class & Individual Actions
September 2012
Administrative Housekeeping & Ethical Matters in Mass Tort MDLs & Class Actions
September 2012
The Consequences of CAFA: Challenges & Opportunities for the Just, Speedy & Inexpensive Determination of Class and Mass Actions
September 2012
Concepcion & The Future of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements
September 2012
"Defensible" by What Standard?
September 2012
Storm Clouds Gathering for Cross-Border Discovery and Data Privacy: Cloud Computing Meets the U.S.A. Patriot Act
September 2012
Canada's Privacy Regime as it Relates to Litigation & Trans-Border Data Flows
September 2012
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Finding the Hidden ROI in Information Assets
February 2011

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 12

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 12
September 2011
The State of Discovery Practice in Civil Cases
September 2011
Skinner, Matrixx, Souter & Posner: Twombly & Iqbal Revisited
September 2011
Incentives, Rules & Ethics Concerning the Use of Search Technology in eDiscovery
September 2011
Global Data Protection:Whose Rules Govern?
September 2011
Information Age Catch 22: The Challenge of Technology to Cross-Border Disclosure & Data Privacy
September 2011
Cross-Border Discovery: Practical Considerations& Solutions for Multinationals
September 2011
U.S. Approach to Privacy Protection in Litigation
September 2011
Privacy in the Post-Modern Era: An Unrealized Ideal?
September 2011
Non-Practicing Entities & Permanent Injunctions Post-eBay
September 2011
Patent Enforcement Under Section 337 Before the U.S. ITC:Evolution of the Forum to Address a Non-Manufacturing Marketplace
September 2011
Antitrust Enforcement Under the Obama Administration
September 2011
The Application of the Sherman Act to Joint Ventures: The Law After American Needle
September 2011
Another View of American Needle
September 2011
Potential Competition Analysis Under the 2010 Merger Guidelines
September 2011
Market Definition in Complex Internet Markets
September 2011
Why is the U.S. So Different from the Rest of the World in Imposing Serious Criminal Sanctions on Individual Cartel Participants
September 2011
Criminalizing Cartels: A Global Trend?
September 2011
Uncovering Discovery
September 2011

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 11

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 11
September 2010
Reexamination Practice with Concurrent District Court Litigation or Section 337 USITC Investigations
September 2010
Uncharted Waters: Determining Ongoing Royalties for Victorious Patent Holders Denied an Injunction
September 2010
Recent Developments in the Law of Obviousness
September 2010
Refusals to Deal: Is Anything Left; Should There Be?
September 2010
Personal Reflections on the Economic Foundations of Vertical Restraints
September 2010
The Supreme Court’s 21st Century Section 2 Jurisprudence: Penelope or Thermopylae?
September 2010
Carrots & Sticks: In Defense of a Differentiated Approach to Bundled Discounts & Tying
September 2010
The Plausibility of Pleadings After Twombly & Iqbal
September 2010
Effectiveness of the 2006 Rules Amendments
September 2010
A Nutshell on Negotiating E-Discovery Search Protocols
September 2010
E-Discovery in Criminal Matters — Emerging Trends & the Influence of Civil Litigation Principles
September 2010
Preservation Rulemaking After the 2010 Litigation Conference
September 2010
An Overview of ESI Storage & Retrieval
September 2010
Survey of United States Magistrate Judges on the Effectiveness of the 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
September 2010
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
August 2010
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds: The Trigger & The Process
August 2010

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 10 Supplement

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 10

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 10
September 2009
A New Administration & U.S. Antitrust Enforcement
September 2009
Global Enforcement of Anticompetitive Conduct
September 2009
Re-examining Trans-Atlantic Similarities & Divergences in Substative & Procedural Competition Law
September 2009
Coordination Among National Antitrust Agencies
September 2009
Intellectual Property & Antitrust: Two Scorpions in a Bottle
September 2009
Observations from the Field: ACPERA’s First Five Years
September 2009
Reexamination Practice with Concurrent District Court Litigation or Section 337 USITC Investigations
September 2009
The Parallel Universes of the USITC & the District Courts
September 2009
Proving Willful Infringement Post-Seagate: Don’t Divorce the WIllfulness Analysis from its Tort Foundations as an Intent Inquiry
September 2009
The "Elevated Evidentiary Burden" to Prove Inequitable Conduct
September 2009
Conducting eDiscovery After the Amendments: The Second Wave
September 2009
Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) & Compelled Quick Peek Productions
September 2009
The Protective Order Tookit: Protecting Privilege with Federal Rule of Evidence 502
September 2009
In Rem, Quasi In Rem, & Virtual In Rem Jurisdiction Over Discovery
September 2009
eDiscovery, Privacy & the Transfer of Data Across Borders: Proposed Solutions for Cutting the Gordian Knot
September 2009
Changing Privacy & Data Protection in Japan
September 2009
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Achieving Quality in the eDiscovery Process
April 2009
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Preservation, Management & Identification of Sources of Information that are Not Reasonably Accessible
July 2008

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 9

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 9
September 2008
An Overview & Primer on the New Rules: The Caution Light at the Intersection of Prosecution & Litigation in the 21st Century
September 2008
Restoring the Balance: The Supreme Court Joins the Patent Reform Movement
September 2008
The Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege & Use of Non-Liability Opinions After In re Seagate
September 2008
Reexamination Practice with Concurrent District Court Patent Litigation
September 2008
A Survey of Established & Emerging IP Business Models
September 2008
Competition, Consumer Welfare & The Sherman Act
September 2008
Bundled Discounting: From LePage’s to PeaceHealth & Beyond
September 2008
Twombly: Another Swing of the Pleading Pendulum
September 2008
The Leegin Case: Some Personal Observations About How It Began & Where it Will Take Us Next
September 2008
Loyalty & Fidelity Discounts & Rebates in the U.S. and EU: Will Divergence Occur Over Cost-Based Standards of Liability?
September 2008
Quality of Care As a Basis for False Claims Act Liability: Is the Proof Insurmountable?
September 2008
Is There a Spin-Doctor in the House? Public Relations Consultants & Potential Waiver of Confidentiality (Ethical & Practical Considerations of Involving Public Relations Consultants)
September 2008
eDiscovery in Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Litigation: What’s Ahead for ESI, PHI & EHR?
September 2008
You’ve Been Served: Corporate Response to Grand Jury Subpoenas & Search Warrants for Electronically Stored Information
September 2008
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Non-Party Production & Rule 45 Subpoenas
September 2008
The Sedona Conference Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility
September 2008

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 8

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 8
September 2007
The Ancillary Restraints Doctrine After Dagher
September 2007
If It Takes Two to Tango, Do they Conspire? Twombly & Standards of Pleading Conspiracy
September 2007
The Future of U.S. Federal Antitrust Enforcement: Learning from Past & Current Influences
September 2007
Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Cards: Amnesty Developments in the U.S. & Current Issues
September 2007
Claim Construction & Implicit Definitions Based on the Specifications Since Phillips
September 2007
Solving Hobson’s Choice: Suggested Changes to Willfulness Law in the Wake of Knorr-Bremise & Echostar
September 2007
Updates on the Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege
September 2007
Protection of the Attorney-Client Privilege in Criminal Investigations
September 2007
The Status & Content of Solicitor-Client Privilege in Canada: Questions Still Unanswered
September 2007
Comparative Approaches to the Attorney-Client Privilege in the US, Canada, UK & EU
September 2007
The Practical Implications of Proposed Rule 502
September 2007
Search & Information Retrieval Science
September 2007
The TREC Legal Track: Origins & Reflections on the First Year
September 2007
Not Your Mother’s Rule 26(f) Conference Anymore
September 2007
The Sedona Conference Best Practices Commentary on the Use of Search & Information Retrieval Methods in E-Discovery
August 2007
The Sedona Conference Introduction to the Legal & Economic Issues at the Intersection of Patent & Antitrust Laws
August 2007
The Sedona Conference Commentary on Email Management: Guidelines for Selection of Retention Policy
April 2007
The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practices Addressing Protective Orders, Confidentiality & Public Access in Civil Cases
March 2007

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 7

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 7
September 2006
The Impact of the Proposed Federal eDiscovery Rules
September 2006
Thoughts on Exclusive Dealing & Related Practices
September 2006
Evolution of Exclusive Dealing Law
September 2006
Fitting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole: Competitive Bidding & Price Discrimination
September 2006
Do Intellectual Property Laws Promote Competition & Innovation?
September 2006
The Patent Troll Myth
September 2006
Claim Construction: A Plea for Deference
September 2006
Who is a Troll? Not a Simple Answer
September 2006
The Sedona Conference Report on the Markman Process (Public Comment Version)
September 2006
Trying Mass Torts
September 2006
Class Settlements of Mass Tort Cases
September 2006
Electronically Stored Information: The December 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
September 2006
The Sedona Conference Commentary on the Role of Economics in Antitrust Law
September 2006
The Doctrine of Willful Patent Infringement After Knorr-Bremse: Practical Problems & Recommendations
September 2006

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 6

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 6
September 2005
State Merger Enforcement
September 2005
Role of Customer Complaints & Testimony in Merger Enforcement Post-Arch Coal & Oracle
September 2005
Private Party Merger Challenges
September 2005
Limits on Patentability in Life Sciences: Claims Covering Expressed Sequence Tags
September 2005
Divided Infringement Claims
September 2005
Footnote 17: Love, Hate & Markman
September 2005
Privileged Communications with Alleged Willful Infringers Post-Knorr-Bremse
September 2005
War: The Mother of All Torts?
September 2005
Class Action Attorney Fees: The Key Role of the Federal District Judge
September 2005
Towards a Federal Benchmarking Standard for Evaluating Information Retrieval Products Used in E-Discovery
September 2005
The Role of Economics in Antitrust (Public Comment Version)
July 2005
Best Practices Addressing Protective Orders, Confidentiality & Public Access in Civil Cases (Public Comment Version)
April 2005

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 5

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 5
September 2004
Consumer Harm After Dentsply: Not a Toothless Tiger
September 2004
Cost Shifting in Electronic Discovery
September 2004
Grunts, Winks & Nods: What Meets the Agreement Element of a Section 1 Claim?
September 2004
The "Complexities" of Electronic Discovery
September 2004
Expert Witnesses & Daubert Motions
September 2004
U.S. Discovery of Electronic Documents in Europe
September 2004
The 2004 Sedona Principles: Best Practices, Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production
September 2004
Overview of Changes to The Sedona Principles in 2004
September 2004
Case Management Issues in Patent Litigation
September 2004
Williamson Oil v. Philip Morris: Whatever Happened to Jury Trials?
September 2004
Willfulness/Opinion of Counsel Questionnaire Survey Results
September 2004
Examining Reexamination: Not Yet an Antidote to Litigation
September 2004
Safe Harbors & Preservations: A Response
September 2004
The Consumer Harm Inquiry in Recent Cases: A Required Element of Proof or an Afterthought?
September 2004
Proof of Conspiracy in Vertical & Horizontal Price-Fixing Cases: The Intersection of Law, Economics & Policy
September 2004
Exemption to Patent Infringement Under 35 U.S.C. Section 271 (e) (1): Safe Harbor or Storm A-Brewing?
September 2004

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 4

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 4
September 2003
Proof of Conspiracy in Antitrust Cases & the "Oligopoly Problem"
September 2003
Predation Against "Dangerous" Complements
September 2003
Risky Business: Coping With a Charge of Willful Infringement
September 2003
Calculating Reasonable Royalty Damages for Infringement of Early-Stage Technology Patents
September 2003
First Markman, Now Festo: A Simplified Approach to Patent Litigation Trials
September 2003
Enforcing U.S. Method Patents: How Much Protection Does 35 U.S.C. 271(g) Really Provide?
September 2003
Anonymity, Immunity & Online Defamation: Managing Corporate Exposures to Reputation Injury
September 2003
The Developing U.S. Standard for Cybersecurity
September 2003
Graceful Disclosure: The Pros and Cons of Mandatory Reporting of Security Vulnerabilities
September 2003
Data Protection the European Way: A Discussion of the Legislative Framework Adopted in the European Union
September 2003
Privacy, Personal Email and Email Monitoring in the Workplace in Japan
September 2003
Winning Electronic Discovery Motions
September 2003
Applying Rule 1 in the Information Age
September 2003
How Jurors Make Decisions
September 2003
The Sedona Principles (Public Comment Draft)
September 2003

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 3

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 3
September 2002
Markman: An Infringer's Delight; An Inventor's Nightmare
September 2002
The Monopolist’s Duty to Deal
September 2002
Whither Predatory Pricing? The Divergence Between Judicial Decisions & Economic Theory
September 2002
Market Power, Consumer Harm & Exclusive Dealing with Distributors
September 2002
Settlements in Hatch-Waxman Act Patent Litigation: Resolving Conflicting Intellectual Property & Antitrust Concerns
September 2002
Business Method Patents: Far From a Settled Issue
September 2002
Tendering Advice of Counsel in Patent Litigation: Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
September 2002
The Peer Review & Self-Evaluation Privileges & Immunities: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
September 2002
Is DOE DOA?
September 2002
The Assault on the Attorney-Client Privilege & Work Product Doctrine in the Tobacco Wars
September 2002
Mikes v. Straus: Obstacle to Nursing Home Quality of Care Cases?
September 2002
The Use of the False Claims Act in Quality of Care Cases
September 2002
New Evidence in the World of Litigating Health Care Compliance Cases: The Compliance Effectiveness Study
September 2002
Questioning the Judicial Role in Dealing with Expert Testimony in Complex & Non-Complex Cases
September 2002
Expert Witnesses: Pitfalls Posed by the Discovery Process
September 2002
Federal Discovery Under the 2000 Amendments to Rule 26
September 2002

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 2

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 2
September 2001
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
September 2001
Back to the Future: The Napster Decision Confirms The Applicability of Traditional Copyright Principles to the Internet
September 2001
Protecting Privacy through Government Regulation
September 2001
The Death of Romance
September 2001
Lessons from Microsoft
September 2001
Predatory Conduct Under Section 2 of the Sherman Act: Dead or Alive?
September 2001
The Quick Look Rule of Reason: Retreat from Binary Antitrust Analysis
September 2001
Shutts Meets the Baby Shermans
September 2001
The Employment Class Action
September 2001
"The Philadelphia Story": Mass Torts in the City of Brotherly Love
September 2001
A Lawyer’s Lament: Unpredictability & Inconsistency in the Wake of the Daubert Trilogy
September 2001
Markman Determinations
September 2001
Electronic Discovery Issues for 2002: Requiring the Losing Party to Pay for the Costs of Digital Discovery
September 2001
The Information Age, Part I: Fishing in the Ocean, A Critical Examination of Discovery in the Electronic Age
September 2001
The Information Age, Part II: Juror Investigation on the Internet -- Implications for the Trial Lawyer
September 2001
Erie vs. Daubert: A New Case or Controversy?
September 2001

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 1

The Sedona Conference Journal Volume 1
September 2000
Common Law Liability of HMO’s and Primary Care Physicians
September 2000
The Nuts, Bolts, and Politics of the Evolution of Music Law
September 2000
Looking Forward
September 2000
Who’s Administering What for Whom?
September 2000
Using Jury Research to Understand, Structure & Present Your Case
September 2000
Managing Mass Tort Cases
September 2000
A Simplified Approach to Computer-Generated Evidence and Animations
September 2000
Getting to Settled
September 2000
The Pros and Cons of ADR
September 2000
Changes in the Wind: New Decisions in Antitrust
September 2000
Issues in the Law on Parallel Conduct and Proof of Conspiracy
September 2000
The Antitrust/Intellectual Property Interface
September 2000
Vertical Restraints
September 2000
Class Actions Challenging Managed Care Abuses
September 2000
The Class Action Assault on Managed Health Care; Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?
September 2000