BIA Announces eDiscovery Expert Julie Grantham, Esq., to Present Interactive Webinar on Meet and Confer

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. (BIA), a leader in secure cloud legal hold and eDiscovery collections, is kicking off the webinar portion of its client educational series on August 16, 2012 at 1pm EDT.  This month's program will feature Julie Grantham, Esq. speaking on "Meet and Confer: Winning Strategies and Updates in Case Law."   

"We are incredibly proud to present an expert of Julie's caliber to lecture in our webinar series," said Robin Thompson, Client Relations Manager for BIA.  Ms. Grantham is currently the General Counsel of COI Enterprises, and a nationally recognized authority on eDiscovery law. Grantham developed and taught the first course on eDiscovery law at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law – a model for other eDiscovery law school curriculum across the nation.

Webinar participants will gain valuable insights into the following aspects of the topic:

• Better understanding of the opposing party's technical landscape
• Clarify the scope of document requests
• Resolve any production format disagreements that may later increase liability and costs
• Reduce waste and reproduction of documents
• Preempt the negative impact of inadvertent production of confidential or privileged documents
• Recognize which cases require discovery of electronic information
• Identify client obligations regarding preservation of electronic evidence and scope of discovery

Registration for the webinar is free and can completed at the following address: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8256234256241505792

About Julie Grantham
Julie Grantham is nationally regarded as a leading authority in eDiscovery law. She is the author of numerous white papers, and has appeared at symposiums and conferences nationwide on eDiscovery. For three years, Grantham has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law at Austin where she developed and taught the first eDiscovery course. Julie served as General Counsel for a national eDiscovery consulting company before becoming General Counsel to COI Enterprises where she is responsible for all legal matters involving COI including management of outside counsel relations, with specialization in the areas of construction law, construction litigation and employee litigation.

About BIA
For over a decade, BIA has been developing and implementing defensible, technology driven solutions that reduce the costs and risks related to litigation, regulatory compliance and internal audits.  BIA offers software solutions complimented by mature professional services in the areas of Litigation, Digital Investigations and Electronic Policy Consulting. BIA Provides software and services to Fortune 1000, Global 2000 companies and Am Law 100 law firms.

Headquartered in New York City, BIA also has offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, and in Southwest Michigan.  BIA maintains digital evidence response units throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. 

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SOURCE Business Intelligence Associates, Inc.