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Litigation

Nov. 16, 2006

New E-Discovery Rules Mean Lawyers Must Learn the Language of Technology

LOS ANGELES - When it comes to discovery and the need to produce electronic data for an opposing party in litigation, the excuses "we're old-fashioned" or "we didn't know it was being destroyed" just won't fly in front of federal judges anymore starting Dec. 1.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - When it comes to discovery and the need to produce electronic data for an opposing party in litigation, the excuses "we're old-fashioned" or "we didn't know it was being destroyed" just won't fly in front of federal judges anymore starting Dec. 1.
      On that date, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be amended and ...

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