New Federal Rules for E-Discovery

December 1, 2006

By: Edmund G. Farrell, III

The US Supreme Court recently approved new amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16, 26, 33, 34, 45 and revisions to Form 35, all of which concern the discovery of electronically stored information (e-discovery). How, when, to what extent, with what protections and liability information stored on computers is to be produced is addressed by these changes.