Civil Litigation,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oct. 3, 2015
Ethics and e-discovery
The State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct recently issued Opinion No. 2015-193, defining an attorney's ethical duties concerning discovery of electronically stored information.
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
In one of my earlier e-discovery columns, I discussed the absence of efforts by lawyers "to get this crucial aspect of their 21st century law practices under control." Now, over four years later, the State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct has issued its Opinion No. 2015-193, defining an attorney's ethical duties concerning discovery of electronically stored information (ESI).
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