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Government

Nov. 9, 2006

A Safe Harbor in E-Discovery

FOCUS COLUMN - By Joseph S. Wu - There has been much public criticism about how little the new Rule 37(f) will protect litigants from sanctions for destroying computer-based information after the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure go into effect on Dec. 1.


Focus Column

By Joseph S. Wu

     
      There has been much public criticism about how little the new Rule 37(f) will protect litigants from sanctions for destroying computer-based information after the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure go into effect on Dec. 1. In fact, many references today to the new rules are filled with sarcastic undertones. Commentators criticize Rule 37(f) as more l...

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