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Link to news posted on U.S. Courts Federal Rulemaking website: On December 11, 2007, Senator Patrick Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced S. 2450, a bill adding new Evidence Rule 502 to the Federal Rules of Evidence. The legislation addresses waiver of the attorney-client privilege and work product protection and is identical to proposed [...] Link to blog entry posted by Sharon Nelson on Ride the Lightning, December 19, 2007: Effective on December 1, 2007, the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are often referred to as “the style rules†and some lawyers have complacently chosen not to take a close look at them. This way lies a minefield however – [...] Link to news article by Beth Pariseau posted on SearchStorage.com, December 19, 2007: A year ago, changes to the rules which federal courts use to prosecute civil cases went into effect. Those changes have since resulted in a wave of marketing hype from technology vendors, but only dim awareness among data managers about how the amendments [...] Link to press release: One Year Later, IT Departments Still Struggling to Address FRCP Requirements OCEANPORT, N.J. — December 11, 2007 — It’s been one year since the US government overhauled the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) on December 1, 2006 in an effort to streamline the electronic discovery of information. A new study [...] Link to article by Stephen Whetstone and Michael Simon posted on IndustryWeek, December 7, 2007: A year ago, the rules that govern litigation in our federal courts were amended to require lawyers and clients to deal head on with electronically stored information (ESI). On December 1, 2006, changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) [...] Article by Lloyd B. Chinn posted on Law.com, November 7, 2007: The shift toward electronic communications over the last 20 years has been well-documented; the courts have been wrestling with the challenges posed by electronic discovery ever since. Not until December 2006 did the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“the new rules”) specifically address the unique [...] Article by Eric Sinrod posted on CNET News, October 17, 2007: Almost a year ago the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing the discovery of electronic data were amended. While the changes were designed to reduce litigation costs, we’ve seen just the opposite. The amendments broadened the definition of items subject to legal discovery, ranging from “documents” [...] Press release: August 2, 2007 – By some recent estimates, more than 90% of business information is now stored electronically. The state rules concerning discovery of information in civil cases were written at a time when information was mostly stored on paper. A new act approved today by a national law group addresses [...] Article by Megan E. Burkhammer published in Bench & Bar of Minnesota, Vol. 64, No. 5, May/June 2007: Is Columbus Day a “legal holiday†for the purposes of computing time under Rule 6 of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure? Can I get a subpoena from a Minnesota court to compel discovery in an action pending [...] Press release: Six Months After Amended Federal Rules Changes Take Effect, Survey Shows Companies Not Prepared for E-Discovery SAN FRANCISCO, CA May 29, 2007 – Survey results announced today by DiscoveryBox and Strategic Discovery, Inc. reveal that 83 percent of technology decision makers are not prepared for litigation under the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [...] |
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