Eva Cole Speaks at ACI’s Cross-Industry Interdisciplinary Summit

Litigation Partner Eva Cole spoke at ACI’s 2nd Annual Cross-Industry Interdisciplinary Summit on Defending and Managing Class Actions on April 4. Eva spoke on the “Effective Discovery Strategies in Class Action Litigation: Managing Data, Overcoming Challenges of E-Discovery, the Use of Survey Evidence, and Pursuing Discovery in the Most Efficient and Cost-Effective Way for Your Client” panel, which addressed the following topics:

• Pre-certification discovery
• Proportionality and discovery planning in a class actions
• Overcoming the challenges of e-discovery in class actions
• The impact of state and federal e-discovery rules
• Engaging legal and e-discovery class proceedings experts
• Taking the right steps to preserve data in the most cost-effective way
• Optimal strategies for limiting the scope of e-discovery
• Avoiding e-discovery traps set by plaintiffs
• The latest trends in the use of survey evidence in class actions; examining the benefits, challenges and implications

Eva focuses her practice on a range of complex commercial litigation including antitrust, class action, and sports and entertainment law litigation.