Article by Ronni Abramson posted on Law.com, May 10, 2007:  “Federal judges have published opinions for more than 50 e-discovery disputes since the landmark amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing the discovery of electronically stored information went into effect on Dec. 1, 2006. These cases give — in almost real time — valuable insight into how judges are interpreting the amendments. These cases provide direction on how to handle the identification, preservation, collection, review and production of ESI in litigation going forward….”

Eastern District of Arkansas

Local Rule 26.1

Outline for FED.R.CIV.P. 26(f) Report

The Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f) report filed with the court must contain the parties’ views and proposals regarding the following: Read the rest of this entry »

Blog entry posted by Gregory Joseph on Complex Litigation Blog, April 16, 2007: “The meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence Rules has ended, and the final Committee version of Rule 502 is attached (it goes to the Standing Committee in June). Most notable: Selective waiver was broken out into a separate statute for Congress to consider for separate legislation — the Committee took no position on the merits of selective waiver. Other important changes to Rule 502: Read the rest of this entry »