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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 4, 2009

ESI: California

California's new rules governing electronically stored information differ from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, write David M. Hickey and Mark Smith.

FOCUS COLUMN

By David M. Hickey and Mark Smith

Each time a new e-discovery rule or decision is announced, the inquiry inevitably is what does it say about two threshold issues: data retention and data accessibility. These are the issues that lead ultimately to burden and production. The amendments concerning electronically stored information to California's Code of Civil Procedure are no exception. Looking at California's new rules, what do the ch...

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