Litigator's Duty of Reasonable Inquiry in Rule 26(g)(3): Guiding a Client Through Discovery

Mr. Losey has over forty years of experience representing companies and individuals in information technology issues, including contracts and business advice. He also has substantial experience in civil litigation, including commercial, intellectual property, employment and insurance. Mr. Losey's litigation sub-specialty in these areas is fraud, primarily defense oriented, but he also initiated for the plaintiff, on behalf of the United States, several government fraud Qui Tam cases. One resulted in the largest False Claims Act settlement in history. For the past ten years he has focused on a new area of the law that he has become passionate about, artificial intelligence, especially its use to find evidence and its ethical implications.

Ms. Sutherland is a former Chief Solicitor with the Baltimore City Office of Law and partner associated with several Baltimore-area law firms. She has accumulated more than twenty-four years of experience representing clients in personal injury, professional negligence, employment, civil rights, and insurance matters.

With nearly 30 years of trial experience, Mr. Rosenthal litigates complex commercial, antitrust and false advertising cases. As Chair of the firm's eDiscovery & Information Governance Practice, he also has expansive experience in all areas of electronic discovery, privacy, information governance, and data breach. In addition to Mr. Rosenthal’s litigation and counseling he also acts as national e-discovery counsel for numerous corporations. He is a former steering committee member of Working Group 1 of the Sedona Conference on Best Practices for Electronic Discovery and Records Management, a group of lawyers, judges and vendors focusing on the development of the law regarding electronic discovery and retention issues. Mr. Rosenthal is also a participant in Working Group 6 of the Sedona Conference International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure, which focuses on international issues relating to disclosure, cross-border discovery, and privacy.

Ms. Tadler s the founding partner of Tadler Law LLP, a WBENC-certified, women-owned boutique law firm that offers an array of litigation and legal counseling services. With 30 years’ experience advocating for consumers and investors against corporate fraud and abuse while litigating and managing securities, consumer and data breach class actions, and complex litigation,she is one of the leading women litigators in the country. Described by Chambers USA as one who “passionately defends her clients’ interests to the greatest extent possible,” Ms. Tadler litigates large, complex, high-profile cases. She is sought after for her unique legal and technological acumen and case management skills.