by Cary J. Calderone, Esq.
Last year's inaugural event, held at the Carmel Valley Ranch, was great. This year's was expanded (link to website), and in a new location at the Monterrey Plaza Hotel, so I had to check it out, even if, due to scheduling conflicts, it was only for the first day of the Retreat. Bottom line-I was happy I attended.
Did I learn a lot of new eDiscovery information? No. Was I wowed by new presentation formats or materials? No. However, I did get plenty of insights and takeaways from the attendees and presenters, who are representative of that small cross-section of lawyers and judges who, in addition to knowing the law, also really understand the related technology. Or, as we started to refer to ourselves, "the one-percenters."