Litigation

Western District of North Carolina Amends Local Rules, Specifies Electronic Production as Topic of Pretrial Conference

By reston, Gates and Ellis

Effective January 1, 2008, amended Local Rule 16.1 specifies appropriate topics for consideration at the Initial Pretrial Conference, including the production of electronically stored information (“ESI”).

Click on the following link to see amended rule:

Local Civil Rule 16.1 Pretrial Conferences (see subpart (G) Initial Pretrial Conference)

For a complete listing of local federal rules and guidelines addressing electronic discovery, see our updated post here.
 

Full post as published by eDiscovery Law on October 24, 2008 (boomark / email).