By JAY BRUDZ and LAURENCE V. PARKER, JR. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended in 2006 to acknowledge the increasing significance of electronically stored information in litigation. These amendments and similar amendments to state rules have... Read More

Effective Aug. 1, 2012, the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure will include, for the first time, rules specifically relating to electronically stored information. The amendments differ from the corresponding Federal Rules, adopting a "proportionality"... Read More

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and many state court rules, parties to litigation have an affirmative duty to cooperate with respect to discovery. Complying with this obligation often involves the disclosure of information related to preserving... Read More

By Joshua P. Rosenberg The revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in December 2006 focused on the rapidly evolving practice of electronic discovery and attempted to deal head-on with the complex issues arising from the production of electronically... Read More

Revisions to the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure became effective to actions filed on or after October 1, 2011. A blacklined version showing the changes wrought by a law titled an "Act to clarify the procedure for discovery of electronically... Read More

By P. Benjamin Duke and Mari K. Bonthuis, Attorneys, Covington & Burling LLP Almost a decade after the first groundbreaking court decisions on electronic discovery, no insurance litigator can claim to be unaware of his or her obligations with... Read More

Increasing Revenue and Reducing Overhead in the Era of Electronic Discovery By Kristin Branson E-discovery has grown from an atypical procedure required in special cases in the late 90s to one enveloping almost every litigation matter. It adds significant... Read More