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eDiscovery rules deadline moves up in some states.

By Michael Arkfeld

eDiscovery rules deadline moves up in some states. They may already be instituted in some states. " New rules governing electronic discovery of documents in civil litigation that were scheduled to take effect on December 1 could go into effect three months ahead of time, or even earlier in some states. Depending on what state you're in, those rules could go into effect September 1 ? or may already be in effect . . .  The new rules (see: New e-discovery rules go into effect in December) require that when two companies are involved in civil litigation, they must meet within 30 days of the filing of the lawsuit to decide how to handle electronic data, including which records are to be shared and in which electronic format, as well as on a definition for "accessible data." On the federal level, those rules are scheduled to take effect on December 1, unless Congress passes legislation to do otherwise, which nobody expects them to do, Allman said. . . ."

Full post as published by Electronic Discovery & Evidence on August 14, 2006 (boomark / email).