Data Processing

One of the most notable 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was Rule 37(e), which creates a duty for parties to preserve electronically stored information (ESI).   Previously, [...]

As businesses and companies increasingly use computer systems to store and maintain important data, the need to recover data from these systems has become an essential part of eDiscovery.  In [...]

As the provisions governing the discovery of Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”) in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) have been amended, many states have also amended their [...]

On December 1, 2015, amendments to Rules 16, 26, 34, and 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) took effect, and LITeGATION published a post about this topic, here: modifying [...]

You are past the discovery planning conference stage and opposing counsel has just sent you a request to produce documents.  There are certain documents that may be discoverable, but you feel [...]

In today’s digital-age, potentially responsive data is voluminous, custodians are plentiful, and data resides all around us.  As a result, we are likely to find documents that are protected, [...]

(In a Nutshell) Discovery costs have been long recognized as one of the primary sources of civil litigation expenses, and the discovery process often complicates and prolongs matters at bar. [...]