(a) Representing, assisting, advising, and providing legal counsel to the State of Connecticut in potential litigation concerning suspected violations of law, including but not limited to violations of the State Unfair Trade Practices Acts, by Meta, Cambridge Analytica and others involved in the potential improper harvesting of personal online information. (b) Review, analysis, investigation and research necessary to carry out the Services, including certain aspects of discovery. For example, at the direction of the ATTORNEY GENERAL, COUNSEL shall review documents according to discovery management protocols established by the ATTORNEY GENERAL and produce reports based on such review. Also, at the direction of the ATTORNEY GENERAL, COUNSEL shall conduct or assist in taking or defending depositions or interviews of fact witnesses and experts and provide applicable legal and factual analysis. (c) Preparing, writing, or assisting the ATTORNEY GENERAL, in preparing certain documents, including pleadings and legal briefs on discovery motions, dispositive motions, pre- and post-trial motions, and other motions or submissions to the court. (d) Prepare for and provide assistance at trial or other dispute resolution process by preparing fact and expert witnesses and providing applicable legal and factual analysis. (e) Assist the ATTORNEY GENERAL in settlement negotiations by conducting research and preparing materials in aid of a negotiated resolution. (f) Providing all necessary expert, technical, paralegal, clerical, document retrieval and analysis and other litigation support, including ability to use Everlaw and any other discovery management, litigation management or trial management software or information technology that is necessary. (g) Providing staff, equipment, and expertise to minimize the administrative burdens imposed on state employees, officials, and agencies in the course of rendering the Services.
