Civil Litigation,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 16, 2016
Ethical e-discovery began with Scheindlin
U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin is retiring at the end of this month, leaving her legacy as the "mother of e-discovery." So just what is that legacy?
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.
As I mentioned in my last column, U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin is retiring at the end of this month, leaving her legacy as the "mother of e-discovery." So just what is that legacy? It is a 22-year reign that saw the initiation of the field of e-discovery with her decisions in the series of cases known as Zubulake v. UBS Warburg.
Theretofore not considered were issues such as duties to preserve electronic evidence when litigation was anticipated, and lawyer-client ...
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