CEDF Forum Quick Facts

The Corporate E-Discovery Forum ‘CEDF’ organization began April, 2006 and currently includes over 200 corporations and  400 individual participants. Membership includes: Fortune 500 - AGC of Litigation, e-Discovery Attorneys, Compliance Officers, Records & Information Management, Litigation Support Manager/Coordinators, Paralegals, Legal Staff, IT e-Discovery Liaison and IT Security.

Mission Statement:

The Corporate E-Discovery Forum is a group of corporate representatives interested in areas generally related to Electronic Discovery, including document retention policies and enterprise content management practices, litigation holds, preservation, collection, processing of electronically-stored information, cost and risk management, best practices to avoid spoliation and sanctions, and understanding plaintiffs’ strategies, as well as other related issues. The Forum provides a venue for open and candid discussions among its members, but nothing said within the Forum may be attributable to or be considered the official position of any specific corporation. In order to meet this objective, all Forum member discussions are confidential and ‘off the record’. Because this atmosphere of mutual trust and open communication is essential to the Forum’s value for its members, adherence to these principles is expected of all members and is a condition for continued Forum membership.

Confidential Statement:

One of the most valued aspects of the Corporate Electronic Discovery Forum is the openness and honesty with which members interact. The CEDF allows corporate e-discovery professionals to share ideas, information and practical experience revolving around electronic discovery and records management. In order to encourage continued open discussions and maintain the integrity of this forum and the value it provides, it is crucial that members do not share, forward or in any way distribute the communications of forum members to non-CEDF people or entities, such as law firms or e-discovery vendors.

CEDF Board:

Charles Morgan (Chairman), Tom Sikora (Vice Chairman), Jeri Head (Executive Director), Alex Buck (Abbott Labs), Nicholas Bunin (Fox Entertainment), Patrick Gibson (Merck), Richard Gomes (Citi), Chris O’Neill (IBM), Anne Rogers (Waste Management) and Susan West (Sony Electronics)

CEDF Working Groups:

• Information Governance 
• Preservation & Collections - Tools & Methods
• E-Dialogue with Judges, Law Firms & Legal Associations
• Cloud Computing
• Early Case Assessment
• Social Media
  

Questions or Comments: Please contact Jeri Head @ 214-500-9407 or jerihead@corporateediscoveryforum.com