Read the 2006 federal rules on e-discovery, but don’t ignore the old case law, a Richmond federal district judge told lawyers yesterday at a Richmond-area bench-bar conference. The changes to Federal Rules 26, 33, 34 and 37 didn’t develop in a vacuum, and the case law framework for resolving discovery disputes is still relevant, regardless [...]
E-discovery one year later, the view from Richmond
October 19th, 2007 · Comments Off · Bar Associations, Judges, U.S. District Court
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E-discovery ‘grace period’ is over
June 20th, 2007 · Comments Off · Bar Associations, E-mail, Judges, U.S. District Court
Any “grace period” litigators have had since the new e-discovery rules went into effect in December 2006 may be coming to a close. “Courts are becoming increasingly intolerant of e-discovery errors and omissions,” says Jeane Thomas, a Washington D.C. lawyer and expert on e-discovery. Thomas was on a panel program June 15 at Virginia Beach [...]
