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Uncivil Procedure Podcast Episode 4: Math & Science in the Law

Brendan Ryan

Something legal and marketing professionals often have in common is a deep dislike for mathematics.

So when Colleen Kenney from Sidley Austin, our guest for this month’s episode of Uncivil Procedure: The e-Discovery Podcast, let us know that she wanted to make the episode’s subject “math and science in the law,” we oohed and aahed and wondered what we’d talk about. Don’t worry—turns out we had a lot to say.

Colleen, who is partner and chair of the e-Discovery Task Force at Sidley, was an auditor at a public accounting firm in a former life and brought some fresh (and funny) perspective on the logic of mathematics and science in the law.

Joining the discussion—sponsored by RelativityOne Certified Partner Special Counsel—were David Horrigan, Constantine Pappas, Danny Pelc, and Anna Siroonian from Relativity. Listen in to learn about the refrigerator doctrine, common ways schoolchildren are lied to, and what Relativity 5000: Mind Control Edition might look like.

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Brendan Ryan was Relativity’s senior manager of partner marketing.

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