Federal Cases New Electronic Discovery Rule
Effective, December 1, 2006 new electronic discovery procedure rules went into effect imposing strict timelines and harsh sanctions related to the presentation and production of electronic information in federal cases. More than ever it is imperative for companies to understand and properly deal with backup tapes, activity logs, deleted files, data retrieval and e-mails, all of which will play a important part in any document production related to ongoing litigation according to Key Issues Newsletter, Legal Updates First Quarter, 2007 The Barthet Firm.
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