Berlauk, Brittany J.

Marla Bergman has been involved in litigation for more than 20 years and has handled product liability cases as well as securities, patent, employment, bankruptcy, and general business litigation matters. She particularly concentrates on the discovery phase of litigation, specifically the collection, maintenance, and production of information. Marla has considerable experience in the discovery of electronic documents and issues concerning document retention and production practices. She regularly speaks and publishes on document retention and e-discovery issues and is a member of the Firm's e-Discovery Committee and co-chair of the Firm's e-Discovery swat team.

Examples of Marla's experience include: In re Davis Petroleum (S.D. Tex.), representing Davis Petroleum in connection with a bankruptcy adversary proceeding; Rosenberg v. IBM (N.D. Cal.), representing IBM in connection with a putative class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act; In re Enron Corporation Securities Litigation (S.D. Tex., Cal., Tex., and Iowa), representing Lehman Brothers in several securities fraud actions brought by shareholders and noteholders of the Enron Corporation; Research in Motion, Ltd. v. Good Technology, Inc. (D. Del.), representing RIM in a patent infringement action; and In re McNeil-PPC, Inc. (multiple state and federal courts), defending an acetaminophen manufacturer in product liability actions alleging toxic ingestions.